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Starbucks, Google assailed by investors over gender policies

Bloomberg Investors focused on social issues are finding that trickle-down diversity doesn’t work. For years, they surmised that having enough women on boards and in senior management would produce fairer policies. Now investors are changing tactics, saying it’s not enough and that employers also need to implement gender-pay equity and paid-leave policies that attract and retain women. Zevin Asset Management, ...

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EU demands more Brexit clarity from May before move to trade

Bloomberg Top European Union officials teamed up to send UK Prime Minister Theresa May a blunt message: Do more to flesh out Britain’s Brexit positions or put off trade talks for even longer. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, used a hearing in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday to all ...

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Trump’s travel ban 3.0 hit with first suit by Muslim group

Bloomberg A Muslim student group in Maryland filed the first lawsuit over the latest version of the Trump administration’s travel ban against several Muslim-majority countries, plus North Korea and Venezuela. The lawsuit filed by Iranian Alliances Across Borders will again focus on President Donald Trump’s comments about Muslims before the election as the true reason for the ban rather than ...

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