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Nissan shareholders sack Carlos Ghosn from board
The wife of former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn says she left Japan because she felt she was in danger following her husband's latest arrest. Proceedings were at times interrupted by some hecklers on the floor of the meeting, which was attended by a near record-high 4,100 shareholders. [Full Article...]
Cain, Moore nominations for Federal Reserve seats on track: Kudlow
Trump has been a sharp critic of the interest rate policy set by the Federal Reserve, repeatedly blaming the USA central bank and its chair, Jerome Powell, for slowing down the economy, despite the Fed recently saying that it foresees no rate hikes in the year ahead. [Full Article...]
Fisher-Price Issues Warning About Their Infant Sleepers After 10 Deaths Reported
The children who died in the sleeper were older than 3 months and, while unrestrained, managed to roll on their stomachs or sides before they died, BuzzFeed News reports. In response to the US CPSC, Fisher Price said in a statement the company had a "long, proud tradition of prioritising safety" with regards to its products. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom companies urged to boost efforts to close gender pay gap
This is the second year that all companies and charities in Britain with more than 250 employees - covering nearly half the country's workforce - have had to report their gender pay gap . Caroline Prendergast, interim chief people officer, previously said: "We are far from satisfied with the status quo and not complacent, yet it may take a few years before we can realistically expect an improveme... [Full Article...]
United Express lands after cockpit screens start to go blank | AP business
According to the Knoxville News Sentinel , United Flight 4390 took off from Knoxville, Tennessee, en route to Houston when the pilot was forced to call for an emergency landing at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport . "If we'd continued, eventually I'd be flying blind", the pilot states. Rodney Giles, who said on Twitter his parents were on Flight 4390, tweeted a video of a crew memb... [Full Article...]
State Lawmakers Move On Bipartisan Cannabis Market Bills
Hemp-derived CBD is a bit of a debated topic amongst cannabis advocates, business owners, growers, and so on. "I have to be careful not to call customers patients", he acknowledged. Bon Appetit offers a CBD caramel sauce recipe , "drizzled over a brownie or slice of pound cake whenever you want the chill effect". Along with Gottlieb's press statement, FDA also revamped its Q&A on cannabis pr... [Full Article...]
German industrial production rises on construction gains | AP business
ING economist Carsten Brzeski said it had seemed that a trend of decreasing orders had ended at the end of 2018, but the "sharp drop in new orders clearly undermines latest tentative signs of a rebound in global activity in the first quarter". [Full Article...]
Microsoft Investigating 'Overlooked' Sexual Harassment Claims
Quartz is reporting that Microsoft's Senior Leadership Team is looking into the reports, with an all-hands meeting expected to happen today. And you know what? Now, Microsoft employees are demanding accountability from HR and the company's CEO Satya Nadella . [Full Article...]