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These conversations occurred against a backdrop of daily #MeToo stories and allegations of sexual harassment against executives in numerous industries, making for a lot of interesting conversations that we plan to publish more of over the next several weeks.

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«Against modest economic growth of 2 percent, we had one of the strongest quarters in our history,» said Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said.

During the meeting with executives Thursday, Cohn argued against taking action, according to a person in the room.

The executive told analysts on a conference call on Friday to discuss the sports retailer's abysmal second quarter results that he wasn't concerned about companies like Adidas and Nike (nke) selling on Amazon.com (amzn), saying that quality in - store experience remained a crucial protection against the massive online retailer.

From legal action against President Trump's executive orders to numerous Super Bowl ads, many brands have chosen to take a stance in the current political climate.

Last Friday, Obama signed an executive order that calls for more cooperation between the government and companies in the fight against cyberthreats.

While business investors would normally trust Gov. Bruce Rauner, a former private - equity executive, to veto the legislation, the industry's trade group fears the unpopular Republican may cave in an election cycle that pits him against Biss and a pack of other Democratic contenders.

As investigators wrap their case against more than a dozen traders involved in the recent LIBOR scandal — which involves executives at Barclays and a growing list of international banks attempting to manipulate the benchmark figure for trillions of pounds» worth of financial contracts — they're revealing a curious fact about how some of the details were leaked in the first place.

On Saturday night, Uber's New York City Twitter account announced that it was turning off surge pricing for trips at JFK airport in light of the protests against Donald Trump's executive order that bans immigrants from seven Muslim - majority countries.

Ausdrill announced today that the proceedings in the Supreme Court against its chief executive officer Ron Sayers have been discontinued.

Matthew Whitaker, a former US attorney and 2014 Republican primary candidate in Iowa's Senate race who is now the executive director of the conservative Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust, told Business Insider in an email that Comey's testimony made it «clear» that «there is absolutely no criminal case to be made against President Trump for obstruction of justice.»

In February, Reuters reported that a surge in violence against Uber drivers in Brazil last year was forcing executives to rethink the use of cash payments and admit they had underestimated security risks herIn February, Reuters reported that a surge in violence against Uber drivers in Brazil last year was forcing executives to rethink the use of cash payments and admit they had underestimated security risks herin violence against Uber drivers in Brazil last year was forcing executives to rethink the use of cash payments and admit they had underestimated security risks herin Brazil last year was forcing executives to rethink the use of cash payments and admit they had underestimated security risks here.

Demonstrators yell slogans during protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 29, 2017.

On Jan. 27, Trump signed the first executive order for a travel ban — related to travelers from seven Muslim - majority countries — which led to confusion across U.S. and overseas airports and resulted in nationwide protests against the order.

Mark Zuckerberg came out against President Trump's executive orders on immigration policy in a lengthy post on his Facebook page Friday.

HOUSTON / CARACAS, April 23 - Two Chevron Corp. employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with draft charges against the U.S. firm's executives.

This isn't the first time someone from the West Wing family has backed Clinton: Back in June, show creator and executive producer Aaron Sorkin spoke out against Donald Trump and said the fictional President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) would surely endorse Clinton.

For example, I was recently working with an executive recruiter who did 90 % of his business in a single industry, where despite some success he was struggling to get a foothold against larger competitors.

In a filing with the SEC submitted last Wednesday, the company revealed that 87.7 million shares had voted against the company's executive compensation plan in a Say on Pay vote at Cheniere's annual meeting on September 1In a filing with the SEC submitted last Wednesday, the company revealed that 87.7 million shares had voted against the company's executive compensation plan in a Say on Pay vote at Cheniere's annual meeting on September 1in a Say on Pay vote at Cheniere's annual meeting on September 11.

Daiichi Sankyo's press release comes in the wake not only of Ranbaxy's highly unusual criminal guilty plea and $ 500 million in fines and penalties — the largest ever against a generic - drug maker — but also a lengthy Fortune article that exposed for the first time the depth and extent of the fraud charges leveled at the company and the knowledge of senior company executives.

Speaking at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, the closely - watched DoubleLine Capital LP chief executive officer recommended a trade of shorting, or betting against, Facebook while betting on gains in an exchange - traded fund that tracks oil and gas explorers and producers who could benefit from rising inflation.

Goldin, whose company is based in San Francisco, is part of a growing number of Silicon Valley executives speaking out against Trump and his controversial policies.

In mid-2008, following an IMET investigation, the Crown laid charges against De Zen and five other Royal Group executives.

