TORONTO , Nov. 11, 2019 /CNW/ - NEW WAVE ESPORTS CORP. (the "Company" or "New Wave Esports") (CSE: NWES) is pleased to announce that Richard Carl has been appointed to the Company's board of directors. In connection with his appointment, the Company granted Mr. Carl 200,000 options to purchase common shares of the Company ("Options"). The Options are exercisable at a price of $0.11 and will expire on November 8, 2024 ...

CHAPPAQUA, N.Y., Nov. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTheryX, Inc. ("BioTheryX"), a clinical stage biotechnology company creating new classes of drugs for unmet medical needs based on targeted protein degradation and multi-kinase inhibition, today announced the appointment of Peter N. Crnkovich to its Board of Directors...

W. R. Berkley Corporation (WRB) today announced that its Board of Directors has elected Jonathan Talisman as a director, increasing the number of board members to eleven and the number of independent directors to nine...

The average annual compensation for non-executive directors at S&P 500 companies rose 2 percent to $304,856 last year, topping $300,000 for the first time and 43 percent higher than it was 10 years ago, according to a new report released by executive headhunters Spencer Stuart...

 Activist investor Praesidium Investment Management Co. has joined a push for education software company Instructure Inc. to explore a sale...

Scholarly publishing technology provider, HighWire, today announced that John Sack, Founding Director, has been appointed to the board of directors...

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Everi Holdings Inc. (EVRI) (“Everi” or the “Company”), the gaming industry’s premier single-source provider of gaming products, financial technology and loyalty solutions, announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Atul Bali to the Board effective November 4, 2019... 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' top market cop is slowly taking the shackles off corporations. Since becoming head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2017, Jay Clayton has presided over more than two dozen measures which make life easier for America Inc, according to a Reuters analysis of SEC announcements and interviews with more than a dozen lawyers, academics and advocacy groups. The changes -- 17 implemented so far with a further nine proposed -- are part of a broader push to help reverse a ...

Emerson (EMR) today announced that its Board of directors has elected Mark Blinn, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Flowserve Corporation, as an independent director...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesco Inc. (GCO) announced today that Mimi Eckel Vaughn, 53, currently the Company's senior vice president and chief operating officer, has been named Genesco's next president and chief executive officer, effective February 2, 2020, the start of the Company's new fiscal year.  In addition, Vaughn was elected to Genesco's board of directors, effective October 30, 2019... 

Hudson Executive Capital LP (“Hudson Executive” or “HEC”), a New York-based investment firm and the largest shareholder of USA Technologies, Inc. (“USAT” or the “Company”) (USAT) with beneficial ownership of approximately 16.3% of common stock, today announced that it intends to nominate eight highly-qualified independent director candidates for election to the USA Technologies Board of Directors (“the Board”) at the Company’s next Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is long overdue...

WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NiKang Therapeutics, an early stage biotech company focused on discovering and developing innovative small molecule oncology medicines to help patients with unmet medical needs, today announced the appointment of Y. Peter Li, Ph.D., MBA, as Chief Executive Officer and Board Director...

Office space firm WeWork and its beleaguered former chief executive officer Adam Neumann are facing a sexual discrimination lawsuit from a former chief of staff claiming she was repeatedly disparaged and discriminated against during and after two pregnancies...

(Reuters) - Proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services Inc on Thursday sued the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over guidance aiming to clarify how investors and firms that vote on their behalf should cast their ballots in corporate elections. The guidance, issued in August, addresses some of the grievances U.S. corporations have long had about proxy advisers, such as mistakes ...

RISHON LEZION, Israel, Oct. 31, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. ("BOS" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: BOSC), a global provider of intelligent systems and services for production and logistics, today announced that its shareholders have approved the appointment of Michael Osborne to its Board of Directors... 

NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NSTG), a leading provider of life science tools for translational research and molecular diagnostic products, today announced the appointment of Don Kania, Ph.D. to its board of directors, effective October 30, 2019...

BEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Progress (PRGS), the leading provider of application development and digital experience technologies, today announced the appointment of Vivian Vitale, a leading human resources consultant and former HR executive, to its Board of Directors...

Cigna Corporation (CI) today announced that Kimberly A. Ross has been appointed to Cigna's Board of Directors. Her appointment is effective June 1, 2020...

HomeStreet, Inc. (HMST), the parent company of HomeStreet Bank, today announced that it has appointed Nancy Pellegrino to the board of directors for both HomeStreet and HomeStreet Bank...

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CV Sciences, Inc. (CVSI) (the “Company”, “CV Sciences”, “our”, “us” or “we”), a preeminent supplier and manufacturer of hemp cannabidiol (CBD) products, today announced the appointment of Beth Altman to its Board of Directors...

As the conventional wisdom goes, millennial employees prize flexibility over loyalty, hopping from one job to the next in search of the right fit. In a newly released interview, Barclays ( BCS ) CEO Jes Staley suggests that assumption is incorrect. Staley, who calls JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon his mentor, recounted a panel appearance by two millennial business founders at an event with many older chief executives in the audience...

RealPage, Inc. (NASDAQ:RP), a leading global provider of software and data analytics to the real estate industry, today announced that on October 21, 2019, the Board of Directors elected Dana Jones as a member of the Board...

Forward Air Corporation (FWRD) (the “Company”) today announced the election of Laurie A. Tucker as an independent director of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) effective October 22, 2019...

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Centene Corporation (CNC) announced today that retired United States Air Force General Lori J. Robinson was elected to serve on the company's board of directors as a Class I director...