National Guardian Life Insurance Company Names Joseph Celentano as New CEO MADISON, WI (April 2, 2024) — National Guardian Life Insurance Company (NGL) Board of Directors announced today that Joseph (Joe) Celentano will join the Madison Wisconsin-based mutual life insurance company as President & CEO effective May 6. Celentano will […] Read More
Mel Payne has been listed as the co-founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at funeral home and cemetery operator Carriage Services since 1991. In the company’s 2023 Year End Report which was made public on February 21 of this year, the company made note that Mr. Payne “has […] Read More
California drivers can now buy an auto insurance policy directly from Allstate again, after the company hit pause on selling new insurance through its website or phone service to customers in the state last year. But going back to business as usual comes with a cost. Allstate’s full return to […] Read More
REI will close up shop in Santa Monica at the end of the month, marking the second move out of a busy downtown area this month for the outdoor retail giant. REI Co-op’s location in the heart of Portland closed earlier this month. In both cases, the company has either […] Read More
Three women who ran a Lancaster-based beverage company were ordered to pay more than $14 million in combined penalties for allegedly defrauding and misleading investors over a three-year period, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. She Beverage Co. and its executives — Lupe L. Rose, 54, and Sonja F. […] Read More
Former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization must pay $354 million in fines, a judge ruled Friday, issuing his long-awaited judgment in the state’s civil fraud case. The decision also bars them from seeking loans from financial institutions in New York for a period of three years, and includes […] Read More
In a press release that we received this week, from the Newbridge Group, we learned that three funeral homes in the state of Maine had been acquired by Family First Funeral Homes & Cremation Care. The press release also stated, “three funeral homes previously under the ownership of […] Read More
After a bruising year of Hollywood strikes, wrenching job cuts and stock setbacks, Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger finally is racking up some wins. While delivering stronger-than-expected earnings last week, Iger made several announcements designed to keep the Burbank giant firmly ensconced in pop culture: ESPN will anchor a new […] Read More
Social media companies design their feeds to be as gripping as possible, with complicated algorithms shuffling posts and ads into a never-ending stream of entertainment. A new California law would require companies to shut off those algorithms by default for users under 18, and implement other mandated tweaks that lawmakers […] Read More
Mysheka Ronquillo works as a cashier and cook at a Carl’s Jr. in Long Beach, earning $16 an hour. She’s looking forward to a raise to $20 an hour in April, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last fall. The higher wages will help her pay […] Read More
On the face of it, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis achieved an important victory Wednesday in his two-year battle with Walt Disney Co., as a federal judge tossed Disney’s lawsuit contending that DeSantis moved against the company in retaliation for its criticism of an anti-gay state law. DeSantis certainly thought so. […] Read More
Elon Musk may be learning the hard way that his streak of always having things his own way is coming to an end. The most recent clue was delivered Tuesday by Delaware Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick, who ordered his groundbreaking $56-billion 2018 pay package from Tesla rescinded, dealing a potentially permanent […] Read More
Retail drugstore chain CVS said it will close 25 of its in-store MinuteClinic locations in the Greater Los Angeles area by Feb. 25. A CVS spokesperson did not respond to questions about which locations will shut down. The company said in a statement that the decision to close the 25 […] Read More
Few business leaders have taken to heart more than Elon Musk the old lawyer’s saw that if you don’t have the facts or the law on your side at trial, pound the table. Musk has truculently flouted regulatory standards of all varieties as the guiding spirit of companies such as […] Read More
Eighty-six years after Amelia Earhart disappeared, and following countless searches over and in the Pacific Ocean, the founder of a deep-sea exploration company believes he has found her airplane. The evidence: a few fuzzy images taken roughly 5,000 meters under the surface of the Pacific, showing what appears to be […] Read More
