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Jeff Bezos Returns to the CEO Seat: Inside Project Prometheus, the $6.2 Billion AI Manufacturing AI Startup

Jeff Bezos Returns to the CEO Seat: Inside Project Prometheus, the $6.2 Billion AI Manufacturing AI Startup

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is stepping back into an operational role as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new AI startup with $6.2 billion in funding that aims to transform manufacturing for computers, cars, and spacecraft. Here’s what we know so far and why it matters. Jeff Bezos is back in the day-to-day game For the first time since stepping down as CEO of Amazon in July 2021, Jeff Bezos is preparing to run a company again — and it’s not Amazon, Blue Origin, or any existing arm of his empire. According to a report in The New York Times, relayed
17 November 2025
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MongoDB’s CEO Shake-Up: 11-Year Veteran Departs as Cloudflare Exec Takes Charge Amid Stock Surge

MongoDB’s CEO Shake-Up: 11-Year Veteran Departs as Cloudflare Exec Takes Charge Amid Stock Surge

Leadership Transition at MongoDB MongoDB’s announcement on November 3, 2025 signaled a major leadership shake-up for the $29 billion database company. Dev Ittycheria, who has served as CEO since 2014, will be stepping down after an 11-year tenure leading MongoDB markets.ft.com. Ittycheria is credited with transforming MongoDB from a startup into a global player – he oversaw the company’s 2017 IPO and the growth of its customer base to nearly 60,000 organizations (including over 75% of the Fortune 100) markets.ft.com investing.com. In the press release, Ittycheria called it “the privilege of a lifetime to lead MongoDB” and said he is “immensely
3 November 2025
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Former Deloitte Chair Joins Conduent Board – Can His Expertise Turn the Tide?

Former Deloitte Chair Joins Conduent Board – Can His Expertise Turn the Tide?

A Big-Name Appointment: Who Is Michael J. Fucci? Conduent’s decision to add Michael J. Fucci to its board brings a high-profile leader into the fold. Fucci is best known for his tenure as Chairman of Deloitte US from 2015 to 2019, where he provided governance and strategic oversight at one of the “Big Four” consulting firms businesswire.com. During his 40-year career at Deloitte (which he joined in 1981), Fucci played a pivotal role in expanding the firm’s human capital consulting business and later served as Deloitte’s Chief Operating Officer businesswire.com. He retired from Deloitte in 2020, capping a career that
31 October 2025
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Opendoor’s Wild 2025 Ride: Meme-Stock Surge, Crypto Pivot & Housing Hopes – What’s Next for OPEN?

Opendoor’s 1600% Meme-Stock Rally Meets Reality – New CEO, Crypto Hype & Housing Woes Collide

From Penny Stock to Meme Superstar: A Wild 2025 Ride Opendoor’s stock journey in 2025 has been nothing short of astonishing. The San Francisco-based real estate tech firm – known for its online home-buying and flipping platform – started the year trading for pennies amid deep losses. But by mid-September, OPEN shares had skyrocketed to over $10, bolstered by frenzied retail trading and social media hype. In the span of about three months, the stock leapt roughly 1,600% off its June lows ts2.tech, transforming Opendoor into a buzzy “meme stock” sensation featured on Reddit and X (Twitter). This dramatic rally
24 October 2025
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Opendoor (OPEN) Stock Rockets 1,600% on Meme Hype — Is It Just a “Sugar Rush”?

Opendoor’s Explosive Ride: New CEO, Meme-Stock Frenzy & What’s Next for OPEN

Investors and founders celebrate a new era at Opendoor: after a meme-stock rally, the company named Shopify vet Kaz Nejatian (bottom left) as CEO and brought co-founders back to the board businessinsider.com ts2.tech. The image symbolizes the blend of real estate and technology in Opendoor’s strategy. Opendoor (NASDAQ: OPEN) has been one of 2025’s most volatile stocks. After languishing near a multi-year low (~$0.50) in June, the shares rocketed to above $10 by mid-September – an astonishing ~1,600% jump over just three months ts2.tech. By Oct. 22, 2025, OPEN trades around $7, reflecting a partial pullback (a drop of ~28%
22 October 2025
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CSX CEO Abruptly Departs Amid Rail Merger Frenzy – What’s Next?

