The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced that Dr. Michelle Tarver, an agency veteran, will be the new director of the medical device division. Dr. Tarver will face a slate of pressing tasks, that include addressing calls to strengthen standards to protect the public from issues like racial bias …
Read More »CVS Ousts Karen Lynch as C.E.O. and Shares Fall
CVS Health abruptly ousted its chief executive, Karen S. Lynch, on Friday as the pharmacy and health care conglomerate struggled with sluggish growth and faced pressure from investors. The company appointed David Joyner, the head of CVS Caremark, its successful unit overseeing prescription drug benefits, as the new chief. The …
Read More »England Entrusts a National Treasure to (Gasp!) a German
The post of coach of the England men’s national soccer team has long been described — with only a hint of exaggeration — as the second-most important job in the country. In terms of prestige, significance and pressure, the theory goes, it is outstripped only by the even more thankless …
Read More »York Theater Artistic Director Out After ‘Hurtful’ Diversity Comments
The longtime leader of the York Theater Company, a small New York nonprofit known for its emphasis on musical theater, is acknowledging making “hurtful” comments about diversity that he says prompted his abrupt departure from the organization. James Morgan, who has served as producing artistic director of the York since …
Read More »50 Years of Broccoli (and Mockery): A Co-op Co-Founder Calls It Quits
For a 74-year-old, Joe Holtz can cover a lot of ground very quickly. The ground he was covering the other day was the three adjoining carriage houses in Brooklyn that were subsumed by the Park Slope Food Co-op as it grew and became the largest, busiest and most argument-inducing single-store …
Read More »Kim Jones Leaving Fendi
The tectonic plates of the fashion world are shifting once again. On Friday, LVMH confirmed that Kim Jones would be stepping down from his post as women’s wear designer at Fendi after four years, but that he would remain as artistic director of Dior men’s wear, a job he has …
Read More »What to Know About New York City’s New Schools Chancellor
Melissa Aviles-Ramos, who will take over in January as the next chancellor of New York City’s public school system, is a longtime New York educator who oversaw the schools’ response to the arrival of tens of thousands of migrant children. Her swift appointment on Wednesday to lead the nation’s largest …
Read More »David Banks, New York City’s Schools Chancellor, to Resign
David C. Banks, the chancellor of New York City’s public school system, said on Tuesday that he would resign from his post at the end of December. The announcement came just weeks after federal agents seized Mr. Banks’s phone as part of a bribery investigation involving his brothers and fiancée …
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