Management & Strategy
Gorman to head Walt Disney board of directors
The company announced that James Gorman has been named as the chairman of the board of directors of Walt Disney Co. of America.
Published on October 22, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Boeing withdraws pay proposal for striking workers
The Financial Times reports that U.S. Boeing Co. withdrew its offer to compensate striking International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) members.
Published on October 10, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Boeing and striking workers’ union to resume talks
Boeing Co. from the US and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) started negotiations again for a new collective bargaining agreement, as reported by Barron's.
Published on September 30, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
WSJ: Google paid $2.7bn to Character.AI startup to bring back an employee
According to sources familiar with the matter, Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., has reportedly agreed to pay around $2.7 billion to AI startup Character.AI for the rights to use…
Published on September 27, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Boeing announces departure of Boeing Defence, Space & Security head Ted Colbert
Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing Defence, Space & Security, is set to resign, as reported by ABC News.
Published on September 23, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Volkswagen scraps job retention program in Germany
Volkswagen has informed the majority of its German employees represented by the IG Metall union that several labor agreements, including a job retention program until 2029, will be terminated by…
Published on September 11, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Starbucks’ new CEO Niccol will cost the company over $100M
Starbucks Corp. will pay over $100 million for hiring Brian Niccol as CEO.
Published on August 16, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Societe Generale sells Private Banking divisions in Britain and Switzerland
French bank SocGen sells units for personal banking services in Britain and Switzerland for €900 million.
Published on August 6, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Citi to pay its Head of Banking with shares worth more than $40m
According to a Citigroup Inc. declaration cited by the Financial Times, Viswas Raghavan, the head of banking at Citigroup Inc., will be compensated with shares of the firm worth over…
Published on July 15, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sells $169 million worth of the company’s stock in June
MarketWatch reports that Jensen Huang, the CEO of the American chipmaker Nvidia Corp., sold 1.3 million shares of the business for a total of around $169 million in June.
Published on July 8, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
HSBC starts looking for new CEO
Following current CEO Noel Quinn's intention to step down, British bank HSBC Holdings Plc has begun looking for a new CEO and is considering choosing a new leader from a…
Published on May 16, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Walmart to cut hundreds of corporate employees and relocate staff
The Wall Street Journal writes that Walmart Inc., the biggest retailer in the United States, is laying off hundreds of corporate staff members.
Published on May 14, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Median compensation of heads of the largest U.S. companies in 2023 reaches record $23.7 mln
According to a survey by consulting firm Equilar, chiefs of the top U.S. corporations received record-breaking median salary in 2023—an increase of 11.4% to $23.7 million.
Published on April 22, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Shell’s head earns over $10 mln in 2023
The company reported that Wael Sawan made a total of 7.94 million pounds ($10.1 million) in his first year as Shell's CEO.
Published on March 15, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
US pharma company AbbVie changes CEO
Board of directors of the US pharmaceutical giant AbbVie voted in favor of elevating Robert Michael, current president and chief operations officer, to the position of CEO.
Published on February 21, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
IBM demands managers in the US go back to working in offices
According to Bloomberg, which cites an internal company document, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has mandated that its managers in the United States resume working in offices.
Published on January 31, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
JPMorgan to reorganize business and change senior management team
US bank JPMorgan Chase & Co announced senior management changes and a corporate reorganization.
Published on January 29, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Swiss financial regulator FINMA to be headed by ECB top manager Walter
According to the regulator's press office, Stefan Walter will take over as chairman of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) on April 1, 2024.
Published on January 26, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
French watchdog fines Amazon unit for snooping on employees
The local branch of the US company Amazon.com Inc. that handles warehouse management has been penalized €32 million by the French data privacy authority CNIL for "excessive intrusion" into the…
Published on January 24, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Ford to lay off 1,400 employees due to cutbacks in electric pickup truck production
Ford announced that it will be laying off workers who make the electric pickup vehicles, known as the F-150 Lightning. Approximately 1,400 employees will be impacted by the decision, which…
Published on January 22, 2024
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Mittelstand, Germany’s Hedge Against Crisis
It’s a stormy weather for Europe's biggest economy right now: Germany is facing a recession as high energy costs are becoming a huge burden, for the country's industrial companies especially.…
Published on January 10, 2024
By Editorial Team
Management & Strategy
BP to strip former CEO of over $40M in remuneration
According to a press release from BP, Bernard Looney, who left the company in September, would receive less money from his previous employer than he is due—roughly 32.4 million pounds…
Published on December 15, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Zuckerberg sells $185m worth of Meta shares for the first time in two years
Zuckerberg sold Meta stock for the first time in two years. The business owner received over $185 million for 682,000 securities.
Published on December 5, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Australian banks threaten to cut bonuses for remote working
According to the Financial Times, one of Australia's biggest banks, ANZ, has informed its employees that if they work fewer than half of their hours in the office, their bonus…
Published on November 24, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Jack Ma refuses to sell 10 million Alibaba shares after they drop in value
According to Bloomberg, billionaire Jack Ma declined to sell Alibaba shares after their value dropped by 10%.
