Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards on stepping down this year, battling Congress, and why she’s a ‘troublemaker’ who’s never looking for a fight

Sarah Jacobs/Business Insider Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards has a new memoir called “Make Trouble.” Richards brought Planned Parenthood back to its movement roots and has defended it from members of Congress throughout her tenure. Planned Parenthood provides a wide variety of women’s health services across the United States, but its abortion services have made […]

The former CEO of GSK is stepping in as the head of UnitedHealth’s pharmacy benefit business

Getty Ex-GSK CEO Andrew Witty is stepping in as the head of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum unit. Witty, a board member of UnitedHealth will become CEO on July 1 and plans to step down from the board immediately. Pharmacy benefit managers like Optum are responsible for negotiating lower drug prices for insurers and employers via rebates.  […]

Conor McGregor is trolling Floyd Mayweather on Twitter after the boxer posted a video showing him stepping into a UFC-style Octagon

Christian Petersen/Getty Retired boxer Floyd Mayweather stepped into a UFC style Octagon in a viral Twitter clip. The video whipped social media into a frenzy as UFC fighter Conor McGregor trolled Mayweather with an explicitly-captioned photograph. UFC president Dana White appeared excited at the prospect of Floyd Mayweather in an Octagon.   Floyd Mayweather whipped […]

The year’s biggest fast-food feud was a battle over the NFL’s national anthem protests that ended with a CEO stepping down

BI Graphics Hollis Johnson The pizza culture wars were the biggest fast-food feud of 2017. In November, Papa John’s founder and CEO John Schnatter said that NFL player protests were hurting pizza sales.  Pizza Hut said the next day that the protests weren’t impacting sales.  Everyone freaked out.  On Thursday, Papa John’s announced that Schnatter […]

Meg Whitman, one of Silicon Valley’s best-known execs, is stepping down from the CEO job at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Getty Images Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s CEO, Meg Whitman, is stepping down in February. She will be replaced by Antonio Neri, the current president of HPE. Whitman, who joined HPE’s predecessor, Hewlett-Packard, in 2011, was recently identified as being in the running to be the CEO of Uber, though she ultimately did not get that job. […]

MAPPED: Best Christmas Markets to see in Europe – without stepping foot on a plane

Eurostar has rounded up the best 2017 Christmas markets you can get to by rail CHRISTMAS markets are a must for any seasonal reveller as the year draws to a close, and Europe offers a multitude of choice for the festive offerings.  Eurostar has rounded up the best Christmas markets you can get to by […]

Russian elections boss proposes stepping up public monitoring of polls

Published time: 9 Oct, 2017 13:42 The head of Russia’s Central Elections Commission has suggested to President Vladimir Putin an increase in the monitoring of voting by representatives of political parties and non-government groups, in order to further boost political transparency. Read more “We should consider increasing the public monitoring of elections, I mean bringing […]

Stepping Down

The two top adminstrators at the Denver high school where cheerleaders were forced into painful splits during practice are now out after an independent investigation into the abuse allegations. The findings of the investigation, which was conducted by an outside law firm included interviews with 30 people, describe how the principal and assistant principal for […]

Stepping Up To Help

Amy K. Nelson for BuzzFeed News Dylan Campbell, David Mason and Dallas Lawrence prepare to tow a flooded car out of the road. STARKS, LOUISIANA — Melissa Broussard had just wrapped up a quick tour of flood damage in this tiny, west Louisiana town and was back in the parking lot of the Silver Dollar […]

Liverpool stepping up Thomas Lemar bid after club-record Naby Keita deal sealed

But the Merseyside club insist the late activity before the transfer window closes on Thursday is not linked to the future of Barcelona target Philippe Coutinho, who they say is staying at Anfield regardless of who they buy. Barcelona, who have just signed Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund for £140m, are still hoping to prise […]