The news traveled quickly across Nike’s sprawling headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. Elliott Hill was coming back. Employees high-fived. An audible cheer could be heard in parts of Nike’s 400-acre campus. Current and former employees lit up group chats and social media. On Wall Street, investors joined the celebration, sending Nike shares up roughly 8% in
WASHINGTON — Robert Gilman’s release from Russian custody this month heralded a long-awaited homecoming for the Marine veteran after more than four years behind bars. But as Harold Jezler followed the media coverage from the United States, he couldn’t help but notice Gilman’s gaunt and sickly appearance and think of the implications for his wife,
Walmart marketing alum Justin Breton has joined Gap Inc. to drive original content across a range of genres and platforms to support the apparel giant’s “Fashiontainment” business initiative. Starting Aug. 31, Breton will serve as Gap’s VP of development, reporting to Pam Kaufman, the Nickelodeon and Viacom alum who joined the company in February as
SpaceX stock has stumbled out of the gate since its IPO in June, but one veteran fund manager thinks there’s more trouble ahead for Elon Musk’s rocket company. George Noble, formerly the manager of Fidelity Overseas Fund, was bearish on the stock as it headed for its IPO, and his tune hasn’t changed since the
PHOENIX — Hundreds of Navajos were recruited by the Marine Corps during World War II to create a code based on their native language. Their efforts frustrated the Japanese force and ended up playing a vital role in U.S. victories in the Pacific War. The program remained secret for decades and in 1982, President Ronald
Peter Katsis, a co-founder of the management companies the Firm and Prospect Park who over the course of a 35-year career managed an unusually wide wide variety of artists including Backstreet Boys, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Ice Cube, Jane’s Addiction Morrissey, Ministry and more, died Thursday due to complications from congestive heart failure, a rep confirms