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Toyota chairman apologises for vehicle tests cheating

Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda has apologised for massive cheating on certification tests for seven vehicle models as the Japanese car giant suspended production on three of them. The wide-ranging faulty testing at Toyota involved the use of inadequate or outdated data in collision tests and incorrect testing of airbag inflation and rear-seat damage in crashes. […]

Kootenai County GOP re-elects Brent Regan as chairman

May 31—The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee narrowly re-elected longtime chairman Brent Regan Thursday night over a more moderate challenger. Jim Pierce, a founding member of the North Idaho Republicans who is not a precinct committeeman, was also nominated for the position. Regan won 36-32. The composition of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee changed […]

Proxy firm Glass Lewis recommends vote against Toyota chairman

TOKYO (Reuters) – Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended Toyota Motor shareholders vote against re-electing Chairman Akio Toyoda at the Japanese automaker’s annual general meeting in June, saying the board was not sufficiently independent. Toyoda, the grandson of the company’s founder and previously its chief executive, last year was re-elected to the board with […]

Laramie County GOP chairman joins the crowded race for Senate District 6

May 22—CHEYENNE — When Taft Love told Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, he planned to run for his seat in Senate District 6, the incumbent wasn’t too pleased. “He was irritated by that decision,” Love told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Wednesday. Love announced his candidacy for Senate District 6 on May 14, a couple weeks […]

FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg to resign following investigations into sexual harassment at the bank regulator

Martin Gruenberg, the chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, testifying before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday.Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images The FDIC chairman, Martin Gruenberg, has said he’ll resign following a report on poor workplace culture. An investigation found that the FDIC’s culture was misogynistic and […]

Vietnam Parliament Elects Tran Thanh Man to Be Its New Chairman

(Bloomberg) — Vietnam’s National Assembly elected Tran Thanh Man to be its new chairman for a term ending in 2026, the legislature said Monday afternoon. Most Read from Bloomberg He succeeds Vuong Dinh Hue, who resigned as parliament chairman last month over violation of Communist Party regulations, according to a Party Central Committee statement, which […]

Georgia GOP ousts First Vice Chairman Brian K. Pritchard in Friday vote

The Georgia Republican Party’s State Committee voted to remove the state party’s First Vice Chairman , Brian K. Pritchard from his official position in the state GOP. Pritchard was previously asked to resign after a Georgia administrative judge found he had voted illegally nine times in Gilmer County. Party officials said Friday that he refused […]

Fed Chairman Powell finds lowering rates too easy to swallow

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has been so eager to take credit for engineering an economic soft landing that he’s now made one much harder to achieve. His prediction this week that the next move in interest rates is likely to be down, rather than up, perpetuates his mistake. A little more restraint in recent […]