Tag: CEO
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Why Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur doesn’t think the AI payoff will come from productivity
As CEO of one of the world’s largest industrial conglomerates, Honeywell’s Vimal Kapur doesn’t think about AI like most individuals. It’s not about the threatened office worker. “There is always a trend which makes your skills obsolete, every five years,” Kapur said at the recent CNBC Evolve: AI Opportunity Summit in New York City. “The churn…
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Boeing factory strike crosses 1-month mark as pressure mounts on new CEO
It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly voting down a tentative contract. Costs and tensions have only risen since then. The strike is adding to pressure on Boeing’s new CEO, Kelly Ortberg, who was brought in over the summer to solve the plane maker’s various troubles. The strike, which S&P…
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Trump falsely claims he was endorsed by JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon
Former Donald Trump on Friday falsely claimed in a social media post that he had been endorsed by longtime JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. A representative for Dimon said he hasn’t endorsed anyone in the 2024 presidential race, and Trump quickly tried to distance himself from the claim. Trump first posted about the endorsement on his…
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New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol commits to working with union as talks move forward
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the coffee chain is committed to bargaining in good faith with the union that represents many of its baristas, as the two sides work to craft a labor deal. “I deeply respect the right of partners to choose, through a fair and democratic process, to be represented by a union,” Niccol…
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OceanGate CEO put profits over safety ahead of Titan’s fatal voyage, ex-employee says
In a desire to get a working submersible to the Titanic wreck site as fast as possible, the Titan was built at a risk to safety, with cost-cutting measures and poor engineering permitted by CEO Stockton Rush, a former employee said in scathing remarks Tuesday at a U.S. Coast Guard investigatory hearing. “There was a…