AMD’S Su, Discovery’s Zaslav among highest paid CEOs

AMD’S Su, Discovery’s Zaslav among highest paid CEOs

Here are the highest paid male and female CEOs in the S&P 500 index for 2019, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.The AP’s compensation study covered 329 executives at S&P 500 companies who have served at least two full...
Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe

Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe

Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? AT&T sure hopes so.The phone company is investing billions in HBO Max, its first big entertainment venture since it spent $85 billion for Time Warner in 2018. The good news...
GE selling century-old lighting unit to Savant Systems

GE selling century-old lighting unit to Savant Systems

BOSTON (AP) — GE is selling its lighting unit to smart home company Savant Systems for an undisclosed amount. General Electric Co. Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr. said in a statement Wednesday that the transaction is part of GE’s ongoing process to be a...
Australian police won’t charge reporter after leak probe

Australian police won’t charge reporter after leak probe

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian police said Wednesday that they had decided against charging a journalist over a newspaper article she wrote more than two years ago following a high-profile investigation that triggered a national storm over press...
Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts

Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday against major oil companies in lawsuits brought by California cities and counties seeking damages for the impact of climate change. A panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said state courts are the proper...