In March, Goldilocks filed a lawsuit with the Singapore High Court against the commodities trader and some of its former and current senior executives, alleging the company inflated its assets, Reuters reported.

Two Chevron employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with draft charges against the U.S. firm's executives.

Two Chevron employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state - owned oil company PDVSA, according to sources familiar with draft charges against the executives.

In the aftermath of O'Reilly's dismissal from Fox News, the Washington Post offers a blistering peek into the Murdochian mind; specifically how Rupert, his sons, and senior executives could justify re-signing the anchor after paying out millions of dollars to make the complaints against him disappear.

BEIJING (AP)-- Sino Forest Corp. says its chief executive has resigned as Canadian regulators investigate fraud allegations against the Hong Kong - based company following claims it exaggerated the size of its forest holdings in China.

But that chain's presence was heavy in the room, and all the plans Walmart executives laid out resonated against the coming changes to the retail landscape.

«Mr. Ackman has a $ 1 billion bet against Herbalife and a direct financial interest in hurting our company,» said Alan Hoffman, an executive vice president at Herbalife.

The government has threatened sanctions against its lab operations and top executives, and president Sunny Balwani has entered early retirement in an obvious «you can't fire me, I quit» move.

However, the executives also recognize that to a lesser extent, the Bank of Canada may be motivated to keep rates frozen in order to prevent further appreciation of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar, a situation that is harmful to Canadian exporters.

Facebook (fb) chief executive Mark Zuckerberg laid out a vision on Thursday of his company serving as a bulwark against rising isolationism, writing in a letter to users that the company's platform could be the «social infrastructure» for the globe.

The fact that they did that and imposed this religious test against Muslims in the executive orders on the same day, this is not a coincidence.»

Most recently, a Jan. 19 shareholder lawsuit filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery against the boards of Viacom and CBS Corp alleges the companies improperly paid millions for Redstone's services as executive chairman «while he was physically and mentally incapacitated.»

Social media can also pose a risk, but if your business depends on using it, at the very least make sure geolocation data is turned off in the app (there are online tools that can track a user based on this data) and be careful about oversharing, as sensitive information can be used against executives and employees in social engineering attacks.

Fifty - two percent of shareholders voted against Disney's compensation plan for Iger and other executives, the company said at its annual shareholder meeting in Houston.

Obama altered an executive order he issued in April 2015 that allows the US to retaliate against cyberattacks to include those «interfering with or undermining election processes or institutions.»

The June 23 vote took many investors and chief executives by surprise, triggering the deepest political and financial turmoil in Britain since World War Two and the biggest ever one - day fall in sterling against the dollar.

Mr. Costolo became chief executive in October 2010 in a boardroom coup against Evan Williams, Twitter's co-founder and then chief executive.

A key document in Alphabet's legal battle against Uber reveals that a former Alphabet executive had a trove of data on Alphabet's self - driving car technology and accessed some of the files after he left the company.

* INMARSAT: Investors in Inmarsat voted against the British satellite firm's remuneration report as they made clear their unhappiness at executive rewards for a year in which the company's shares fell 35 percent.

Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen AG Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.

Menlo Park, California - based social media behemoth Facebook Inc's co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has rejected allegations against his company in the recently concluded US election where Republican Party's Donald Trump was elected as the country's 45th president.

In particular, the executive said, Mr. Koum was tired from fighting back against pressure from the board throughout 2017 to allow advertisements on WhatsApp.

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Detroit on Thursday unsealed charges against former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn, accusing him of conspiring to mislead regulators about the German automaker's diesel emissions cheating.

Trump signed an executive order to investigate the trade policies around steel and aluminum in April 2017, a directive that sparked an internal struggle within the Trump administration, pitting free trade advocates, like chief economic adviser Gary Cohn, against trade hawks like White House adviser Peter Navarro.

Shares that are properly voted by the Internet or telephone or for which proxy cards are properly executed and returned will be voted at the Annual Meeting in accordance with the directions given or, in the absence of directions, will be voted in accordance with the Board's recommendations as follows: «FOR» the election of each of the nominees to the Board named herein; «FOR» the ratification of the appointment of our independent auditors; «FOR» approval, on an advisory basis, of our executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; and «AGAINST» the shareholder proposal.

Public companies for the first time this year must disclose how much more they pay their chief executive than their median employee, a rule born in the wake of the financial crisis and amid a social backlash against rising income inequality.

Raymond James Financial CEO Paul Reilly is among the industry executives against the proposal, calling it in a recent email to employees «an example of biased and distorted research (that) impugns the integrity of the work our advisors do every day to help clients achieve their financial goals.»