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Lessons for This Moment in Business From a Hit Broadway Show
Post-pandemic hiatus, 'The Lehman Trilogy,' like its audience, is more conscious of the ethical considerations that shape businesses past and present
Facebook Let an Islamophobic Conspiracy Theory Flourish in India Despite Employees’ Warnings
Facebook is aware of the danger and prevalence of the Love Jihad conspiracy theory on its platform but has done little to act on it, according to internal Facebook documents and former employees
Modern Capitalism Needs a Revolution to Undo the Damage It Has Caused
Capitalism stands at a crossroads and we must find the best way forward, writes Ronald Cohen
Barclays CEO Jes Staley to Step Down Amid Epstein Probe
Staley is expected to contest the findings of a U.K. regulatory probe investigating his ties to the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Michael Dell Has Been a Tech CEO for 34 Years. He Has Some Advice For Younger Founders
(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) In today’s youth-centric tech industry, Michael Dell, at 56, is somewhat of an elder statesman. The Dell Technologies chief executive occasionally hosts dinners for young entrepreneurs at his Austin, Tex., home, where guests seek out his advice on matters…
U.S. Sees Highest Wage Jump in 20 Years
(WASHINGTON) — Wages jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records dating back 20 years, a stark illustration of the growing ability of workers to demand higher pay from companies that are desperate to fill a near-record number of available jobs. Pay increased 1.5% in the third quarter, the Labor…
Huawei Sales Fell By 32% After U.S. Sanctions and Honor Smartphone Brand Sale
(BEIJING) — Chinese tech giant Huawei’s sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of 2021 under U.S. sanctions and following the sale of its Honor smartphone brand, according to figures released Friday. Huawei Technologies Ltd.’s smartphone and other consumer-oriented businesses have been “significantly impacted” but sales to phone carriers and…
Young People Are Leaving Their Jobs in Record Numbers—And Not Going Back
Life for Whitney Green looks a little different these days. She wakes up to the sounds of Rome: scooter engines echoing off cobblestones, the lilting chatter of café patrons collecting their morning espresso shots. She goes to Italian classes in the afternoons. She eats bowls of pistachio gelato and handmade pasta, and watches tourists congregate…
Facebook Changes Its Name to Meta
On Thursday, at Facebook’s annual developer-focused Connect conference, keynote speaker and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage—a virtual home—to announce the company’s latest update, along with a name change reflecting its new ambitions. The new name: Meta. But what about the Facebook name, originally derived from its first iteration, FaceMash, in 2003? “Increasingly it…
Why Working at Facebook Is Like Playing Chess With an Alien, According to Leaked Documents
Internal documents paint a unique picture of the internal culture at Facebook
‘The Entire Country Was Basically On Fire.’ Facebook Watched as Trump Ignited Hate Across America
Facebook’s own internal, automated controls predicted with almost 90% certainty that Trump's message broke rules against inciting violence
Social Media Giants Testify to Senate Subcommittee About Child, Teen User Safety
The tech companies insisted that their platforms already are complying with the proposed restrictions