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Phishing threat insights from a study of 500 cybersecurity leaders.  Phishing has been around for decades and yet with each passing year, attacks are becoming increasingly pervasive and destructive. According to an independent study of 500 cybersecurity leaders conducted by UK security vendor Egress, 95% of leaders are stressed about...

The BNB token, a cryptocurrency associated with Binance and its co-founder Zhao Changpeng, surged to a record high during the first week of Zhao's four-month jail sentence in the United States. This rally highlights Zhao's unique status as the wealthiest individual ever to serve time in a US federal prison....

Tesla's chairperson, Robyn Denholm, is urging shareholders to approve Elon Musk's $56 billion compensation plan, emphasizing the risk of losing the billionaire CEO if he is not adequately incentivized. The vote, set for June 13th, will decide the fate of Musk’s substantial pay package, labeled as the largest ever approved...

Phony doctors, lawyers, politicians, and industry leaders walk among us. Stories such as recently expelled Long Island Congressman George Santos, who lied about nearly everything, and convicted business owner Elizabeth Holmes, who made false claims about her company Theranos’ blood-testing product, could have been avoided if anyone had bothered to...

A wave of high-profile CEO departures is sweeping through major companies. Boeing's Dave Calhoun, who became well-known during the 737 Max crisis, is set to exit the company by the end of the year. Additionally, Chairman Larry Kellner will not seek reelection, and Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing's commercial airplanes...

Although the number of women reaching CEO positions in S&P 500 companies is increasing, they still represent a small fraction compared to their male counterparts. According to the latest annual compensation survey by The Associated Press and Equilar, 25 out of 341 CEOs are women. This is the highest number...

Chief executives of S&P 500 companies saw their compensation packages surge by nearly 13% last year, significantly outpacing the wage increases of average workers amid rising inflation. According to data analyzed by Equilar for The Associated Press, the median CEO pay package rose to $16.3 million, marking a 12.6% increase....

Since the beginning of 2024, there has been a consistent stream of CEO departures from leading CX tech firms, including AWS, NICE, Freshworks, Twilio, Vonage, Medallia, Calabrio, and Luware. This trend raises questions about what might be unsettling the leadership in these companies. One significant factor in this upheaval is...

Benjamin Graham, the intellectual father of stock analysis, is often quoted as saying, “In the short run the stock market is a voting machine; in the long run it is a weighing machine.” His comment contains two crucial insights. First, in the short run, stock returns are driven mainly by...

European CEOs’ assessments of business conditions inside and outside of Europe have diverged to the highest levels ever recorded. Concerns over persistently weak economic growth are pushing many corporate executives to prioritize commercial opportunities abroad. The 2024 biannual survey of business leaders by the European Round Table for Industry (ERT),...