Sources: Reuters
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov states that bilateral relations between France and Russia have "reached a nadir" following the arrest and captivity extension of Russian-born Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. 2024-08-27
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York releases FTX co-founder and former chief executive officer Sam Bankman-Fried on a $250 million bail on the condition that he resides at his parents' home in Palo Alto, California, while he awaits trial on criminal fraud charges over the bankruptcy of his cryptocurrency exchange. 2022-12-22
The trial of three executives of the now insolvent German financial services provider Wirecard, including its former chief executive officer Markus Braun, opens in Munich. Braun and two others have been charged with accounting fraud, breach of trust, commercial gang fraud, and market manipulation. 2022-12-8
Voters head to the polls in Virginia to either re-elect former Governor Terry McAuliffe or elect former Carlyle Group CEO Glenn Youngkin. In New Jersey, voters head to the polls to either re-elect Governor Phil Murphy or elect former state legislator Jack Ciattarelli to replace him. 2021-11-2
Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott announces that the network has evacuated 24 people from Afghanistan, including three Afghan nationals who assisted with the network's coverage of the war. 2021-08-22
Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam resigns after a spying scandal. 2020-02-7
Tesla stock drops 9% the day after CEO Elon Musk was seen drinking whiskey and smoking cannabis in California while discussing space colonization, life after the technological singularity and whether reality is a simulation on "The Joe Rogan Experience", and two executives resign. 2018-09-7
A court convicts Donald Blankenship, former CEO of Massey Energy Company, of violating safety standards that led to the deaths of 29 Upper Big Branch mine workers in Montcoal, West Virginia in 2010. He is acquitted of making false statements and deceiving regulators. Blankenship, who faces up to one year in prison and a fine of $250,000, is the most prominent American coal executive ever to be convicted of a charge connected to the deaths of miners. 2015-12-3
Steve Ballmer, the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, promises that Windows 8 will be on the market in 2012. 2011-05-23
Edward Whitacre, Jr. announces that he will resign as chief executive officer of General Motors effective from September and that he will be replaced by Daniel Akerson. 2010-08-12