In a surprise announcement, global food giant Nestlé has named 38-year company veteran Laurent Freixe as CEO, effective September 1, replacing outgoing Mark Schneider. The move reportedly came the day after a board meeting at which Schneider was asked to step down. “[This] is another sign that this is not a planned transition,” Bruno Monteyne, … Read more
With all eyes on the ocean during the final day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Monday afternoon, a surprise guest made an appearance: a whale. A safe distance from athletes Tatiana Weston-Webb from Brazil and Brisa Hennessy from Costa Rica, who were competing in a semifinal match, a whale breached and … Read more
U.S. runner Sha’Carri Richardson got a surprise silver on Saturday after being narrowly beaten by Saint Lucia runner Julien Alfred. Alfred romped in the rain to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to bring the first-ever Olympic medal to her island country of Saint Lucia. Racing one lane to the left of Richardson, and with … Read more