April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. oil major Chevron's ( CVX ) CEO Michael Wirth was paid $26.5 million in 2023, a 12.2% boost from the prior year and above the median pay raise for employees, a securities filing showed on Wednesday. The numbers show an increased gap between compensation for executives and Chevron's ( CVX ) 45,511 workers. The median...

BOSTON, April 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has lost its bid to convince a federal appeals court to break with its counterparts in other circuit courts and rule that a defendant's conviction does not get wiped away just because he died while his appeal was pending. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday joined with...

Accenture Plc ( ACN ) has acquired the integrated customer engagement agency Unlimited for an unknown sum. After the acquisition, Unlimited will become part of Accenture Song, the tech-powered creative group. Headquartered in London, with additional locations in Bristol, Winchester and Reading, Unlimited’s nearly 600 employees will join Accenture Song’s U.K. team aligned to the marketing practice under Bill Scott, marketing practice lead, U.K.,...

LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) posted a profit of 2.1 billion euro ($2.26 billion) for 2023, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The gain, led by a 1 billion euro return on equity investments, offset a 1.1 billion euro loss in the prior year following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. With global...