Hampton landlord sentenced to 17 years for using black tennants’ names for COVID-19 relief fraud
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Hampton landlord who engaged in a scheme of racial harassment, fraud, and abuse targeting low-income minority tenants was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in federal prison, according…
JPMorgan names Keith Canton as head of Americas Equities Capital Markets
(Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co has named Keith Canton as the new head of Americas Equities Capital Markets (ECM) group, an internal memo seen by Reuters showed on Wednesday. Canton replaces…
LVMH rejigs beauty division, names Stephane Rinderknech CEO
PARIS (Reuters) – LVMH, the world’s largest luxury company, on Monday named Stephane Rinderknech as chairman and CEO of its beauty division, rounding out a series of broader management changes at the…
Boeing names new chief engineer
By Valerie Insinna (Reuters) – Boeing Co has named a new chief engineer, promoting the engineering lead at its commercial planes unit to oversee engineering and technology development efforts across the company,…
VW’s China JV with SAIC names Jia Jianxu as its new head
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s joint venture with China’s SAIC Motor said on Monday it had appointed Jia Jianxu, a veteran executive at the state-owned Chinese automaker, as its new general manager. Born…
Novartis names Firmenich CEO as chairman designate of Sandoz
ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis on Monday announced the appointment of Gilbert Ghostine as chairman-designate of Sandoz, the generics unit Novartis wants to spin off later this year. Ghostine has been CEO of…
Sugar producer Tereos names Boucas as CEO
PARIS (Reuters) – Tereos, the world’s second-largest sugar producer, said on Friday it had appointed Jorge Boucas as its chief executive officer effective from April. Its former chief executive stepped down in…
Johnson & Johnson names ex-Sanofi executive as pharma, R&D vice president
(Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson said on Monday John Reed will take the role of executive vice president of pharmaceuticals, research and development, effective April 3. Reed, 64, will replace William Hait,…
Brick Township names new police chief
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Brick Township Mayor John Ducey announced that veteran police officer David Forrester has replaced Chief James Riccio who retired after 36 years on the job on January 31.…
Goldman Sachs names banker in senior Americas trading role-memo
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc has named Benny Adler to lead the bank’s trading efforts on public capital market deals in the Americas, according to an internal memo seen…
Ferrari names Lorenzo Giorgetti as chief racing revenue officer
MILAN (Reuters) – Ferrari said on Tuesday it had appointed Lorenzo Giorgetti to the newly-created position of chief racing revenue officer, tasked with boosting long-term relations with sponsors across all racing activities.…
Goldman Sachs names investment banker in new transaction banking role
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc has appointed Akila Raman as chief commercial and strategy officer of transaction banking within its newly formed Platform Solutions unit, according to an internal…
Bridgewater names Karen Karniol-Tambour as third co-CIO
(Reuters) – Bridgewater Associates, the hedge fund founded by billionaire Ray Dalio, is naming Karen Karniol-Tambour as its third co-chief investment officer. Karniol-Tambour, 37, joins Bob Prince and Greg Jensen as a…
NY Fed names Piper Sandler’s Roberto Perli as System Open Market Account manager
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday that Roberto Perli will next month become the manager of its massive portfolio of securities and cash…
Capri names insider Cedric Wilmotte as CEO of Michael Kors
(Reuters) – U.S. luxury group Capri Holdings Ltd on Monday named company veteran Cedric Wilmotte as the chief executive officer of its Michael Kors brand. Wilmotte, 48, who will take charge from…
French advertising firm Publicis names WPP’s Ikiler as EMEA COO
(Reuters) – Publicis has appointed WPP’s Demet Ikiler as its chief operating officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the French advertising agency said on Monday. Ikiler, who joins after more…
Columbia University names economist Nemat Shafik as first woman president
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Columbia University named former Bank of England Deputy Governor and current London School of Economics President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik as its president, marking the first time…
Deutsche Bank names new compliance head from Barclays
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank has appointed a Barclays executive to oversee compliance at Germany’s largest lender, according to an internal memo circulated on Tuesday and seen by Reuters. Deutsche for years…
Peloton names former Twitter executive Leslie Berland as Chief Marketing Officer
(Reuters) – Peloton Interactive Inc named former Twitter Inc executive Leslie Berland as Chief Marketing Officer on Tuesday, as the once high-flying connected fitness equipment works to recharge sales amid waning demand.…
Bank of Canada names economics professor to governing council
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Bank of Canada said on Monday it has appointed a professor of applied economics at HEC Montreal to be a non-executive deputy governor and the sixth…
Twitter considered selling user names to bring in revenue – NYT
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc has mulled selling user names to bring in new revenue, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The social media firm did…
Former insurance agent pleads guilty to defrauding customers by creating life insurance policies in their names without victims’ knowledge
CINCINNATI – A former insurance agent pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to defrauding dozens of victims in the Cincinnati and Dayton area. Specifically, Seneca Birchmore, 45, of Cincinnati, admitted to…
U.S. Interior Department names Elizabeth Klein to oversee offshore energy
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department on Tuesday named Elizabeth Klein, a lawyer who worked in the Obama and Clinton administrations, to head the bureau that oversees offshore…
Pentagon Begins Process Of Scrubbing Confederate Names, Symbols From Military Assets
Pentagon Begins Process Of Scrubbing Confederate Names, Symbols From Military Assets Micaela Burrow on January 5, 2023 The Department of Defense (DOD) will officially begin the estimated $62 million process of renaming…
Brazil’s Petrobras names interim head after CEO departs
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday its board of directors had approved the early departure of chief executive officer Caio Paes de Andrade, which will take effect…
FTX customers ask bankruptcy court to keep their names secret
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – A group of FTX customers from outside the United States have asked a U.S. bankruptcy judge to keep their names secret during the cryptocurrency exchange’s bankruptcy case,…
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