NPR Firm Behind 'Fearless Girl' Statue Underpaid Female, Black Execs, US SaysNPRThe State Street Corporation, a financial services company that put the Fearless Girl statue on Wall Street to promote the importance of women working in corporate leadership roles, will pay $5 million after an investigation found that it underpaid …Firm behind 'Fearless Girl' statue […]
Bloomberg Sprint and T-Mobile Are Ironing Out Final Deal DetailsBloombergSprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. are putting the finishing touches on a merger that's likely to be announced when the wireless carriers report quarterly earnings at the end of October, according to people familiar with the matter. Both sides are …Bloomberg: Sprint, T-Mobile on final […]
Press Herald Wisconsin town excited, nostalgic as massive plant offers jobs, eats up landPress HeraldWith plans to employ up to 13,000 on a campus of 1.56 square miles, Foxconn Technology and its digital display-screen plant will transform Racine. By IVAN MORENOAssociated Press. Share. facebook · tweet · email · print. Comment. Read Article.Foxconn chooses SW […]
Politico IRS defends Equifax contract amid Hill outcryPoliticoThe IRS on Wednesday sought to justify its new $7.2 million, no-bid contract with the credit reporting company Equifax, describing it as a short-term arrangement needed to keep vital tools for taxpayers from going offline during a dispute with the firm.Senators slam Equifax for making money off massive […]
TIME The Latest: FDA: Bakery had violations besides 'love' labelWashington PostCONCORD, Mass. — The Latest on a Massachusetts bakery that has been told by the government to remove “love” from its list of granola ingredients. (all times local):. 4 p.m.. Federal officials say a Massachusetts bakery had several violations other …FDA: Bakery had other violations […]
The Hill Court blocks Trump's 'unlawful' delay of Obama methane leak ruleThe HillA federal court ruled late Wednesday that the Trump administration broke the law when it tried this summer to delay an Obama administration rule related to greenhouse gas released through oil and natural gas drilling. Judge Elizabeth Laporte of the …The Latest: Interior […]
International Business Times White House Official, Former NSA Hacker: Social Security Numbers Are UselessInternational Business TimesWhite House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce said Tuesday that he believed the United States should begin to do away with Social Security numbers as a national identification method and move on to something more modern. Speaking at the …Push is on […]
UPROXX Taco Bell's Secret National Taco Day Tasting Meal Revealed An Item That Belongs On Their MenuUPROXXWednesday is National Taco Day, and for the second year in a row, Taco Bell has really gone all-out. The twist here is that they've gone all-out for an exceedingly small number of people, and those lucky few will […]
Washington Post Former CEO struggles to defend why Equifax deserves $7 million IRS contract to prevent fraudWashington PostEquifax's former chief executive Richard Smith repeatedly deflected questions from a Senate panel Wednesday about a $7 million IRS contract the company recently received to help prevent fraud and whether the company could profit from the hack that …Senator […]
CNBC Billionaire Warren Buffett: 'I don't need a tax cut' in a society with so much inequalityCNBCBillionaire investor Warren Buffett is keenly aware of the potential for gross inequality in the very system that has allowed him his own success. The octogenarian investor is worth almost $80 billion and is the third richest person in […]