By Suzanne McGee and Priyanka G (Reuters) – Shares of GameStop tumbled on Monday after CEO Ryan Cohen told investors that the videogame retailer plans to operate a smaller network of stores, but did not provide details on what it intends to do with its cash pile. GameStop shares were down 11.6% at $25.38 on […]
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Boeing CEO to tell US Congress planemaker’s culture is ‘far from perfect’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun will tell a U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday that the planemaker understands concerns about its safety culture after a January mid-air emergency involving an Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 raised widespread alarm. “Much has been said about Boeing’s culture. We’ve heard those concerns loud and clear. Our culture is […]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says a Japanese gardener taught him one of the most ‘profound learnings’ of his life—it’s why he can be on top of every detail at the $3.2 trillion chip giant
Jensen Huang is known in Silicon Valley for his meticulous attention to detail, despite tech giant Nvidia growing to a market cap of more than $3 trillion. But it was a chance encounter with a Japanese gardener that helped the CEO realize he has the time to be a perfectionist, instead of racing to the […]
ArtsWestchester’s new CEO, Kathleen Reckling, set to adapt fencing skills to arts advocacy
The blade in Kathleen Reckling’s right hand flashes and flies, her wrist guiding it at angles her opponent will have to process instantly, or suffer the consequences. The wrist rises, the tip of the blade descends. Touch. The wrist lowers, the tip of the blade rises. Touch. She lunges straight and leans into the blade […]
Exclusive-Vanguard vote switch helped pass Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Tesla’s largest outside investor Vanguard said it voted in favor of CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, citing the company’s performance, contributing to the passage of the record-setting arrangement on Thursday. In a note seen by Reuters, Vanguard said it had voted against Musk’s compensation package when it was […]
Google CEO Testifies at Ozy Trial, Denies $600 Million Offer
(Bloomberg) — Alphabet Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai took the witness stand at the fraud trial of Ozy Media Inc. co-founder Carlos Watson, testifying that the search giant never intended to buy the startup for any amount of money. Most Read from Bloomberg Watson is accused of defrauding investors of tens of millions of […]
Trump’s CEO Buddies Stunned by Bizarre Meeting With Him
Trump met with at least 80 CEOs on Thursday to promise tax cuts and scaled-back business regulations if he’s elected president. Among those present were Apple CEO Tim Cook and the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Bank of America. Trump spoke for about an hour, during which he rambled nonsensically, throwing off those in […]
Now bankrupt, MedMen owes millions to other companies. Meet the cannabis CEO who called them out
Olivia Alexander, founder and CEO of Kush Queen, poses for a portrait by racks of bath bombs made with pure CBD at her headquarters on Sept. 24, 2019, in Anaheim. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times) For a long time, Olivia Alexander defended MedMen. Despite the pushback she got for partnering with the cannabis chain that some […]
Vanguard vote switch helped pass Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Tesla’s largest outside investor Vanguard said it voted in favor of CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package, citing the company’s performance, contributing to the passage of the record-setting arrangement on Thursday. In a note seen by Reuters, Vanguard said it had voted against Musk’s compensation package when it was […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk may be set for a $46 billion pay day. Here’s why.
In the history of U.S. corporate pay packages, there have been plenty of massive payouts worth almost $1 billion in today’s dollars. But none comes close to the $46 billion pay deal Tesla shareholders appear to be on the verge of handing over to CEO Elon Musk. The results of the shareholder vote, which concludes today, will […]
I’m a CEO and 12 of my employees are in ‘flextirement.’ With boomers opting not to retire, the arrangement will become more common
Jennifer Barnes is CEO of Optima Office. For as long as I’ve been a business owner, the narrative surrounding the baby-boomer generation was all about the coming retirement wave. We were promised a mass exodus from the workforce, a seismic shift that would leave companies scrambling to fill the void. At Optima Office, an outsourced […]