Author: Admin

IT IS the stuff of boardroom nightmares.Nestle fired CEO Laurent Freixe on Monday (Sep 1) after an internal probe revealed an undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate. After nearly four decades at Nestle, he lasted only a year in the top job.This is not how it was supposed to go: Freixe was intended to be a return to the old Nestle. His predecessor, Mark Schneider, had ruffled feathers at the insular and conservative consumer giant with his direct leadership style. Freixe told the Financial Times earlier this year that Schneider – only the second outsider CEO in the company’s…

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Life delivers to us so much expansive joy—the beauty of nature, the capacity to sing, dance, laugh, and love, and having a brain with resiliency pathways that can take us from stress to joy anytime, anywhere.That’s a lot to celebrate.Yet the underbelly of those gifts is a tension that makes life thrilling. The tension may well be born out of the existential demand to grow. I look to the Cycle Tool in EBT for some hints about the nature of life, which gives us opportunities to live in optimal health both physically (in this world) and spiritually (in another world).…

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The biggest names to keep an eye on with the NFL regular season kicking off this week? Start with the quarterbacks, those who play the league’s most valuable (and best-compensated) position.  Here are seven passers to watch in Week 1, ranked in ascending order — from grizzled veterans debuting with new teams, young pros looking to find their footing and a No. 1 overall pick beginning his career. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin (right) is counting on Aaron Rodgers to get Pittsburgh past the first round of the playoffs for the first time since 2017. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) Rodgers making his…

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Governor Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo have announced that Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, making it the first in the nation to do so.DeSantis also announced on Wednesday the creation of a state-level “Make America Healthy Again” commission modeled after similar initiatives pushed at the federal level by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Ladapo likened vaccine mandates to “slavery”  On the vaccines, Ladapo cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as an “immoral” intrusion on people’s rights bordering on “slavery,” and hampers parents’ ability to…

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[SINGAPORE] Entertainment company mm2 Asia on Wednesday (Sep 3) said the voluntary liquidation of Cathay Cineplexes is not expected to adversely impact its core businesses or continuing operations. Instead, liquidating the struggling cinema chain may improve the group’s overall cash flow and profitability, given that Cathay has been cash-flow negative and loss-making since the pandemic, said mm2. This was in response to queries raised by the Singapore Exchange regarding the creditors’ voluntary liquidation of Cathay, which was announced earlier this week. Shortly after, the cinema chain – which owes money to the landlords of several of its outlets – ceased operations. In a…

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A Democrat who was fired from the Federal Trade Commission by President Trump was reinstated to her position yesterday in an appeals court ruling. Trump’s firing of Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter violated Supreme Court precedent, said yesterday’s ruling from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A District Court judge ruled the same way in July, but Slaughter couldn’t get back to work because of an administrative stay that delayed the lower-court ruling from taking effect. The administrative stay was dissolved in yesterday’s appeals court ruling, in which a three-judge panel also ruled 2–1 to deny…

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A woman known as the “Ketamine Queen” has officially pleaded guilty to selling Friends star Matthew Perry the drug that killed him.Jasveen Sangha initially denied the charges but agreed to change her plea in a signed statement in August, just a few weeks before she had been due to stand trial. The 42-year-old , a dual citizen of the US and the UK, has now appeared in a federal court in Los Angeles to plead guilty to five charges, including supplying the ketamine that led to Perry’s death.She faces up to 65 years in prison after admitting one count of…

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There’s a quiet crisis unfolding in Black households. It doesn’t always make headlines, but it’s happening every day. Black caregivers are showing up for their loved ones while slowly disappearing from their own lives. The truth is, self care isn’t optional, it’s urgent for the caregivers in our communities. The Cost of Caregiving The caregivers in our communities are managing medications, coordinating appointments, cooking, cleaning, and offering emotional support. They’re doing all this while working jobs, raising children, and navigating a healthcare system that often fails them. And they’re doing it with little rest, little recognition, and almost no room…

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