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photo credit: E! Entertainment The people's voices have been heard and the list of winners of the 43rd edition of the People's Choice Awards is available. Melissa McCarthy and Victoria Beckham, previously announced as winners of the People's Icon of 2018 and Fashion Icon awards respectively picked up their awards with so much excitement on Sunday night. Bryan Stevenson, a social activist, attorney, and founder of Equal Justice Initiative, received the Inaugural People's Champion Award. John Legend was both presenter and performer.  Victoria Beckham Rita Ora and Nicki Minaj performed as well, with Nicki being the opener. The blockbuster Disney-Marvel film Avengers: Infinity War was named best movie of the year and best action movie. It also won best female movie star for Scarlett Johansson. Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments was a big winner in the TV categories, while Nicki Minaj and BTS won big in the music categories. The awards show aired live fr

Company Background : Tyco International Plc was a company dealing in security solutions and fire protection. Tyco was incorporated in the Republic of Ireland, with operational headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Tyco was founded in 1960 by Arthur J. Rosenberg, and became a publicly traded company in 1964. Mr. Dennis Kozlowski joined Tyco in 1975, and become CEO in 1992, at the age of 46. Kozlowski, a ruthless cost cutter, transformed the small England manufacturer into a multinational worth more than $120 billion. Nothing seemed to hold Kozlowski back as a businessman, driving him to unforetold success, and later to his downfall.  What Happened : Tyco's former CEO Dennis Kozlowski, former CFO Mark Swartz, and former General Counsel Mark Belnick gave themselves no-interest and very-low interest loans, sometimes disguised as special bonuses, without approval from the Tyco board, and never repaid these loans. These unapproved bonuses and uncensored extravaga

Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi just added two more pieces of silverware to his already overwhelming collection of awards. Messi was named La Liga's best player and top goalscorer for the 2017/2018 campaign at the MARCA Awards. He was awarded the Alfredo di Stefano Award for most valuable player and the Pichichi Trophy for highest goalscorer. The Blaugrana No. 10 has now been named La Liga's best player seven times, and the league's highest goalscorer 5 times. This year's MARCA Awards ceremony held in the Convent dels Àngels in Barcelona.  Messi spoke to MARCA after the ceremony. He talked about watching football with his eldest son, Thiago, his return from injury, and the competitiveness of La Liga.  "I love watching games with him. I was surprised because he understands so many facets of the game and it's the first time I've been able to share something like that with him [Thiago] ," he said. Talking about his return from injury, he further

The Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, had a rather marred return to action as his brace against Real Betis counts for nothing. For the first time in Messi's stunning Barcelona career, he has scored a brace but ended up on the losing side. Messi was excellent but was let down by his supporting cast time and again. Barcelona had a quite vulnerable defense, which was easily penetrated by Tello and Junior. Rakitic, Busquets and Arthur were below par performance in the midfield. Arturo Vidal was in top form as he creating a scoring opportunity in which Messi hit the woodwork 15 seconds after coming in for Arthur (in the second half). Rakitic was sent off in the 81st minute after receiving a second yellow card booking. Messi had a key role to play in all three goals scored by Barcelona; he scored two goals and made an assist for Vidal's goal. Nonetheless, Messi's double against Real Betis puts him atop La Liga scoring charts, with Luis Suarez who has also found the net