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- BroadsheetWomen hold 33% of S&P 500 board seats, but only 65% of female directors think they influence their boards
- CHRO DailyAdidas built a brand on Black celebrities but workers say it fell short on its own DEI efforts
- Term SheetExclusive: Zeck, cofounded by Edward Norton, raises $7.5 million to fight the existential dread looming over your board meetings
- CFO DailyFears over AI killing labor demand are ‘probably overblown,’ researcher argues in new Google report
- CEO DailyBridgewater and Global Citizen CEOs support World Bank’s campaign to replenish IDA coffers
- Data SheetThe curious case of Temu’s U.S. ‘headquarters’
From the magazine
Magazine
How the oil earnings of Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company, are helping the Saudi monarchy shake up the global economic order
The oil giant has generated $722 billion in profit since 2016, funding everything from stakes in Tesla and Uber to new mega-cities in the desert.
April 4, 2024
Commentary
- LaborStarbucks’s case at the Supreme Court is a venti lose-lose for the company and the burgeoning unionization movement
- successMore Americans are working past age 65—and that’s good news for employers
- A.I.Scientists inspired the right guardrails for nuclear energy, the internet, and DNA research. Let them do the same for AI
- careersBurned out and underappreciated, women’s career advancement had stalled long before the anti-DEI backlash
- supply chainsA new Cold War is brewing at sea–and the West’s security and prosperity are at stake
- EmploymentThe FTC noncompete ruling will narrow the gender gap in entrepreneurship
Topics
Environment
Farmers in Africa look to ancient fertilizer methods and new greenhouse technologies as climate change parches the land
Biden administration’s tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Bird flu fragments are in pasteurized milk now, but the FDA—and many other government agencies—still considers it safe
Finance
You’ll have to start paying $15 to drive into Manhattan on June 30
Exclusive: Zeck, cofounded by Edward Norton, raises $7.5 million to fight the existential dread looming over your board meetings
How the baby boomer ‘wealth effect’ is driving inflation: it’s ‘the richest retiring generation we’ve ever had’
Health
USDA tells poultry producers to reduce salmonella in certain chicken products to help prevent food poisoning
Minneapolis imposes $15 a pack minimum for cigarettes—$2 more than NYC—to curb smoking
New York outlaws sales of diet pills and muscle-mass builders to children
Leadership
Adidas built a brand on Black celebrities but workers say it fell short on its own DEI efforts
Gen Z job seeker refused to do 90-minute task because it ‘looked like a lot of work’—now the recruiter who complained about it is being slammed
McKinsey boss tries to boost staff morale amid layoffs and political backlash by blasting Eminem, Bob Marley and Chumbawamba
Lifestyle
How the baby boomer ‘wealth effect’ is driving inflation: it’s ‘the richest retiring generation we’ve ever had’
Gen Z job seeker refused to do 90-minute task because it ‘looked like a lot of work’—now the recruiter who complained about it is being slammed
CDC says 3 women who got HIV from ‘vampire facials’ are first documented cases of the virus transmitted through cosmetic needles
Personal Finance
How the baby boomer ‘wealth effect’ is driving inflation: it’s ‘the richest retiring generation we’ve ever had’
‘This is the noise of my shredder shredding your business plan—never call me again’: But a trio of 20-something entrepreneurs refused to quit and now run $16.7 billion investment firm
Troubled Philadelphia-based bank implodes in first failure of the year
Politics
Trump trial exposes actual right-wing media conspiracy as former Enquirer editor decries ‘ground zero of fake news’
U.S. intelligence officials find ‘no smoking gun’ that Putin directly ordered Navalny’s death
Columbia University, the epicenter of the controversial campus Gaza protests, is well aware of its 1968 legacy and the Vietnam era
Retail
Philips shares jump resulting in a $28.9 billion valuation as the Dutch company agrees $1.1 billion legal settlement over sleep apnoea devices
Starbucks’s case at the Supreme Court is a venti lose-lose for the company and the burgeoning unionization movement
Hawaii is famous for its macadamia nuts. Now lawmakers want brands to tell shoppers where they’re not actually from the islands
Success
Gen Z’s class of 2024 looks back on a seemingly cursed run of history: ‘It’s crazy because I remember starting freshman year with the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine’
Police officer hiring just rebounded for the first time since the George Floyd crisis of 2020
Many campus protestors shocked arrests may be on their record forever: ‘The level of punishment is not even just draconian, it feels like over-the-top callousness’
Tech
Elon Musk says any company that isn’t spending $10 billion on AI this year like Tesla won’t be able to compete
Driverless trucks are coming to the road before fully self-driving Teslas, with autonomous semis arriving in Texas later this year
Exclusive: Zeck, cofounded by Edward Norton, raises $7.5 million to fight the existential dread looming over your board meetings