Fred Smith's belief that customer satisfaction is key continues to motivate the decisions of his successors (including Raj Subramaniam, CEO since 2022).
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John Beifuss,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
But Disney’s Bob Iger learned the hard way the importance of giving successors a clean slate.
Mass arbitration — where 25 or more claims against the same company are pooled together — have become more common and provide a greater likelihood of settlement awards for claimants.
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Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Those claims were denied, leaving claimants until late July to file lawsuits.
In the years since, the collection has been subject to numerous claims from alleged heirs, including distant cousins and half-siblings, according to a 2024 report by El País.
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Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
All of these routes risk undesirable tax consequences or, perhaps worse, ire from heirs.
Pennsylvania representatives Tim O'Neal and Bud Cook hosted the Bentworth soccer team on Wednesday in Harrisburg, where they were honored inside the Capitol.
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Mike Darnay,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
In response, company representatives contended the Park Service had no basis to require permits or a new plan of operations because the activities were already authorized under existing approvals issued by the Bureau of Land Management in 1985, the correspondence states.
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Alex Wigglesworth,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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