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CNN  —  Four major environmental groups endorsed President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection for president on Wednesday night, ahead of his speech at a League of Conservation Voters dinner in the nation’s capital. LCV Action Fund, NextGen PAC, the Sierra Club, and the NRDC Action Fund endorsed Biden together at the dinner, which is honoring former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. It is the first time all four groups have issued a joint endorsement, Tiernan Sittenfeld, senior vice president of government affairs for the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, told CNN. During his remarks at the event, Biden touched on the…

Daniah Robertson is CFO of Sodexo. getty It’s easy to conflate management and leadership, even though they are two very different experiences, each requiring its own unique skill set. “Manager” is a role of appointment, while “leader” is a role of selection. The standard for managing can be met with tactical execution through others, while leadership raises the bar and focuses on the individuals and service of working with and through others, taking an interest in the uniqueness of each individual. Leadership finds you naturally and demands growth and evolution but is difficult to curate inorganically or instill through title…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: World Bank President Ajay Banga arrives for his first day of work at World Bank headquarters in Washington, U.S. June 2, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo By David Lawder MANDEVILLE, Jamaica (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga wants to focus on improving the development lender so that he can earn the right to press member countries for more capital, as the new chief looks to expand its role in fighting climate change, pandemics and other crises. Banga said in an interview he would wait to seek a capital increase until he has made progress re-focusing the…

© Reuters. Allegiant Travel and SkyWest shares set to benefit from improving ROIC – Deutsche Bank Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:) was lifted to Buy from Hold at Deutsche Bank, with its price target raised to $145 from $110 in a note Thursday, while SkyWest (NASDAQ:) was raised to Buy with its price target increased to $46 from $19 per share. The firm’s analysts noted that ALGT and SKYW were upgraded due to an improving return on invested capital. “In conjunction with the release of the 2023 edition of our Value Creation Primer, we are raising our ratings on the shares of Allegiant…

Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that is not part of Cryptonews.com editorial content.The Doge Rush presale is moving ahead at a meteoric pace as investors hoard $DR tokens at a discount in anticipation of a wild bull run later this year. Interestingly, a significant share of the presale participants includes long-term DOGE and SHIB holders who are leaving the high-cap meme coins for better returns. What have they found in Doge Rush that Dogecoin or Shiba Inu can’t offer? Here is an analysis. Doge Rush is Not Just Another Meme Coin There are many meme coins in the market. So, why does…

The union representing workers at Starbucks Corp. on Wednesday stepped up its accusations from a day earlier that the coffee chain was prohibiting Pride-themed decorations at U.S. stores, saying it had documented “dozens” of instances of employees being ordered to take down flags and other accessories. In a memo to employees sent Tuesday evening, Starbucks SBUX, +1.41% said the union’s accusations were “simply not true,” but said it would offer more guidance for store displays in the coming months. The company earlier that day said it had not changed its policy on Pride month and that it “unwaveringly” supported LGBTQ+…

Measures to raise fees on millions of phone bills in Pennsylvania passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday in a bid to bolster funding for county-run emergency communication centers and the state’s 988 suicide hotline.The 911 bill passed 121-82, and would increase the existing $1.65 monthly fee to $1.97 on Pennsylvanians’ phone bills. The funds will support equipment, operations and new technology, sponsors said. It is expected to generate an additional $30 million, for a projected total of $365 million in fiscal year beginning July 1.The House passed the 988 bill 113-90, to create a new 6-cent fee beginning…

London-based hedge fund Odey Asset Management will break itself up, it said in a letter to investors Thursday. Its founder Crispin Odey was accused of sexual harassment by 13 women in a Financial Times investigation published last week. JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley both cut ties with the asset manager after the allegations broke. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app Embattled Odey Asset Management is to break itself up after high-profile Wall Street names JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley cut ties with the London-based…

The battle for control of WisdomTree intensified this week ahead of the US asset manager’s annual meeting on Friday when the demand by the largest shareholder for the removal of the chair and two other directors will face a vote by investors.Three influential proxy advisers, Institutional Shareholder Services, Glass Lewis and Egan-Jones, which provide guidance on board votes and shareholder resolutions, have recommended that investors should vote against Frank Salerno, WisdomTree’s chair since October 2019 and a board director for 18 years. The lengthy tenure of Salerno and two other directors raises questions about the independence of the board and…