Network Solutions Names New CEO

Network Solutions Inc., the company that dominates the business of assigning Internet addresses, said it named Thomson Corp. executive James Rutt to be its chief executive. Rutt, 46, was Thomson’s chief technology officer and a co-founder of its First Call Corp. financial information service. He will take over from Michael Daniels, 53, who remains chairman of the Herndon, Va.-based company. Daniels, chairman since 1995, stepped in as chief executive in November when Gabriel Battista resigned to become chairman and chief executive of Tel-Save.com Inc., a long-distance telephone company since renamed Talk.com Inc.