Enter COVID-19: For many workers and employers, it is a perfect storm. The crisis has exposed how inequality is a central feature of our economy’s reliance on low-paid service-sector workers, and how underprepared many companies are to deal with risks to their workforce
Boeing Co.’s board is accused of failing to properly oversee management’s responses to two fatal 737 MAX crashes and the plane’s safety problems in a shareholders’ lawsuit that cites internal company documents...
Alphabet has reached a settlement on a shareholder lawsuit that accused the board of allegedly mishandling sexual misconduct by its executives. Execs will not be able to receive severance or amend their stock sale plans while they are while they are subject to investigations or a lawsuit for sexual misconduct, according to a summary of the settlement provided by the plaintiffs’ attorneys...
Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)--Toshiba Corp.'s top shareholder has asked the machinery and electronics maker to set up a third-party panel to examine an error in vote-counting for a general shareholders meeting, it was learned Friday. The top shareholder, Effissimo Capital Management Pte., set up by former colleagues of activist investor Yoshiaki Murakami, made the request in a letter to Toshiba, dated Wednesday...
Comcast Corp.'s stock performance amid the coronavirus pandemic is a tale of two diverging business segments, a dilemma that has attracted the attention of activist investor Trian Fund Management LP. The hedge fund, which describes itself as "a highly engaged shareowner," bought up 20 million shares of Comcast, the largest U.S. cable operator. A Trian spokesperson said it believes Comcast's stock is undervalued...
Graybug Vision, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAY), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative medicines to treat chronic vision-threatening diseases of the retina and optic nerve, today announced the appointment of three new members to the company’s Board of Directors with immediate effect...
STOUGHTON, Mass., Sept. 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Collegium Pharmaceutical, Inc. (Nasdaq: COLL), a specialty pharmaceutical company committed to being the leader in responsible pain management, today announced the appointment of Rita Balice-Gordon to its Board of Directors...
Frequency Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: FREQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on harnessing the body’s innate biology to repair or reverse damage caused by a broad range of degenerative diseases, today announced the appointment of Cynthia Feldmann to its Board of Directors...
TFI International Inc. (NYSE and TSX: TFII), a North American leader in the transportation and logistics industry, today announced that William T. England will join its Board of Directors...
Anderson, president of global consumer solutions at Atlanta-based Equifax, was listed among the "Most Powerful Women in Corporate America" by Black Enterprise last year...
Veritas Capital needs no introduction in this space given their status as one of the most active private equity buyers and sellers in the government market...
First Busey Corporation (NASDAQ: BUSE) has announced the appointment of Samuel P. Banks as an independent director of the board of directors...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (NasdaqGS: GIII) today announced the election of Mr. Robert L. Johnson, Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies, LLC and former Founder and Chairman of Black Entertainment Television (BET), to the Company’s Board of Directors...
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) today announced the appointment of Elizabeth Buse, former CEO of Monitise PLC, a global mobile banking and payments company, to its Board of Directors...
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., ("MAA") (NYSE: MAA) today announced the appointment of Edith Kelly-Green to the Board of Directors...
BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANIK), a global, integrated joint preservation, restoration and regenerative solutions company with products across the orthopedic early intervention continuum of care, today announced that Anika’s Board of Directors has appointed John B. Henneman, III (“Jack”) and Stephen Richard as independent directors...
BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), a global leader in casual footwear for women, men and children today announced that Charisse Ford Hughes has been appointed to its board of directors effective October 1, 2020...
Hanger, Inc. (NYSE: HNGR) (the "Company") today announced that Mark M. Jones, MD has been appointed to its Board of Directors, increasing the size of the Board to ten members, effective immediately...
Bank of America announced today that independent members of its Board of Directors unanimously selected Lionel Nowell to be lead independent director successor...
On September 22, 2020 the report “COVID-19 and Inequality: A Test of Corporate Purpose” by KKS Advisors and the Test of Corporate Purpose(TCP) initiative was published. TCP was founded by Mark Tulay...
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the company named Teri P. McClure as a director effective October 1, 2020...
In 2019, the board of directors of McDonald’s Corp. took the unusual but bold and moral decision to dismiss its CEO Steve Easterbrook after he revealed he’d had a consensual relationship with a co-worker...
Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch’s compensation totaled $29.15 million for the fiscal year ended in June, down sharply from $42.11 million the year before...