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Disney has chosen former Nike CEO Mark Parker to chair its board.Parker, who is now executive chairman at Nike, will become chairman of the Disney board of directors fo stanley cup llowing its annual shareholder me stanley termosky eting, the company said in a Wednesday  Jan. 11  press release.Parker, who has been a member of the board for seven years, succeeds Susan E. Arnold, who is not standing for re-election as she is term-limited by company policy. As a result, the size of the board will shrink to 11 members, according to the release.Parkers appointment comes during a tumultuous time for Disney, which last year replaced CEO Bob Chapek with former CEO Robert Iger. This week also saw activist inve stanley nz stor and Trian Partners founder Nelson Peltz pushing for a seat on Disneys board, setting up a proxy fight, per multiple media accounts.The board said Wednesday it does not endorse Peltzs nomination and recommended shareholders not back his attempt to join the board.Peltz, meanwhile, has launched a site called  Restore the Magic  in support of his campaign. Trian believes that Disney is a company in crisis and faces many challenges that weigh on the companys investment prospects,  the site stated.  We believe that these challenges are primarily self-inflicted and need to be addressed. Among the problems Peltz listed are  over-the-top  compensation, poor direct-to-consumer strategy, the use of Disneys parks to subsidize streaming losses and  questionable  judgment on deals such as the companys acquisition of Fo Mrwi Airbnb Highlights Corporates    Need For T  038;E Options, Says Amex GBT
Just in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season, two more major U.K. banks have signed on to support Apple Pay.Yesterday  Nov. 17 , TSB and Tesco Bank confirmed Apple Pay support for their payment cards is now enabled, allowing their customers to use the contactless payment method by opening the Wallet app and scanning a card or authenticating an existing account via iTunes and App Store, Engadget reported.Since Apple Pay launched in the U.K. earlier this summer, the list of U.K. financial institutions slated to partner with the payment method has continued to expand, including HSBC, First Direct, NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Ulster Bank.In September,聽Lloyds Banking Group also announced its plans to support Apple Pay by offering the payment technology to customers of its Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands.Wh stanley quencher ile there may be a long list stanley hrnek  of U.K. banks who have been eager to join the Apple Pay movement, one bank in particular has committed to offering the payment method but has yet to launch, Engadget confirmed.Barclays continues to stay relatively tight-lipped about if and when its customers will have access to Apple Pay.According to reports from MacRumors around the time of Apple Pays launch, high-level executives at Barclays reportedly admitted to  delayed negotiations  wit stanley polska h the tech behemoth over the service.With the growing popularity of contactless payments among U.K. consumers, Apples ability to continue landing big banks to support A