Target CEO Brian Cornell will step down in February, COO Michael Fiddelke will take his place

[ad_1] Target CEO Brian Cornell, who helped reenergize the company but has struggled to turn around weak sales in a more competitive retail landscape since the COVID pandemic, plans to step down Feb. 1. Minneapolis-based Target Corp. said Wednesday that Chief Operating Officer Michael Fiddelke, a 20-year company veteran, will succeed Cornell. Cornell will transition…

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Trump pardons billionaire crypto exchange founder who pleaded guilty to money laundering-related charge

[ad_1] Washington — President Trump has pardoned a billionaire cryptocurrency exchange founder who pleaded guilty to a money laundering-related charge, claiming the man was a victim of political prosecution by the Biden administration.  Changpeng Zhao, a Chinese-born Canadian founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, pleaded guilty in November 2023 to charges of enabling money laundering while…

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CBS News poll finds Americans say political violence unacceptable; concerned about more of it in future

[ad_1] There’s widespread apprehension among Americans: They overwhelmingly decry political violence, saying it is unacceptable.  Yet they also think it will increase in the coming years. Notably, Americans of all political stripes say violence is unacceptable; there’s no meaningful difference between views of partisans on this. There are some differences according to age, though, with…

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