EXCLUSIVE: Maureen Polo, who has been an exec at WarnerMedia and GM of streaming service Fullscreen, has been named head of direct-to-consumer at Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine. The newly created role will enable the company to continue expanding its content and offerings. Polo will oversee a DTC portfolio including recent acquisition […]

Many of America’s largest and most famous companies were led by their founders for years and even decades. The most well-known of these is Ford Motor Company, founded by Henry Ford, who ran it from 1903 until 1945, when he was forced out by his family. The family continues to […]

The US has received enough petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for the fiscal year 2022, a federal agency has announced. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. […]

The auditor of ABG Shipyard, which is being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the Rs 23,000-crore default to banks, had settled an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) by paying a small settlement fee in 2019. The regulator had initiated an investigation […]

The FTC is set to decide over the next few weeks whether to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon’s planned merger with MGM. The Information reported this evening that the U.S. regulator is exploring actions that include hiring expert witnesses. The $8.45 billion deal was announced last May, around the […]

Asian stock markets are trading sharply lower on Tuesday, despite a lack of cues from Wall Street overnight due to a holiday, as rising geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine triggered a sell-off in global equities. Investors watched the latest developments in Ukraine as last-ditch diplomatic efforts continued to prevent […]

The biggest jump in earnings and decline in P/E multiples has occurred with top companies in metals and mining, corporate banking, and the oil and gas sectors. The headline valuation of the broader market has declined in the past one year owing to a sharp rise in the profitability of […]

(CNN)The White House, along with the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada, announced Saturday evening that they would expel certain Russian banks from SWIFT, the high-security network that connects thousands of financial institutions around the world, pledging to “collectively ensure that this war is a strategic […]

‘She violated NSE procedures and rules, corporate governance norms; Chitra acted maybe within her capacity as MD and CEO, but not in the right spirit.’ Former executive director of the Securities and Exchange Board of India J N Gupta, discusses the corporate governance issues, Sebi’s role in taking action against […]

Hollywood Teamsters Local 399’s Lindsay Dougherty has been named director of the Teamsters Motion Picture and Theatrical Trades Division, which represents thousands of Teamsters working in film, television, commercials, and live theater across the U.S. and Canada. In her new role, Dougherty will be the representative on the IBT’s international […]