Eastman Kodak CEO Will Stay Through 2000

Eastman Kodak Co. Chairman and Chief Executive George Fisher said he plans to stay at the Rochester, N.Y.-based photography company at least through 2000 and denied speculation that he might seek the top job at AT&T; Corp. Fisher said in a statement that he wanted to make it clear “in the strongest terms� that he won’t leave until his work at Kodak is complete. The statement came in response to speculation that Fisher, an AT&T; board member, might be courted to run the long-distance provider after the company’s board rejected President John Walter as the successor to AT&T; Chairman Robert Allen. Fisher received a contract extension from Kodak in February that lasts through 2000.