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Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 10th
The New Yorker - 10 Apr 2018 19:32
Ellis Rosen's Daily Cartoon shows a billboard for Michael Cohen.
The Pay Gap Is Way Too Entrenched To Be Solved By Women Alone
FiveThirtyEight - 10 Apr 2018 18:36
Happy Equal Pay Day! (Or, as I like to call it, Women's New Year.) Today is the day that marks roughly how far into 2018 women had to work to earn a salary equal to what men got the year before. We'd throw a parade and s...
Point72-Backed Start-Up to Rock the Proxy Vote
Barron's - 10 Apr 2018 17:06
Technology platform SAY says it wants to make voting more accessible for shareholders.
Saudi Arabia is floating a crazy plan to turn Qatar into an island
Business Insider - 11 Apr 2018 00:44
AP Photo/Francois Mori Saudi Arabia could consider a proposal to dig a maritime canal along the kingdom's border with Qatar. This would turn Qatar into an island. The project has not been given official approval and face...
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki: Three Ways Tech Companies Should Improve Diversity
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 17:23
In an interview with Forbes Media executive vice president Moira Forbes, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki outlines what steps 'any company' can take to improve workplace diversity and bolster the inclusion of women and minorit...
GOLDMAN SACHS: Tesla's production issues go beyond the Gigafactory (TSLA)
Business Insider - 10 Apr 2018 18:56
REUTERS/Stringer Goldman Sachs has lowered its price target for Tesla to $195. The bank says the current Model 3 production rate suggests that the company has issues beyond the reported Gigafactory slowdown. You can trac...
Confessions of a Houseplant Addict
The New Yorker - 10 Apr 2018 13:00
Charlotte Mendelson writes about her late-onset obsession with houseplants.
'College ain't cheap' — $24,000 fund raised for Carl's Jr. hero in YouTube shooting
USA Today - 10 Apr 2018 03:25
Quick thinking worker used bungee cord to help bleeding woman.
How to find out if you're being paid less than your male colleagues
NBC News - 10 Apr 2018 19:20
Men and women both exhibit negative reactions to women negotiating for higher pay, studies show.
China's Xi promises to lower tariffs this year, open economy further
Reuters - 10 Apr 2018 07:36
BOAO, China
Kudlow only worsens Trump's trade war
New York Post - 10 Apr 2018 06:38
Larry Kudlow is a shill. And once a shill, always a shill. Kudlow was a Wall Street prognosticator with a very flawed record. Then he went on to a TV career with cable station CNBC, and he completely missed the problems ...
Mueller is investigating a $150,000 payment a pro-Russian oligarch made to the Trump Foundation during the campaign
Business Insider - 10 Apr 2018 06:12
Alex Wong/Getty Images The special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly probing a $150,000 donation a pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarch made to the Trump Foundation in September 2015. The oligarch, Victor Pinchuk, made the ...
The $66 billion Bayer-Monsanto merger just got a major green light -- but farmers are terrified
Business Insider - 10 Apr 2018 05:48
Jim Young/Reuters Bayer, a German pharmaceutical and chemical company, has won approval in the US to buy agricultural giant Monsanto. But farmers are worried about what the consolidation might mean for prices and their f...
Mulvaney laments 'activists' on CFPB staff
American Banker - 10 Apr 2018 04:08
The acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he is "pleasantly surprised" with most personnel but raised concerns about those who lean toward the regulatory philosophy of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Facebook Still Faces Questions About Russia's Reach
The New York Times - 10 Apr 2018 04:03
Lawmakers will have an opportunity to press Mark Zuckerberg on an important figure: the number of followers of Russian-linked pages.
Las Vegas Convention Center $860M expansion design unveiled
Miami Herald - 10 Apr 2018 03:49
The multimillion-dollar expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center that officials say will allow the city to remain at the top of the list of trade show destinations will have …
Lula Falls, and Brazilian Democracy Looks Shakier
The New Yorker - 10 Apr 2018 23:54
Jon Lee Anderson writes about the imprisonment of Brazil's former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the right-wing establishment's efforts to erode his legacy.
How Three Roommates In The Dotcom Bubble Bust Ended Up Running A $100 Million VC Firm
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 19:00
Some roommate situations lead to lifelong friendships. At Conductive Ventures, it led to a new $100 million venture capital fund.
Why Co-Leadership is The New Strategy for Company Growth
Forbes - 10 Apr 2018 18:56
Co-leading boosts productivity, limits bad decision-making, and reduces stress. It also doubles your capacity for creativity and innovation.
The Wall Street Journal: Jack Ma's Ant Financial to raise $9 billion, become world's biggest unicorn
Market Watch - 10 Apr 2018 18:49
Ant Financial, an Alibaba affiliate, is preparing a new funding round that could value the company at nearly $150 billion.
Online wholesale retailer Boxed introduces membership program
Business Insider - 10 Apr 2018 18:47
BI intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers hours before appearing on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here. Online wholesale retailer Boxed is lau...
How to get out of debt and build a 'wealth snowball'
NBC News - 10 Apr 2018 16:11
Use the same behavior that got you into debt to grow your savings.