Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani said Monday that he's "very saddened and shocked" about his interpreter's alleged theft in his first public remarks on the accusations.
The big picture: Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter who has been alongside Ohtani since his Major League Baseball debut in 2018, was fired by the Dogers last week after being accused of using funds from the player's bank account to cover gambling debts incurred with an illegal bookmaker.
Boeing will once again reset its leadership in the wake of safety issues.
Why it matters: The company "is in need of drastic cultural overhaul," Ron Epstein, senior aerospace and defense analyst at BofA Securities, writes in a note today.
Workday, the cloud-based platform that helps companies manage their people and money, has named Gina Sheibley as chief communications officer, Axios first learned.
Why it matters: Sheibley is part of a broader leadership shakeup, which includes newly appointed CEO Carl Eschenbach and chief marketing officer Emma Chalwin.
A federal judge in California threw out a lawsuit filed by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, against a hate speech watchdog on Monday.
Why it matters: The judge ruled the lawsuit was intended to punish the Center for Countering Digital Hate for publishing research suggesting there has been a rise in bigoted speech on the platform since Elon Musk's takeover.
Volkswagen and the UAW have agreed to hold a vote on the union's bid to organize the automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said Monday.
Why it matters: With more than 4,000 workers, the factory would be the only non-Detroit Three automotive assembly plant in the U.S. to be unionized.
MNC Capital, a Dallas-based family office, increased its takeover offer for sporting goods and ammunition manufacturer Vista Outdoor to $3 billion, or $37.50 per share.
Why it matters: This could help Vista sidestep a U.S. national security review, which was launched after it agreed to sell its firearms and ammo division to Prague-based Czechoslovak Group for $1.91 billion.
A small apparel company is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission in Texas federal court before it's even heard a direct word from the agency.
Why it matters: The move is part of an evolving legal strategy for the crypto industry that strikes back at what it believes is an unlawful pattern of enforcement actions, and seeks to compel the regulator to create a clear set of rules.
The outperformance of the U.S. stock market and its broader economy can in large part be attributed to its superabundance of world-spanning monopolies.
Why it matters: The world's biggest tech monopolies are overwhelmingly American. That's been great for investors, although the jury's still out on whether it's good for citizens more broadly.
The U.S. yield curve has now been inverted — meaning that 10-year Treasuries yield less than their two-year counterparts — for a record 628 days.
Why it matters: As a recession predictor, the amount of time spent inverted is irrelevant. Think of this milestone more as a broader indicator of how long things have been out of whack in the Treasury market.
With a swipe of your credit card, a small machine in Terminal A of Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport will wash your glasses for $5.
Why it matters: As What's Next editor Alex Fitzpatrick puts it, "The best part of coming home from a long trip is giving my glasses a proper cleaning."
Why it matters: Of roughly 4,600 prospective buyers Zillow surveyed nationwide last spring, over 80% said they considered at least one climate risk when shopping.
NBC News and MSNBCare in an uproar over the hiring of former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel as a political analyst, which took top journalists at the network by surprise when it was announced Friday.
In a rare on-air protest, Chuck Todd — one of the most recognizable faces of NBC News — said on "Meet the Press" Sunday that McDaniel has "credibility issues that she still has to deal with."
