JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon gets $36M pay package in 2023

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon gets $36M pay package in 2023

JPMorgan’s board awarded chief executive Jamie Dimon a 4.3% raise in 2023, lifting his annual pay to $36 million after the bank posted record profits for the fiscal year. The board granted Dimon a $1.5 million salary and $34.5 million of performance-based incentive compensation, according to a regulatory filing Thursday reviewed by Bloomberg. The 67-year-old’s compensation marks…

Woman sues Panera Bread after drinking Charged Lemonade

Woman sues Panera Bread after drinking Charged Lemonade

A 28-year-old obstacle course racer claimed she was rushed to the emergency room after suffering heart problems caused by a popular beverage from Panera Bread that is said to contain as much caffeine as three cans of Red Bull, according to a lawsuit. Lauren Skerritt, a Smithfield, R.I. resident, became the third person to sue…

New homes for Chiefs, Royals face hurdle after county official vetoes stadium tax

New homes for Chiefs, Royals face hurdle after county official vetoes stadium tax

A proposed tax that would help fund new stadiums for the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and baseball’s Kansas City Royals was shot down by a local Missouri legislator. Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoed an ordinance Thursday that would have put a 3/8th-cent sales tax renewal on the April ballot to fund the…

Sports Illustrated’s entire staff told they are getting laid off

Sports Illustrated’s entire staff told they are getting laid off

The future of iconic magazine Sports Illustrated looked dire Friday after the publisher announced mass layoffs. The Arena Group — which had been roiled by reports that the fabled magazine published AI-generated content — admitted to failing to make a $3.75 million quarterly licensing payment to Authentic Brands Group due this week. As a result,…

Detroit Lions playoff tickets sell for as much as $17K each

Detroit Lions playoff tickets sell for as much as $17K each

The surprise resurgence of the Detroit Lions — for decades a perennial NFL laughingstock — has fans clamoring for a chance to see the team when it hosts the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the NFC Divisional Round playoff game on Sunday. Secondhand ticket-selling websites are listing passes to the game at Detroit’s Ford Field for…

CDC expands probe into salmonella-tainted Costco, Sam’s Club meats

CDC expands probe into salmonella-tainted Costco, Sam’s Club meats

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned against some more brands of charcuterie meat sold at Costco and Sam’s Club as the agency expands a probe into a multi-state salmonella outbreak. The CDC, in an updated post on Thursday, asked people to throw away all the packs of Fratelli Beretta’s Antipasto Gran Beretta charcuterie meat bought at Costco and Busseto’s Charcuterie Sampler bought at Walmart’s Sam’s Club. This follows…

Home Design beds sold at Walmart, Wayfair, Overstock recalled

Home Design beds sold at Walmart, Wayfair, Overstock recalled

More than 580,000 beds sold at retailers including Walmart, Wayfair and Overstock.com have been recalled over reports that they break during use. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a recall notice posted Thursday that upholstered platform bed frames made by Home Design Inc. “can sag or collapse during use, posing fall and injury hazards…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shrugs off NY Times copyright lawsuit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shrugs off NY Times copyright lawsuit

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman insisted he’s not concerned about a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by The New York Times alleging that his company has used the newspaper’s content to train its AI models. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Altman claimed OpenAI was not concerned about a lawsuit brought by The…

S&P 500 hits a record high after two years of high inflation, recession worries

S&P 500 hits a record high after two years of high inflation, recession worries

Wall Street returned to record heights Friday to cap a punishing, two-year round trip dogged by high inflation and worries about a recession that seemed inevitable but hasn’t arrived. The S&P 500, which is the centerpiece of many 401(k) accounts and the main measure that professional investors use to gauge Wall Street’s health, rallied 1.2%…

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