executive

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“There’s been a lot of overblown reporting that makes society in the U.S. seem more unstable than it actually is,” the executive with the American company said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

But now that the 65-year-old Hastings is leaving the company — he announced Thursday that he would step down as executive chair at the end of June — can Netflix survive without him?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

The program has trained most of Electric Boat’s new Connecticut trade hires in the past few years, said Michael Nogelo, chief executive of the Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

A longtime executive in animal welfare services was named by Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday to oversee the city’s animal shelters, which have been criticized for overcrowding and inhumane treatment of animals.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Since there had never been a republican chief executive, there was no readily available vocabulary to characterize such a creature, except the verbal traditions that had built up around European courts and kings.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis