After becoming CEO of Kaiser Permanente in 2013, Bernard Tyson built a national profile in health care, and his influence was especially acute in 2017. The CEO of the nation’s largest nonprofit managed health care system met with President Trump twice...
Freshworks Inc. scored a $150 million funding round, bolstering its arsenal to take aim at its much larger rival Salesforce.com Inc. and also launch an aggressive hiring campaign, the company’s CEO Girish Mathrubootham said Wednesday. The San Mateo-ba...
The sportswear company's shares climbed 2 percent Wednesday, after it announced the end of a pilot project with Amazon. Analysts said the move shows Nike remains one of the strongest brands.
The McClatchy Co., publisher of the Sacramento Bee and other newspapers, said its employee pension plan was underfunded by $535 million as of March, creating “a significant liquidity challenge” for the company next year. McClatchy (NYSE: MNI) reported...
In the beginning there was Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime Video — subscription-video-on-demand services that licensed content from mass media conglomerates such as The Walt Disney Co., WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal and Viacom Inc. But the subscription lan...
One of North America's leading manufacturers of household paper products, which opened its first plant in the Southeast earlier this year in Macon, Ga., already is expanding its operations there. Irving Tissue Co., which invested $470 million and hire...
The Boeing Co.'s plan to begin delivering its 737 MAX jets again next month could have important buy-in from at least some of its customers. If the Boeing Co. is cleared to begin delivering its 737 MAX again before the end of the year, Reuters report...
The U.S. Department of Education has said it will not recognize GCU's nonprofit status and will continue to treat the world's largest private Christian university as a for-profit entity.
Sezzle Inc., the Minneapolis-based "buy now, pay later" platform, announced on Wednesday that it is beefing up its Canadian presence by opening a Toronto office. It has hired Patrick Chan, a long-time employee of companies like PayPal and Salesforce, t...
San Francisco officials are working to launch the city's own public bank, which would be the first in California and the second in the country after North Dakota. Legislation introduced Tuesday by Supervisor Sandra Fewer will create a task force to se...
The Washington Spirit will be fanning out across Greater Washington in 2020. The National Women’s Soccer League franchise announced Tuesday it will play home games at three of the region’s soccer-specific stadiums next season. The Spirit will play ...
The Board of Fair Commissioners voted Tuesday to terminate its contract with longtime Speedway operator Formosa Productions. According to The Tennessean, Formosa Productions will owe the city nearly $180,000 by the end of the year. The contract was or...