Inflation remains rapid as the economy enters 2022, and Democrats have begun pointing to a new culprit for the high and lasting price increases: Greedy corporations.Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, […]
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Back to news homeCorporate Board Diversity Increased in 2021. Some Ask What Took So Long.
People pushing for greater diversity on boards say companies need to expand their searches beyond current and former senior business executives, and emphasize skills over title.“If you look around, everyone […]
As Prices Rise Due to Inflation, Biden Turns to Antitrust Enforcers
But, Mr. Maffei said, the focus on antitrust has given the commission tools and confidence to investigate other abuses by shipping companies, now and in the future, when demand falls […]
Corporate Climate Pledges Often Ignore a Key Component: Supply Chains
For nearly 30 years, the pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb has proclaimed it’s been setting and meeting ambitious targets around energy and greenhouse gas emissions. These days, those goals include […]
As Western Oil Giants Cut Production, State-Owned Companies Step Up
Kuwait announced last month that it planned to invest more than $6 billion in exploration over the next five years to increase production to four million barrels a day, from […]
Business groups are divided as China seeks self-reliance.
China’s push for self-sufficiency in a wide range of industries is dividing foreign companies, with some welcoming it as another chance to invest there while others worry that it will […]
‘Black Capitalism’ Promised a Better City for Everyone. What Happened?
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The Panther Graphics printing plant sits along a row of red brick buildings and empty parking lots on the edge of a circular highway that separates this […]
Few Women Ascend Japan’s Corporate Ladder. Is Change Finally Coming?
During Barack Obama’s 2008 run for president, she was impressed by young people’s political activism, something that is relatively rare in Japan. She resolved to return home and work to […]
Who Discriminates in Hiring? A New Study Can Tell.
Twenty years ago, Kalisha White performed an experiment. A Marquette University graduate who is Black, she suspected that her application for a job as executive team leader at a Target […]
Global Tax Overhaul Gains Steam as G20 Backs New Levies
Absent unanimous approval among the members of the European Union, an accord would stall. Establishing a minimum tax would require an E.U. directive, and directives require backing by all 28 […]