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Older Americans report higher levels of age discrimination in the workplace, but it's getting harder to prove in court
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30
According to AARP, 78% of older workers saw or experienced age discrimination in 2020. Proving age discrimination in court, however, is difficult.
Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger knocked Robinhood, discussed the Archegos fiasco, and reflected on their friendship in a new interview. Here are the highlights
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 03:47Clickbait giant Outbrain files for I.P.O.
The New York Times - 30 Jun 2021 02:24
The company said it had $767 million in revenue last year.
Paul Gosar Has History With Racist Influencer Nick Fuentes
TPM - 30 Jun 2021 00:17
In a clip from his web show uploaded online Monday, the racist and anti-Semitic media personality Nicholas Fuentes said that if "Finnish fishermen" replaced Black Americans in Chicago's south side, "it would probably loo...
The D2C wave that is sweeping India
livemint.com - 30 Jun 2021 19:08
Drawn to quality and customization, affluent Indian consumers are falling in love with direct-to-consumer brands.India has a growing young and upwardly mobile population which seeks niche, high-quality and customized pro...
Economic Report: Chicago PMI slips in June after hitting highest level in almost 50 years
Market Watch - 30 Jun 2021 16:03
The Chicago Business Barometer, also known as the Chicago PMI, fell to 66.1 in June from 75.2 in May, which was the strongest reading in 47 years
Manhattan prosecutors will charge the Trump Organization and its CFO with tax-related crimes on Thursday, report says
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 16:01: PayPal takes on Square with launch of card readers in the U.S.
Market Watch - 30 Jun 2021 16:01
PayPal Holdings Inc. plans a challenge to Square Inc. as it launches a physical card reader in the U.S.
Market Snapshot: Dow edges higher as investors weigh private-sector jobs report
Market Watch - 30 Jun 2021 15:49
U.S. stock indexes on Wednesday are trading mixed, with the Dow edging higher, but the major benchmarks mostly holding near records, in the final session of the month and first half of the year as investors were weighing...
Expect retail traders to pile into these 3 types of stocks as meme-driven appetite slows, Vanda Research says
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:46How Andy Jassy got his start as Jeff Bezos' 'shadow' before building AWS into a $40 billion business and getting tapped as the next CEO of Amazon
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:35Detroit's Second-Quarter Sales Were Terrible, but Does It Matter?
Wall Street Journal - 30 Jun 2021 15:35US private payrolls leap by 692,000 in June as hiring exceeds expectations
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:31Inequality and hate crimes against Asian Americans could wipe out $700 billion from the US economy
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30The US spends at least $225 billion on mental illness each year in a broken system with no clear-cut solutions
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30Women and tenants of color grapple with higher rates of eviction. Access to a lawyer can boost success rates in housing court by 70%.
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30Payday lenders target communities of color. But fintechs offering small-dollar loans and flexible wages may help break the debt trap.
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30Banks earn billions of dollars charging overdrafts fees, and the burden falls on those least able to afford it
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30Men fill more than 9 in 10 biopharma CEO positions, an inequity that costs women more than $500 million in pay each year
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30Women make up a dismal percentage of all American CEOs. That's a huge financial problem - but there's a way to fix it.
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30The high cost of phone calls in prisons generates $1.4 billion a year, disproportionately driving women and people of color into debt
Business Insider - 30 Jun 2021 15:30
With Black people making up one-third of the prison population in the US, the high costs of phone and video calls furthers the racial wealth gap.
: UN warns of $4 trillion global tourism hit as uneven vaccination rates hurt developing countries
Market Watch - 30 Jun 2021 15:28
The impact of COVID-19 on international tourism could cost the global economy more than $4 trillion for 2020 and 2021, according to a UN report published on Wednesday.