Published on November 23, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Citi notifies its employees of business reorganization measures
According to MarketWatch, which cites the credit organization's statement, American bank Citigroup Inc. has informed staff members about "a new layer of changes" within the framework of business reorganization.
Published on November 22, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Amazon to lay off several hundred people at Alexa division
Within the company’s wide cost-cutting initiative, Amazon.com Inc. intends to lay off several hundred employees in the division responsible for developing the voice assistant Alexa.
Published on November 20, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Intel board member buys $2.5M worth of Intel stock
Early in November, Lip-Bu Tan, Director of US semiconductor manufacturer Intel Corp., purchased 66,000 shares of the business for around $2.5 million, according to papers the company filed with the…
Published on November 17, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Renault and Nissan restart their alliance
Renault Group and Nissan Motor Corp. announced in a joint statement that they have completed the process of forging a new-format partnership.
Published on November 10, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to sell 1M bank’s stock
Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase & Co., and his family intend to sell one million shares of the bank to diversify their assets and prepare for taxes.
Published on October 30, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Leading US banks cut around 20,000 jobs since the start of 2023
This year, major US banks, except for JPMorgan Chase & Co., have been steadily reducing staff.
Published on October 24, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Qualcomm to lay off 2.5% of employees in mid-December
U.S. Qualcomm Inc., one of the biggest producers of semiconductor components worldwide, plans to eliminate certain jobs in California in order to reduce 2.5% of its staff, reports MarketWatch.
Published on October 16, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Australia’s richest woman increases stake in lithium producer Liontown
According to regulatory documents, Gina Rinehart, the richest woman in Australia, increased her investment in lithium producer Liontown Resources Ltd. last month from 8% to 14.67%.
Published on October 5, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Former Amazon vice president Dave Limp to become new head of Blue Origin
Blue Origin's current CEO, Bob Smith, will step down and be succeeded as CEO by Dave Limp, the former vice president of Amazon.com Inc., according to CNBC.
Published on September 27, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
McDonald’s to raise franchise fee for the first time in 30 years
The largest fast-food restaurant company in the world, US McDonald's Corp., has announced the first price hike for franchise owners in the US and Canada in 30 years, according to…
Published on September 25, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Goldman to offer investments in sports clubs
The Wall Street Journal reports that American bank Goldman Sachs Group is establishing a section of sports investments under its investment banking business.
Published on September 18, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Citigroup to change organizational structure
Citigroup Inc. will fundamentally alter its organizational structure in order to simplify operations and connect the management structure with the bank's business plan.
Published on September 15, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Macy’s appoints Olivier Bron as new CEO of Bloomingdale’s
American retailer Macy's Inc. named Olivier Bron as the head of its department store affiliate Bloomingdale's, reports MarketWatch.
Published on September 13, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Chevron to ask arbitration panel to intervene in dispute with Australian unions
The Australian Arbitration Commission on Labor Relations (FWC) will be contacted by Chevron Australia, a subsidiary of the American Chevron Corp., to request intervention in the Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG…
Published on September 12, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Morgan Stanley to launch chatbot for wealthy clients
This month, US bank Morgan Stanley will introduce a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence to support wealthy clients.
Published on September 8, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Investor Michael Burry bets $1.5bn on Wall Street’s fall
Michael Burry, who is known for foreseeing both the US mortgage crisis and the global financial crisis of 2008, is once more forecasting a market catastrophe in the near future.
Published on August 18, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
PayPal appoints new CEO
Alex Chriss has been appointed President and CEO of PayPal.
Published on August 15, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Twitter to change its logo
Elon Musk revealed the letter X on a black background as a potential future design.
Published on July 24, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Deutsche Bahn to lay off 8,400 employees to cut losses
By the end of 2023, the company expects to incur losses totaling €225 million, according to the Handelsblatt newspaper.
Published on July 14, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Deutsche Bank to cut one in ten employees
Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, aims to reduce 10% of its 17,000-person private banking workforce in the country, according to Reuters.
Published on June 23, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
PwC Australia sacks two board members over data leak scandal
Following an inquiry into the disclosure of private Australian government information, PwC Australia announced resignation of two members of the board of directors. Additionally, it has put nine of the…
Published on May 30, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Bloomberg: Zuckerberg’s wealth hits record high this year
According to Bloomberg, Zuckerberg's net worth rose by $44 billion this year.
Published on May 22, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Return of employees to offices slows down in the US
The pace of US company employees going back to work slowed in the first quarter, reports Scoop Technologies, a company that creates and sells office software, quoted by The Wall…
Published on May 18, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
U.S. top managers’ remuneration falls for the first time in 10 years
Senior managers' pay at the biggest American corporations decreased for the first time in a decade. The total remuneration of 16 CEOs was less than $5 million.
Published on May 16, 2023
By Iris Barker
Management & Strategy
Volvo to lay off one thousand employees in Sweden
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars announced that it will eliminate about 1,300 office jobs in Sweden as part of a cost-cutting plan.
Published on May 5, 2023
By Iris Barker