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Women gain ground in the boardroom, holding 29% of director seats in 2022
Thomas Barwick | Stone | Getty Images Less than a third of corporate board seats are now held by women, despite evidence that has shown that gender diversity in boardrooms can lead to higher credit ra...
Chelsea FC at risk amid sanctions on Russian oligarch Abramovich
Chelsea’s stadium, Stamford Bridge is seen through trees in London on March 10, 2022, as Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich was hit with a UK assets freeze and travel ban, throwing h...
Why this CEO is using stereotyping as a ‘superpower’
Rene Jones is one of four Black CEOs in the Fortune 500, and the chairman and CEO of M&T Bank said he is no stranger to stereotyping. Growing up the son of an African-American father and Belgian m...
Oracle, Uber, Pearson and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Oracle (ORCL) – The business software giant’s shares fell 2.3% in the premarket after its adjusted quarterly profit of $1.13 per share f...
Jones Soda unveils cannabis-infused sodas under new brand
Jones Soda’s cannabis offshoot, Mary Jones Source: Jones Soda Meet Mary Jones, the new brand from Jones Soda that will feature cannabis-infused sodas, gummies and syrups. It’s a bold step ...
Ford and PG&E partner on electric F-150 powering homes, grid
2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Ford Ford Motor will collaborate with Pacific Gas and Electric Co. in California to evaluate the bidirectional charging capabilities of the electric F-150 Lightning to power ...
Stripe launches crypto business suite
TL; DR Breakdown Stripe rolls out new crypto business suite update The new update will allow traders to pay for crypto and NFT via fiat Stripe announces NFT drop on Nifty Gateway Stripe, a company bas...
Britain resurfaces huge tidal energy plan amid Ukraine crisis
An aerial shot of the Severn Estuary from 2010. Jamie Cooper | Sspl | Getty Images An independent commission in the U.K. is to revisit the possibility of using the Severn Estuary, a large body of wate...
5 Ways To Grow Business Value Through Analytics
Many organizations are challenged with scaling analytics to reach every employee and/or realizing the full value of their analytics investments. Also, the exponential amount of data they’re generating...
Whether or not a bottom is in, here’s what will ride to the stock market’s rescue over 12 months, one strategist forecasts
So, is this it? After the powerful 2.6% rebound for the S&P 500 SPX, -0.43% on Wednesday, is the bottom in? Arguing yes is Mark Newton, head of technical strategy at Fundstrat, who notes that whil...
Win More Repeat Retail Business And Make More Money
L. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images) Getty Images Based on a recent study by Endear, a CRM messaging and analytics platform, existing customers are 50% more likely than new customers to try new pr...
Deutsche Bank says not ‘practical’ to exit Russia business
Deutsche Bank said Thursday it is not “practical” to close its Russia business, despite similar moves by major corporations seeking to distance themselves from the country over its invasio...
Here are the companies still doing business in Russia undeterred
A corporate exodus from Russia in response to its military invasion of Ukraine has seen more than 300 U.S. and multinational companies sever business ties with the country — and the list is growing by...
Moderna CEO’s golden parachute soared by hundreds of millions over the pandemic
Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Moderna’s board of directors approved a golden parachute for CEO Stephane Bancel worth more than $926 million at the end of last year, u...
Rivian (RIVN) earnings Q4 2021
Rivian signage at the Nasdaq on their IPO day, November 10, 2021 in New York. Source: Rivian Shares of Rivian Automotive tumbled in after-hours trading Thursday after the company missed Wall Street...
JPMorgan is winding down its Russia operations amid widening business exodus over Ukraine war
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon listens as he is introduced at the Boston College Chief Executives Club luncheon in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 23, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters JPMorgan Chase, the...
Hypersonic aircraft start-up Hermeus raises $100 million
The company test firing the Quarterhorse aircraft’s engine at an unveiling event in 2021. Hermeus Hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus on Thursday announced a $100 million round of funding that i...
Russia to emerge with full bill of health, downplays sanctions
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives an annual press conference on Russian diplomacy in 2021, in Moscow on January 14, 2022. Dimitar Dilkoff | Afp | Getty Images Russia’s foreign ministe...
United Airlines will let unvaccinated employees return to jobs
A United Airlines 737 Max 8 Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines, citing a steep decline in Covid-19 cases, told staff Thursday that it will allow unvaccinated workers to return to their jobs startin...
Amazon, CrowdStrike, Micron and more
A worker sits on a wall dividing an informal settlement from the new Amazon fulfillment center, which is under construction at RMSG Alamar Industrial Park, in Tijuana, Mexico September 7, 2021. Jorge ...
Burger King halts corporate support for its 800-plus franchised locations in Russia
A man holds meals from the Burger King restaurant on May, 15, 2020 in Dedovsk, Russia. Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images Burger King announced Thursday it has halted corporate support for its 800-plus fr...
U.S. extends airplane mask mandate through April 18
A sign reads “Wear A Mask” at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images T...
Peloton tests new pricing model as it tries to win customers
Peloton’s new Chief Executive Barry McCarthy has only been at the helm of the connected fitness company for about a month, but he’s already testing ways to lure new customers and make the ...
Here’s what investors should look for
A Rivian R1T electric pickup truck during the company’s IPO outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rivian Automotive’s...
Amazon, Boeing, CrowdStrike and others
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Amazon.com (AMZN) – Amazon jumped 5.3% in the premarket after it announced a 20-for-1 stock split and a $10 billion share buyback program. The...
12 dividend stocks paying at least 3.5% that are well-suited for high inflation
Investors may have turned for a moment from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to energy and supply shortages in the U.S. that are producing high inflation. With purchasing power crumbling, patient invest...