Bloomberg Jacinda Ardern’s emphatic election victory is seen as an endorsement of an inclusive brand of leadership that may ripple beyond New Zealand’s borders. In an age of populism and confrontation, Ardern’s message of empathy and kindness married with skillful crisis management won her Labour Party its biggest share of the vote in more than 70 years. That contrasts starkly ...

Bloomberg Bolivians were expected to vote in presidential and congressional elections with the socialist movement seeking a return to power a year after their leader Evo Morales was ousted and fled the country. Morales’s ally Luis Arce, a UK-educated economist, is ahead in polls, but needs to avoid a run-off in which voters opposed to his socialist party can unite ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BofA) inched closer to its diversity goals last year, and said it recognises more needs to be done. Racial and gender representation increased in most areas of the company, including among senior management, according to data by the bank. Still, the percentage of women in the top three tiers of the firm remained unchanged from ...