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Microsoft Agrees to Human Rights Review of Deals With Law Enforcement and Government
Microsoft Corp., which has faced pressure from employees and shareholders over contracts with governments and law enforcement agencies, agreed to commission an independent human rights review of some of those deals. The move came in response to a June filing of a shareholder proposal asking the company to evaluate how well it sticks to its…
Prince Harry, Meghan Join New York Investing Fund as ‘Impact Partners’
The couple is joining $1.3 billion investing fund Ethic as “impact partners” in the hope of raising awareness around issues such as racial injustice, climate change and income equality
IMF Board Keeps Georgieva as Chief After Data Scandal Review
Kristalina Georgieva will remain as head of the International Monetary Fund after the lender’s board reviewed accusations that she improperly influenced a World Bank ranking of China’s business climate. The fate of Georgieva—a Bulgarian economist and the first person from an emerging-market nation to run the IMF—had been in limbo since Sept. 16. That’s when…
Austria Picks Leader Who Will Rule Under Predecessor Kurz’s Gaze
The new premier said he’ll continue to work along the lines of a coalition program signed with the Green Party in 2020
David Card Shares Nobel Prize in Economics for Natural Experiments
The award, this year shared between three economists, chimes with a focus of the academy on real-world applications of the economics discipline in recent years
Twitch Hack Reveals How Much Its Top Game Streamers Make
The leak offers a glimpse into the wealth generated in the gaming sub-industry
At a $2 Trillion Market Value, Saudi Aramco Races Apple for Most Valuable Company
The Saudi state oil giant has soared on the back of higher energy prices
Tesla Racism Verdict of $137 Million Could Be Halved if the Company Appeals
The trial’s outcome could embolden shareholder activists who have pushed Tesla’s board to adopt more transparency
Duo Share Nobel Chemistry Prize for Work on Solar Cell Advances
Benjamin List, from the Max-Planck-Institut in Germany, and David MacMillan, a professor at Princeton University, won the award for developing “an ingenious tool” for building molecules
Oil Company Took More Than 3 Hours to Stop Biggest California Oil Spill in Decades
Following a low-pressure alarm around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 2, Amplify Energy didn’t shut the pipeline down until 6:01 a.m.
China, Isolated From the World, Is Now the Last Major Country Still Pursuing a ‘Zero COVID’ Strategy
One by one, Covid Zero places like Singapore and Australia have decided that the approach is unsustainable
China’s Evergrande Halts Trading in Hong Kong Amid Deepening $300 Billion Crisis
With more than $300 billion in liabilities, the developer has been trying to sell assets in a bid to raise cash.