Feb 15, 2017

CKE silent on Andy Puzder's future as CEO

Dan Primack, author of Pro Rata

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

CKE Restaurants, the parent company of burger chains Hardee's and Carl's Jr., declined on Wednesday to say if Andy Puzder will remain as CEO, following his decision to withdraw as President Trump's nominee for U.S. Labor Secretary.

Puzder has been with CKE since 1997, and has run the show since 2001. After his December nomination, the company declined to name a successor.

When called by Axios today to learn of Puzder's future relationship to the company, a spokeswoman replied via email that CKE "won't be providing further commentary at this time." Roark Capital, the private equity firm that owns CKE, also declined comment.

Go deeper

Axios
Updated 48 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios

  1. Politics: Fauci: Trump hasn't been to a COVID task force meeting in months — Trump claims COVID "will go away" during debate.
  2. Sports: The youth sports exodus continues — Big Ten football is back.
  3. Health: How to help save 130,000 lives — FDA approves Gilead's remdesivir as treatment — How the pandemic might end — Many U.S. deaths were avoidable.
  4. Retail: Santa won't greet kids at Macy's this year.
  5. World: Spain and France exceed 1 million cases.
Go deeper (1 min. read)Arrow
Shawna Chen
1 hour ago - Health

Fauci: Trump hasn't been to a COVID task force meeting in months

Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

President Trump has not attended a White House coronavirus task force meeting in “several months,” NIAID director Anthony Fauci told MSNBC on Friday.

Why it matters: At the beginning of the pandemic, the task force, led by Vice President Mike Pence, met every day, but in the "last several weeks," members have held virtual meetings once a week, Fauci said, even as the number of new cases continues to surge in the country.

Go deeper (1 min. read)Arrow
Axios
2 hours ago - Health

How to help save 130,000 lives

People wear face masks outside Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Photo: Noam Galai/Getty Images

Nearly 130,000 fewer people will die of COVID-19 this winter if 95% of Americans wear face masks in public, according to research published Friday.

Why it matters: “Increasing mask use is one of the best strategies that we have right now to delay the imposition of social distancing mandates," Dr. Christopher Murray of the University of Washington told the N.Y. Times.

Go deeper (1 min. read)Arrow