Mercury Systems rebuffs former CEO’s unusual pay demand
By David Carnevali NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. military chip maker Mercury Systems Inc is locked in an unusual dispute with its former chief executive who is demanding a payout, most recently…
Aerojet investors end proxy fight with chairman by electing CEO’s slate
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Aerojet Rocketdyne shareholders on Thursday elected the eight-person board slate headed by Chief Executive Officer Eileen Drake, the company said in a statement, ending one of the…
Auto industry CEOs urge Congress to quickly pass chips funding
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – Major automakers and industry suppliers on Wednesday urged Congress to move quickly to pass $52 billion in subsidies for U.S. semiconductor production, according to a letter seen…
CNN Hosts Are Blatantly Ignoring New CEO’s Request To Stop Saying ‘The Big Lie’
CNN Hosts Are Blatantly Ignoring New CEO’s Request To Stop Saying ‘The Big Lie’ Harold Hutchison on June 16, 2022 Multiple CNN hosts and commentators defied CEO Chris Licht’s reported request to…
More than 100 CEOs urge U.S. Congress to pass China competition bill
By Jane Lanhee Lee, Moira Warburton and Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON – Chief executives from Alphabet Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp on Wednesday called on Congress to pass legislation aimed at…
Silver Lake’s backing of dealmaking CEOs pays off
By Chibuike Oguh (Reuters) – Private equity firm Silver Lake has spent years cultivating and backing chief executives enamored with big deals, a strategy that pays off handsomely when large acquisitions such…
Texas Retains Top Spot Among CEOs in Chief Executive’s 2022 Best & Worst States for Business Ranking
The just-released annual ranking of states by the country’s CEOs shows stability at the top and bottom—but reveals significant pressure from up-and-comer Arizona. BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 26, 2022 — Perennial CEO favorite…
Exxon, Chevron paid their CEOs over $22 million each last year -filings
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON – Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp paid their chief executives more than $22 million each last year, according to securities filings released on Thursday, the day after…
Activision CEO’s meeting with options trader under U.S. probe – WSJ
(Reuters) – U.S. authorities are investigating whether an options trade in Activision Blizzard Inc violated insider-trading laws as it followed a meeting between CEO Bobby Kotick and one of the traders, the…
Big Oil Thumbs Nose At Democrats, CEOs Decline Price Gouging Hearing Invitation
Big Oil Thumbs Nose At Democrats, CEOs Decline Price Gouging Hearing Invitation Thomas Catenacci on March 30, 2022 Three major U.S. fossil fuel companies rejected an invitation from House Democrats to testify…
Annual gathering of airline CEOs moved to Qatar
– The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) annual gathering of airline chief executives in June will be held in Doha, Qatar, rather than in Shanghai, it said on Friday, citing China’s strict…
Airline CEOs Demand End To Biden’s Mask Mandate
Airline CEOs Demand End To Biden’s Mask Mandate Laurel Duggan on March 24, 2022 Chief executives of several major airlines told President Joe Biden to end COVID-19-related federal transportation restrictions in a…
U.S. taps GM, Oracle, airline CEOs for Homeland Security advisory panel
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Homeland Security Department said Thursday it was naming the chief executives of General Motors, United Airlines American Airlines, Bank of America, Oracle and others to…
Intel, Micron CEOs to testify at U.S. Senate hearing on chip making
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The chief executives of Intel and Micron will testify on March 23 before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee as the industry and lawmakers make the case for $52…
Schumer says Congress will call oil and gas company CEOs to testify on energy prices
WASHINGTON – Congressional leaders in the coming weeks will call on chief executives of major oil and gas companies to testify about recent spikes in U.S. energy prices, Senate Majority Leader Chuck…
Shell CEO’s pay rose by a quarter in 2021 to $8.2 million
LONDON – Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden’s pay package for last year rose by about a quarter to 7.4 million euros ($8.2 million), his first raise since receiving a bumper 20…
Exclusive-New Rio Tinto chairman to weigh CEO’s future amid toxic culture crisis – sources
By Clara Denina and Helen Reid LONDON/JOHANNESBURG – The incoming chairman of Rio Tinto will review the position of CEO Jakob Stausholm to determine whether he is suitable to lead an overhaul…
Consumers face years of high energy prices, Big Oil CEOs warn
By Ron Bousso and Nerijus Adomaitis LONDON – Consumers should brace for years of high energy prices, heads of top oil and gas companies said, in what would pile pressure on governments…
Bank of America CEO’s pay rises more than 30% for 2021
NEW YORK -Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan’s total compensation for 2021 rose by $7.5 million, or more than 30%, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Moynihan will receive $32…
Two Airline CEOs Challenge Mask Mandates On Planes
Mask mandates do little, if anything, to make the air safer inside airplanes, two major airline CEOs argued before Congress Wednesday. “I think the case is very strong that masks don’t add…
Big Oil CEOs Thumb Nose At Green Energy Transition, Say Fossil Fuels Still Have ‘Essential Role’
Executives of major oil companies slammed the aggressive global push to renewable forms of energy and warned that such policies could crash economies. Crude oil and natural gas continue to be key…
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