Tom Staggs is the newly appointed chief operating officer of Disney and the leading candidate to succeed Chief Executive Robert Iger when he steps down in 2018.
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One of Canada’s most storied business families took the significant step of handing over day-to-day control of Bombardier to an outsider.
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Several top U.S. food makers served up grim financial news and disclosed leadership changes, highlighting the industry’s struggle to adapt to shifting consumer tastes and global economic challenges.
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Internet retailer Zulily unexpectedly replaced its chief financial officer and said it was struggling with higher costs related to its distribution centers that depressed fourth quarter profits.
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A court sentenced Cho Hyun-ah, daughter of Korean Air Lines’ chairman, to one year in prison after finding her guilty of disrupting a flight in December over the way she was served macadamia nuts.
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J.P. Morgan pushed out two senior executives connected to an investigation into its hiring in Asia, making them the latest to leave amid the burgeoning probe, according to people familiar with the bank’s actions.
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W.R. Grace, a conglomerate that dates back over 150 years, has operated everything from steam ships to dialysis centers. Now, it is joining H-P, ITT and other giants narrowing its focus and splitting up.
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For starters, don't link pay packages just to stock. Tie them to the company's debt as well. That will help ensure that CEOs reap big rewards for long-term success, not just a short-lived bump in the stock price.
Teaching employees new skills is one thing. Getting them to apply what they have learned is quite another.
In honor of Valentine's Day, At Work the stories of three married couples who found love on the job.
Is there still a place for tough feedback at work? Some companies aren't so sure.
In less than a year at the helm of SAP, Bill McDermott has accelerated the German business-software provider’s transformation into an Internet cloud company.
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President Barack Obama's executive order promotes information sharing about cyberthreats among companies and between the government and private industry. But the order stopped short of requiring companies to participate and left for another day some details on how the new framework would run.
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Some targets of U.S. economic sanctions in Russia and Ukraine are selling off their assets, sometimes to relatives; this is causing a headache for U.S. firms trying to remain compliant with the rules at home but hoping to do business in the region.
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A survey of 277 board members and senior executives found regulatory change and heightened regulatory scrutiny the top overall risk for the third straight year.
In honor of Valentine's Day, At Work the stories of three married couples who found love on the job.
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Sotheby’s shook off doubts stemming from the ouster of its CEO, earning this past week its highest total for artwork auctioned in London from its contemporary art department.
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Liberal influence-peddling topples Oregon’s Governor.
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Understanding the world’s most enigmatic and unpredictable dictator.; dropping out of college for $100K; more companies opt for online-only shareholder meetings.
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Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC took a new position in Hertz Global Holdings Inc. in the fourth quarter, adding to the hedge-fund presence among the auto-rental company’s shareholders.
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A McDonald’s Corp. shareholder group called for changes to the burger giant’s long-tenured board of directors, including Chairman Andrew McKenna, because of the company’s ongoing sales woes.
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The elite business school is struggling to keep up when it comes to teaching management in a tech era, students, faculty and alumni say.
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Economic downturns offer unique opportunities to launch innovative new products and services. Here's how entrepreneurs - both inside and outside of corporations - can make smart decisions about innovating in a slump.
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