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15.04.25 - 21:57
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Fifth Third Bancorp Announces Preliminary Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting (Business Wire)
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CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fifth Third Bancorp (Nasdaq: FITB) has announced that preliminary results from the Annual Shareholders Meeting held earlier today have indicated the following directors were re-elected:
Nicholas K. Akins, retired chairman, president and CEO, American Electric Power.
Evan Bayh III, senior advisor, Apollo Global Management.
Jorge L. Benitez, retired CEO of North America, Accenture.
Katherine B. Blackburn, executive vice president, Cincinnati Bengals, Inc.
Linda W. Clement-Holmes, retired chief Information Officer, The Procter and Gamble Company.
C. Bryan Daniels, co-founder and principal, Prairie Capital.
Laurent Desmangles, retired senior partner and managing director, Boston Consulting Group.
Mitchell S. Fieger, retired chair and CEO of Fifth Third Bank (Chicago).
Thomas H. Harvey, CEO, Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, LLC.
Gary R. Heminger, retired CEO and chair, Marathon Petroleum Corporation.
Eileen A. Mallesch, retired senior vice president and CFO, Nationwide Ins...
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07.04.25 - 15:06
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Heartland Names New CEO Mauricio Vargas to Drive Waste Reduction and Upcycling Infrastructure Build Out (Business Wire)
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heartland, an industry-recognized, end-to-end waste solutions provider that has delivered waste reduction and waste conversion solutions since 2008, has named Mauricio “Mo” Vargas as President and CEO. He succeeds Christopher Beaufait, a board member since 2017 who has served as President and CEO for the last two years.
A seasoned CEO who builds teams that bring transformative technologies to market, Vargas joins Heartland from BayoTech, a global leader in hydrogen production and distribution solutions, where he served as President and CEO for more than five years. Over the course of his tenure, he redefined the strategy of the company from a pre-revenue and technology focus to an infrastructure-focused company selling hydrogen equipment and molecules to industry leaders such as Shell, Linde, Air Liquide, PG&E, and more than 50 different customers. He raised over $180MM in growth equity capital; acquired and integrated a high-pressure transport and storage company...
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08.03.25 - 18:30
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Los Angeles County Sues Southern California Utility Over January Fire (ZeroHedge)
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Los Angeles County Sues Southern California Utility Over January Fire
Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit on March 5 against Southern California Edison (SCE) and its parent company, Edison International, alleging the utility's equipment caused the deadly Eaton Fire that cost the county hundreds of millions of dollars in response efforts and cleanup.
Los Angeles County firefighters direct water onto a burning home as the Eaton Fire moves through the area in Altadena, Calif., on Jan. 8, 2025. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
The fire began on Jan. 7 and became the second-most destructive and fifth-deadliest wildfire in California history, according to the lawsuit.
It burned more than 14,000 acres, claimed approximately 9,400 structures, and damaged hundreds more. It ravaged the unincorporated town of Altadena, and destroyed county parks, a nature center, trails, and other community infrastructure, according to Los Angeles County.
At lea...
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20.02.25 - 22:18
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Ameriprise Financial Appoints Glynis A. Bryan to Board of Directors (Business Wire)
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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) today announced that Ms. Glynis A. Bryan has been appointed to its board of directors, effective March 1, 2025.
Ms. Bryan served as the chief financial officer of Insight Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT), a global software and technology solutions integrator, from 2007 through 2024. Prior to joining Insight, she served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Swift Transportation, Co. and as chief financial officer of APL Logistics. Ms. Bryan also held senior finance roles at Ryder Systems, Inc.
Ms. Bryan serves as a director of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation and Wesco International, Inc., and she is a former director of Pentair plc. Ms. Bryan earned an MBA from Florida International University and a BA from York University.
“My fellow directors and I are extremely pleased to welcome Glynis to the board,” said Jim Cracchiolo, chairman and chief executive officer. “Glynis brings a wealth of experience to Amer...
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19.12.24 - 18:02
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S&P 500 top and bottom performing stocks at about 12:00 p.m. EST (Reuters EN)
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BUZZ - S&P 500 top and bottom performing stocks at about 12:00 p.m. EST S&P 500 .SPX Top Performers Percent Change Darden Restaurants Inc DRI.N +15.0% Accenture PLC ACN.N +6.6% Palantir Technologies Inc PLTR.OQ +6.1% Ge Vernova Inc GEV.N +4.5% Vistra Corp VST.N +4.3% Bottom Performers Percent Change Lamb Weston Holdings Inc LW.N -22.3% Micron Techn...
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23.11.24 - 15:24
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AI′s Insatiable Appetite For Energy Threatens Ireland′s Grid (ZeroHedge)
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AI's Insatiable Appetite For Energy Threatens Ireland's Grid
By Haley Zaremba of Oilprice.com
Ireland is set to become the next country to face a major threat to its power grid due to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence. Dublin has emerged as the heart of Europe's data center hub, and hyperscale cloud providers have quickly become a pillar of the country's economy. But powering the data centers that house the cloud has become a monumental task with the runaway growth of AI.
Artificial intelligence requires a stunning amount of energy to train and power its complex computation systems. Currently, the approximate amount of energy needed to sustain the sector's growth is doubling every 100 days. At a global level, the AI sector alone could be responsible for 3.5 percent of all energy consumption by 2030 according to expert projections. “When you look at the numbers, it is staggering,” Jason Shaw, chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission, an electricity regulator, told...
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