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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick's Pay 'Problematic,' Say Activist Shareholders
2020 Jun 04, 4:27pm | 499Read More...Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) has come under fire from shareholders who are arguing that CEO Bobby Kotick's pay is too high. Activist shareholders have recommended a vote to deny the management pay package on June 11, according to SEC filings. The recommendation was supported by the...
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Trulieve Expands Board of Directors, Now Counts 8 Members
2020 Jun 04, 2:00pm | 452Read More...Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX:TCNNF) announced Thursday an expansion of its board of directors. The company appointed two new candidates: Susan Thronson and Thomas Millner. According to Trulieve's most recent shareholders report, the company's...
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Coronavirus Vaccine Frontrunner Moderna Appoints Former Amgen Executive As CFO
2020 Jun 04, 1:07pm | 442Read More...Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA), which is on the cusp of starting a Phase 3 trial of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate mRNA-1273, announced a C-suite change Thursday. Moderna Taps Amgen Veteran The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biopharma said it has appointed David Meline as its CFO effective...
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One World Pharma Names Former Detroit Piston Isiah Thomas As CEO
2020 Jun 04, 9:16am | 482Read More...Pharmaceutical company One World Pharma Inc. (OTCPK: OWPC) announced Thursday it has appointed Isiah Thomas as its CEO and vice chairman of the board of directors. The 12-time NBA All-Star player, who was featured at Monday's Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, is replacing Craig Ellins...
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South Korean Prosecutors Seek Arrest Warrant For Samsung Heir
2020 Jun 04, 7:56am | 320Read More...Prosecutors in South Korea have filed an arrest warrant against Jay Y. Lee, the anointed heir to the Samsung Group and Vice Chairman of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. (OTC: SSNLF) What Happened The arrest warrant request came Thursday as a part of an investigation into an alleged...
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Investment Bank Offers $25,000 To Fresh Hires Not To Start Working This Summer
2020 Jun 04, 7:39am | 263Read More...Evercore Inc. (NYSE: EVR) is offering cash payments to recent college graduates it offered to hire if they delay their joining, the Wall Street Journal reported. What Happened The investment banking firm will pay up to $25,000 to any recent college graduate analyst who will join the bank next...
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Tesla Will Be Rolling Out Cars At Berlin Plant In Less Than A Year, Government Official Says
2020 Jun 04, 6:42am | 298Read More...Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is tweaking its proposal for the Berlin manufacturing facility in a way that will both please environmental activists and keep the production on time, a local government official said, as reported by Bloomberg on Thursday. What Happened "We expect a proposal that in...
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Lawsuit Filed After Amazon Warehouse Worker Fatally Infects Cousin With Coronavirus
2020 Jun 04, 6:27am | 369Read More...Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is accused of exposing workers to unsafe working conditions after a New York warehouse worker contracted COVID-19 and infected her cousin, who later died. What Happened On Wednesday, three employees of the JFK8 fulfillment center filed a complaint in the federal...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey To Donate $3M For Advancement Of Black And Brown Communities
2020 Jun 04, 5:29am | 504Read More...Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey is giving $3 million to NFL player Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp organization. What Happened Dorsey, who is the chief executive of both Twitter and Square (NYSE: SQ), a mobile payment and merchant aggregator firm, took to Twitter on...
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GM CEO: North American Auto Plants Will Return To Pre-Pandemic Production Levels By Late June
2020 Jun 04, 1:37am | 424Read More...General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) CEO Mary Barra is confident that North American vehicle production will return close to pre-pandemic levels by end-June. What Happened Speaking at a Wolfe Research automotive conference Wednesday, Barra revealed GM’s aggressive efforts to restart...
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Warner Music CEO On IPO: Music Is The 'Only Global Language'
2020 Jun 03, 3:47pm | 478Read More...Warner Music Group Corp. priced its 77-million-share IPO at $25 per share, and the stock opened higher Wednesday at $27. As a company returning to the public markets, investors have plenty to ask about Warner, and CEO Stephen Cooper was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street"...
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Green Cures Taps Rich Thomas As New CEO
2020 Jun 03, 12:54pm | 257Read More...Green Cures & Botanical Distribution, Inc. (OTC: GRCU) announced Wednesday it has appointed Rich Thomas as the new CEO. Following the resignation, the company’s former CEO — Joe Tragessor — will provide Green Cures with consulting and advising services....
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BlackRock Sees These Opportunities As Best In Asia To Outlast Coronavirus
2020 Jun 03, 9:14am | 262Read More...BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in its Asia outlook report on Wednesday said the continent "stands out" as a beneficiary when global growth returns to a normal pace at the earliest in 2022, Reuters reported. What Happened The world's largest asset manager said it sees oil stocks, and...
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The Daily Biotech Pulse: Regulatory Delay For Novartis' Multiple Sclerosis Drug, FSD Gets Nod For COVID-19 Study
2020 Jun 03, 7:39am | 1403Read More...Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours. Scaling The Peaks (Biotech Stocks Hitting 52-week Highs June 2) Agenus Inc (NASDAQ: AGEN)(announced FDA clearance of its IND for evaluating its allogeneic iNKT therapy as a COVID-19 treatment option) Arena...
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Twitter To Appoint Former Google CFO As Chairperson After Investor Push
2020 Jun 03, 5:57am | 379Read More...Twitter Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) named Patrick Pichette, a former Google executive as the board's chairperson, bringing an outsider to lead its board for the first time ever. What Happened Pichette, who served as a chief financial officer at Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) owned...
