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NHL Board of Governors Preparing for Gary Bettman Retirement; No Timeline for Move | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Richard A. Whittaker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is the longest-tenured chief executive across all North American professional sports leagues all time at 32 years, but his time at the helm may be coming to a close soon. Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold revealed that news on the latest edition of The […]

Weather

Apple’s board recommends shareholders vote against proposal to eliminate diversity programs

(Reuters) – Apple’s board of directors recommended investors vote against a shareholder proposal to abolish the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs, according to a proxy filing from the company. The National Center for Public Policy, a conservative think tank, submitted a proposal that the company consider abolishing its “Inclusion & Diversity program, policies, […]

Technology

Apple board opposes proposal to abolish DEI programs

Apple’s board of directors has come out in opposition to a proposal seeking to end the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. In a proxy filingthe company said the National Center for Public Policy Research (a conservative think tank) is submitting a proposal for Apple to “consider abolishing its Inclusion & Diversity program, policies, […]

Lifestyle & Culture

The Best Looks From the 2025 National Board of Review Gala

The 2025 awards season continues on tonight with the 2025 National Board of Review Gala. The annual ceremony—hosted by Willie Geist in New York City this year—will celebrate excellence in filmmaking across several categories, including best picture, director, and actors. The event is set to draw all of the expected Oscar frontrunners this year (including […]

Technology

Dana White is joining Meta’s board of directors

As shown above, the Meta CEO has attended several UFC fights over the last few years and shared a picture with White on Instagram in Februaryas noted by Bloomberg. White also has a personal relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, who Zuckerberg met with at his Mar-a-Lago resort after Trump threatened “if [Zuckerberg] does anything illegal […]

Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery Board Member Li Haslett Chen Resigns

Li Haslett Chen, founder and CEO of social-media commerce company Howl, is stepping down from Warner Bros. Discovery‘s board of directors to devote herself full time to Howl. Chen’s exit from WBD’s board is effective Jan. 31, 2025. Her term was scheduled to expire at the Warner Bros. Discovery 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. Chen […]

Politics

Metropolitan Water District to spend $141 million on water tunnel

The board of California’s largest urban water supplier voted on Tuesday to spend $141.6 million for a large share of preliminary planning work for the state’s proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. With the decision, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will continue covering nearly half of the preconstruction costs for […]