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Former Intel chief accepts $15mn package to join CDK

Bloomberg The former chief executive officer of Intel Corp who was ousted over an inappropriate relationship with an employee has accepted a marginal pay cut to join CDK Global Inc, a much smaller company that provides software to the auto industry. Brian Krzanich was named CEO and a member of the board. He’ll succeed Brian MacDonald, who had been leading ...

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Post-Carillion, UK recasts outsourcing approach

Bloomberg The UK government has drawn up a package of reforms to improve the way public services are outsourced, after construction firm Carillion Plc became one of the biggest corporate casualties in British history this year. Outsourcing firms, including Serco Group Plc and Capita Plc, will issue “living wills” over the coming weeks, Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington plans to ...

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UK housing woes deepen as asking price tumbles

Bloomberg UK asking prices fell from a year earlier for the first time since 2011, led by declines in London and among the most expensive properties. Asking prices slipped 0.2 percent to 302,023 pounds ($387,000), according to Rightmove. Prices were 1.7 percent lower compared with October, the biggest drop for the month since 2012, the property website said on Monday. ...

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