Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger, who soon will begin winding down his two-decade tenure leading the company, collected $45.8 million in compensation last year β an 11% bump from the prior year. In 2024, Iger was paid $41 million in compensation. Disney released its corporate executive compensation packages Thursday, as the board prepares…
Donald Trump has been criticised for claiming NATO troops stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan. In an interview with Fox News in Davos, the US president repeated his criticism of NATO, saying he was not “sure” the alliance would “be there if we ever needed them”. He added: “We’ve never needed them. “They’ll…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his findings that President Trump βwillfully broke the lawβ in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, telling lawmakers that Republican efforts to discredit the probe are βfalse and misleading.β βNo one should be above the law in our country, and the law…
Curt Cignetti was salty. Asked at a news conference about how he planned to sell his vision to young players, the recently hired Indiana coach didnβt even look up while delivering his now-famous response. βItβs pretty simple. I win,β answered Cignetti, who then paused two seconds before delivering the final two words. βGoogle me.β A…
Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (Β£3.7bn) lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase (JPMC), accusing it of debanking him and his business empire after his first term in the White House ended. The US president claims America’s largest bank by assets and its chief executive Jamie Dimon closed a number of personal and business accounts in February…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> With her nomination for the cinematography of βSinners,β Autumn Durald Arkapaw becomes the first woman of color β and only the fourth woman ever β to be recognized in the category. The recipient of a record-setting 16 nominations, Ryan Cooglerβs vampire film set in the 1930s was advanced in every category for which…
Could Andy Burnham be on the brink of becoming a member of parliament? After former minister Andrew Gwynne stepped down as a Labour MP, his Gorton and Denton constituency has been touted as a potential seat for the mayor of Greater Manchester. Starmer responds to leadership speculation – politics latest Well, he faces a BIG…
One year ago this week, a case of measles was recorded in Gaines County, Texas. It was the start of an outbreak that killed two children and sickened at least 760 people. Thousands more in the U.S. have contracted measles since. In April, the Pan American Health Organization, an offshoot of the World Health Organization,…
Long Beachβs bet on the Olympics to help reshape its economy has attracted at least one sportswear company to the port city. Speedoβs parent company, Pentland Brands, plans to move its North American headquarters from Orange County to Long Beach, which has emerged as a hub for aquatic sports for the upcoming Summer Olympics in…
JP Morgan Chase, the US-based banking giant, has swooped to buy a British pensions technology company as it tries to augment its retirement planning services to personal investing clients. Sky News has learnt that JP Morgan has agreed to snap up WealthOS, which was founded in 2019. Chaired by former Google executive John Herlihy, WealthOS…