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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PayPal appoints new CEO

Alex Chriss has been appointed President and CEO of PayPal.
Published on August 15, 2023
By Iris Barker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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