The Today programme – BBC Radio 4’s flagship show – has demoted its editor position to a ‘toothless’ new ‘executive’ role with less power to set the news agenda. BBC bosses are also planning to cut the number of live political interviews on the programme as part of the corporation’s plan to save £80 million. … Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would ‘dominate the streets with compassion’ as he prepares to release his plan for police reform in the wake of national protests after the death of George Floyd. Trump traveled to the Gateway Church in Dallas, Texas, for an economic roundtable on the state’s reopening amid the coronavirus … Read more
President Trump will sign some sort of ‘social media’-focused executive order on Thursday, White House officials said, amid a rift with Twitter after the company started fact-checking his tweets. Reporters traveling on board Air Force One Wednesday were told by press secretary Kayleigh McEnany that an executive order was coming as soon as Wednesday night, … Read more
Former HTC executive unveils a new 5G VR headset with a 3D virtual city as its operating system, and front-facing cameras to support arm and leg tracking for gestural controls sdEx-HTC CEO Peter Chou has announced a new 5G virtual reality company Called XRSpace, the company’s first product will be Mova, a VR headset Instead … Read more
Royal Mail’s chief executive Rico Back quit today after two years in charge marked by battles with unions over efforts to restructure the postal service. In a surprise departure, the 66-year-old German businessman has agreed with the board to step down with immediate effect and will leave the company on August 15. Hamburg-born Mr Back … Read more
Shell investors urged to vote down pay deal: Environmental campaigners slam executive pay scheme By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 20 April 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 20 April 2020 Shell investors should vote against its pay policy at the annual meeting next month, an environmental campaign group has urged. The … Read more
Royal Mail is under mounting pressure to cut executive pay after it slashes its dividend to save cash By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 16 April 2020 Royal Mail is under mounting pressure to cut executive pay after it slashed its dividend to save … Read more
Senior church mystic close to Putin flies over Moscow in business jet to perform a blessing ‘to protect Russian from coronavirus’ Orthodox elder Iliy Nozdrin flew above Moscow and St Petersburg to bless cities He was seen flying alongside another prominent priest with icons and a cross The trip in an executive jet was designed to … Read more
A former WHO executive has today revealed his four-step strategy to ease Britain out of its draconian coronavirus lockdown. Professor Karol Sikora, ex-director of the UN body’s cancer unit, said the first step would be to let small businesses with fewer than 50 staff open again on April 27. Downing Street should then allow all … Read more
Coro Energy has introduced new cost-cutting measures to manage the severe disruption in the oil and gas market, which resulted in the ‘termination’ of chief executive James Menzies. The Italy-focused energy company offered all executive directors three options: take an unpaid sabbatical, receive three months’ notice in shares or become non-executive directors. Menzies did not … Read more