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Wells Fargo touts its progress in new report. But critics say ‘toxic’ culture persists
SECTIONS Search E-edition Customer Service Advertise Newsletters News News Local Crime Databases Education Election Politics Nation/World Special Reports North Carolina South Carolina Corrections Columnists Retro Charlotte Your Schools All Blogs & Columns Sports Sports Carolina Panthers Charlotte Hornets That's Racin' High Schools College Sports Charlotte Knights/MLB Other Sports Blogs & Columnists Inside the Panthers Inside the NBA Prep Insiders Scott Fowler Tom Sorensen All Blogs & Columns Politics Politics Elections The North Carolina Influencer Series RNC 2020 Business Business Banking Stocks Center Top Workplaces National Business What's in Store Development All Blogs & Columns Living Living Religion Food & Drink Health & Family Home & … [Read more...] about Wells Fargo touts its progress in new report. But critics say ‘toxic’ culture persists
Exclusive: Refiner Citgo prepares to fend off Venezuela’s opposition government
By Marianna Parraga and Corina Pons MEXICO CITY/CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's most important foreign asset, its $10 billion (£7.6 billion) U.S. refining arm Citgo Petroleum, is hunkering down to arm itself with a legal strategy to block efforts for its board to be removed and its revenues diverted to an opposition government, sources close to the talks said. Juan Guaido, the head of the opposition-controlled congress who proclaimed himself president this week, is considering naming a new team to lead Citgo, two sources told Reuters. But President Nicolas Maduro said in Caracas on Friday that his government would seek to defend the refiner, raising the prospect that Citgo, run by Maduro appointees, could become a battleground between the two claimants to the leadership of Venezuela. "Citgo is the property of the Venezuelan state," Maduro said, adding that the OPEC-member country plans to continue selling oil to the United States, its first destination for crude exports and … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Refiner Citgo prepares to fend off Venezuela’s opposition government
Debenhams shares plummet following day of drama
Debenhams shares plummet following day of drama BelfastTelegraph.co.uk Debenhams shares collapsed on Friday following the removal of the retailer’s chairman and chief executive by Mike Ashley a day earlier. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/uk-world/debenhams-shares-plummet-following-day-of-drama-37702853.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/uk-world/article37702851.ece/c92ee/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_2dc7e628-e08b-4b6d-800a-381d5afdb509_1 Email Debenhams shares collapsed on Friday following the removal of the retailer’s chairman and chief executive by Mike Ashley a day earlier. The retail tycoon, who owns just under 30% of the department store chain through Sports Direct, teamed up with fellow shareholder Landmark to eject Sir Ian Cheshire and Sergio Bucher from the board. Following the Debenhams annual meeting on Thursday, Mr Cheshire stepped down as chairman immediately, but Mr Bucher will stay on as chief executive, although not as a director. … [Read more...] about Debenhams shares plummet following day of drama
The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: The day Boston was swamped by a deadly wave
Hollywood has made movies starring all manner of disasters, from rogue tornadoes and invading aliens to giant solar flares that fry the earth. But even the masters of make-believe haven’t conceived of anything as strange — or strangely devastating — as what happened that afternoon in January 1919.One hundred years later, it’s a calamity that still seems as darkly comical as it is unimaginable: A 15-foot wave of molasses raced — yes, raced — through Boston’s North End. But what sounds like a B movie directed by Roger Corman is no joke: Twenty-one people died and dozens more were badly injured. Unsuspecting men, women, and children were smothered — asphyxiated, really — by a tsunami of viscous brown syrup, and when the bodies were finally recovered, the Suffolk County medical examiner said they looked “as though covered in heavy oil skins . . . eyes and ears, mouths and noses filled.”Any trace of the … [Read more...] about The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: The day Boston was swamped by a deadly wave