CSX Delivers Earnings Surprise: Stock Jumps as New CEO Navigates Rail Merger Frenzy

Earnings Beat Lifts CSX Stock CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX) delivered stronger-than-expected third quarter results, boosting its stock price in recent trading. Shares of the Jacksonville-based freight railroad rose about 2–3% in after-hours trading following the earnings announcement reuters.com. CSX reported Q3 2025 net earnings of $694 million (or $0.37 per share) and an adjusted profit of $0.44 per share, which edged past consensus estimates of roughly $0.42 timesunion.com reuters.com. This positive earnings surprise, albeit modest, encouraged investors and helped lift the stock toward the upper-$30s. Revenue for the quarter came in at $3.59 billion, essentially flat (down 1% year-over-year) and roughly meeting
17 October 2025
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Boss’s Day Bombshell: 75% of Employees Actually LIKE Their Boss – New Survey Shatters Stereotypes

Boss’s Day Bombshell: 75% of Employees Actually LIKE Their Boss – New Survey Shatters Stereotypes

New Survey Shatters “Bad Boss” Myth A newly released GroupTogether study finds that most employees hold surprisingly warm feelings for their managers einpresswire.com. “I was surprised that three-quarters of people like their boss; it proves the clichéd stereotype of people hating their boss is outdated,” says Ali Linz, Co-Founder of GroupTogether einpresswire.com. The survey (1,260 U.S. respondents, Sep 2025) shows 75.9% “like” their boss and only a small minority report disliking them einpresswire.com. This flips the script on the old punchline of “hate your boss” jokes. Instead of fear or hatred, workers highlighted positive attributes of their managers. The most
14 October 2025
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LendingTree CEO Dies in Tragic ATV Crash – Fintech World in Shock

LendingTree CEO Dies in Tragic ATV Crash – Fintech World in Shock

Founder & CEO Doug Lebda (age 55) died Sunday Oct. 12, 2025 in an all-terrain vehicle accident businessinsider.com. Law enforcement responded to a missing-person report around 7:30 PM and found Lebda dead at his North Carolina farm by 8:00 PM, with no foul play suspected businessinsider.com. – Succession: LendingTree’s board immediately named COO Scott Peyree as new CEO and lead independent director Steve Ozonian as board chairman marketscreener.com businessinsider.com. The board praised Lebda as a “visionary leader” who “transformed the financial services landscape” wbtv.com. – Business impact: LendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) stock plunged on the news – down roughly 4% during
14 October 2025
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Apple Shake-Up: Cook’s Successor, Vision Air Axed & Stock Price Soars?

Apple Shake-Up: Cook’s Successor, Vision Air Axed & Stock Price Soars?

Who’s Next at the Top of Apple? All signs point to an upcoming CEO transition. Tim Cook (age 64) will turn 65 next month, sparking speculation he may begin winding down his tenure benzinga.com macrumors.com. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman – quoting anonymous Apple insiders – reports that Cook’s hardware-engineering chief John Ternus has been groomed as the “most likely heir apparent” macrumors.com. Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and rose to SVP of Hardware Engineering in 2021 macrumors.com. He has led the design of iPhones, iPads and Macs, and was prominently featured as the public face of the recent “iPhone Air” launch
13 October 2025
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Tinka Resources’ October Upswing: Stock Soars on $14M Infusion, New Leadership & Peru Drilling Plans

Tinka Resources’ October Upswing: Stock Soars on $14M Infusion, New Leadership & Peru Drilling Plans

Latest News: October 2025 Breakthroughs Share Consolidation and Uplisting Move – Tinka kicked off Q4 2025 with a major capital restructuring. Effective October 1, the company implemented a 5-for-1 share consolidation (reverse split), condensing every five pre-consolidation shares into one new share investingnews.com. The trading symbol (TK) remained unchanged, though new CUSIP/ISIN identifiers were issued for the post-consolidation shares investingnews.com. This clean-up slashed the float from over 408 million shares to roughly 81.7 million shares outstanding investingnews.com. Management emphasized that the consolidation would “help improve marketability” of Tinka’s stock and attract new shareholders investingnews.com – a common strategy for venture-listed companies seeking to appeal to institutional investors.
7 October 2025
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