Category: termination

Washington’s First Equity Director Fired by Governor Inslee’s Office

May 24, 2023
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Governor Jay Inslee’s administration has fired Washington’s first Office of Equity director, Dr. Karen A. Johnson. Johnson’s last day was Wednesday after being appointed by Governor Inslee in March of 2021 to help promote equity in state government. According to the governor’s office, Jonson’s firing comes after concerns over a lack of stability and budgetary concerns….

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Investing App Acorns, Pioneer SPAC Scrap $2.2 Billion Merger

January 20, 2022
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Special purpose acquisition company Pioneer Merger Corp. and investing app Acorns Grow have mutually terminated their $2.2 billion merger agreement, according to a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The deal, announced in May last year, was originally expected to close in the second half of 2021 and the Irvine, California-based company was to be listed on…

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Asda’s $1 Billion Deal to Sell Petrol Forecourts to EG Group Terminated

October 18, 2021
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LONDON—Asda, the British supermarket chain, and EG Group have terminated a deal that would have seen EG buy Asda’s petrol forecourts for 750 million pounds ($1.03 billion), the two companies said on Monday. Both Asda and EG are owned by Zuber and Mohsin Issa and private equity group TDR Capital. The deal was initially struck…

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Trump Appointee Sues Biden Administration, Alleges Illegal Termination Threat

February 4, 2021
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An official appointed to his post by former President Donald Trump is suing the Biden administration over a termination threat he alleges is illegal. Trump appointed Roger Severino, a former Heath and Human Services official, to the Administrative Conference of the United States in August 2020 and reappointed him last month. Severino’s term was supposed to…

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