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Meg Whitman steps down from HP's board
But plenty of people are misreading that information. Chip Bergh, who is CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., will take over as chairman of HP Inc., the company said Wednesday in a statement . Whitman has served as Chairman of HP since the separation of HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise in November 2015. HP is the maker of computers and printers, whereas HPE is the enterprise business. [Full Article...]
Report claims traces of herbicide found in Ben & Jerry's ice cream
Glyphosate is the main ingredient in the popular Roundup brand weed killer, and The Organic Consumers Association confirmed yesterday that it was found in 10 out of 11 B&J flavor samples. The World Health Organization's worldwide agency for research on cancer labeled glyphosate as a possible carcinogen, which can cause cancer. "Even if the reported results are accurate, as the laboratory th... [Full Article...]
Corning Incorporated (GLW) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.02 EPS
Central Bank & Trust Co. now owns 3,919 shares of the electronics maker's stock valued at $106,000 after buying an additional 3,282 shares in the last quarter. If you are viewing this piece of content on another publication, it was illegally stolen and reposted in violation of United States & worldwide trademark and copyright laws. [Full Article...]
United Kingdom auto production falls as Brexit pressures intensify
That followed falls in the previous two months - blamed on the timing of Easter and readying production for new models . Domestic demand for British built cars fell 9.5%, the SMMT said today, with exports having driven volumes in first six months as 78.9% of British-built cars were shipped overseas, maintaining year-on-year demand broadly stable at -0.9%. [Full Article...]
Jeff Bezos is now the world's richest person, surpassing Bill Gates
Bezos' net worth, beyond just his shares in Amazon , when you take into consideration his stake in the Washington Post and Blue Origin (his space company), and his other assets , it's enough to top Gates, according to CNBC. At one point, Gates topped the list for 13 straight years, but dropped to third place in 2008 when Microsoft's stock fell 15% after it made a failed bid for Yahoo. [Full Article...]
'Dinner plate' sized spider surprises Queensland couple at meal time
We didn't want to kill it, but it didn't like us for trying to move it along, ' she told Daily Mail Australia . Although huntsman spiders are not extremely risky they will bite if provoked. If you thought freakishly enormous spiders only lived in the Forbidden Forest, well, you were wrong. She said she had nicknamed the creepy-crawlie Aragog - after the giant, flesh-eating spider in the ... [Full Article...]
Stock with Unusual Volume: Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC)
A number of research firms recently weighed in on APC . Farmers And Merchants Invs Incorporated invested 0.09% of its portfolio in Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC). Warning by energy giant Halliburton Co. that U.S. shale explorers are "tapping the brakes" on drilling has helped to lift oil price to a high of $50.60 per barrel in early trading Wednesday, sending relief to oil dependent ec... [Full Article...]
Trump says Yellen still in the running for renewed term
She has said only that she is focused on doing her job and will remain in place through the end of her term February 3. Other potential candidates include Kevin Warsh, a Fed governor from 2006 to 2011 who has since become a vocal critic of the central bank; Fed Governor Jerome Powell, who's the lone Republican now serving on the Board; and Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia University's business ... [Full Article...]