At&t announced that CFO Lindner will be leaving office in June

Beijing time March 5 Morning News, At&t announced in Friday, the company's CFO Rick Lindner (Lindner) will leave on June 1, by the auditor John Stephens (John Stephens) to take his place. Lindner, 56 years old, has served as At&t CFO since 2004. Stephens, who served for 19 years at At&t, has been a corporate auditor since 2001. At&t CEO Landre Stephenson (Randall Stephenson) said: "Rick and John worked closely together for more than 15 years and we expect this to be a seamless transition." "At&t is the second largest operator in the United States, and this January is expected to be less than analysts expect for 2011 full-year profit growth." Investors are starting to panic after the industry is rife with rumors that Verizon will launch Apple's iphone service, ending At&t's exclusive franchise in the US market for the three-year-old iphone. At&t forecasts that the company's earnings per share growth rate in 2011 was single-digit, below analysts ' expectations of about 10%. (Yong-Hung)