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On a recent Thursday evening, hours after closing, Francine Delarosa pulled up a moving box in the dismantled office of her 4,000-square-foot boutique. She sat down on the makeshift chair for a moment and...

“The work we see happening now in workforce development, between corporations and nonprofit education partners like ours, is some of the most innovative, intuitive and impactful of all time.” View the Original Article

“It will take a concerted, conscious effort to create the change we are looking for.” View the Original Article

This 7-year-old isn’t playing when it comes to earning power. Ryan of Ryan ToysReview is the highest-paid YouTuber, making $22 million from June 1, 2017, to June 1, 2018, Forbes reported Monday. He makes the big coin by playing...

Taking a stand is more important now than ever before. View the Original Article

LONDON (Reuters) ― Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change on Monday, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay. Rivals BP and Total have already set...

The low-cost shoe retailer Payless ShoeSource pulled one over on fashion influencers when it took over a former Armani store in Santa Monica, California, multiple outlets reported.The stunt occurred this fall when influential social media...

By Jay Monahan, commissioner, PGA Tour Historically, golf has been perceived by many as an elitist sport with a culture that’s less than welcoming to differing viewpoints and ideas. Thankfully, this stereotype has been upended by...

Our audience should reflect what the country looks like. View the Original Article

Patagonia said Wednesday it planned to donate $10 million to environmental causes, money the company saved due to President Donald Trump’s massive tax breaks for corporate America last year. In an impassioned note, the clothing...

The weekslong strike that hit Marriott hotels in seven cities is starting to show signs of resolution after 2,700 workers in Hawaii signed off on a new contract with their hotels’ owner Tuesday. The agreement...

These are some of the methods we’ve used to create and sustain a diverse and inclusive workplace. View the Original Article

The news out of Detroit Monday offered a stark reminder that the fortunes of Wall Street and Main Street often move in opposite directions. General Motors’ announcement that it planned to idle five manufacturing plants devastated working-class...

DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on General Motors’ restructuring plans (all times local): General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as...

Amazon workers in Germany, Spain, Italy and the U.K. walked off the job on Black Friday, mixing labor unrest with the start of the biggest shopping season of the year. Close to 90 percent of...

The way we shop will never be the same. And if you want a glimpse of what the future will look like, visit two malls on opposite ends of Los Angeles. The first, Westfield...

TOKYO (AP) — Nissan Motor Co. fired Carlos Ghosn as chairman Thursday, curtailing the powerful executive’s nearly two-decade-long reign at the Japanese automaker after his arrest for alleged financial improprieties. In an hours-long meeting, the...

By John Wang, founder and president, Asian American Business Development Center Diversity and inclusion, popularly referred to as D&I, has become such a common phrase in corporate America that it’s almost easy to take it...

After weeks of picketing, Marriott employees in several cities, including Boston and Detroit, have returned to work following successful negotiations of new contracts with the world’s largest hotel chain. The massive, multi-city strike is far...

Madelyn Garcia lost her mother the same week she found out she was losing her job. Just three days after the funeral she’d planned with her siblings, the 50-year-old returned to work at the...

The Toms company is donating $5 million and mobilizing its social network and customer base to support a unique corporate-initiated campaign to End Gun Violence Together. The shoe company’s donation is the largest corporate contribution toward ending gun...

Working a retail job was once a rite of passage for teenagers. It was stitched so deeply into the fabric of adolescence that stores were the obvious setting for period cult movies (Think: “Clerks”...

By Jen E. Clarke, executive director, One To World Corporate conversations around improving diversity and inclusion have become more critical in recent years, fueled by the charged political atmosphere of the Me Too movement,...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nissan Motor Co Ltd said on Monday it was moving to terminate Carlos Ghosn from his chairman’s post after finding that he had used company money for personal use and committed...

When 34-year-old Omar received an email from Samsung’s human resources department inviting him for a job interview, he was pleasantly surprised. He hadn’t applied for a position there, but the email sender told him...

Animal lovers are giving an Ikea store in Catania, Italy, a big group hug after photos appeared on social media that apparently show stray dogs sleeping among the furniture displays.Martine Taccia was shopping at...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is suing the nation’s two largest drugstore chains, Walgreens and CVS, alleging they added to the state and national opioid crisis by overselling painkillers and not taking precautions...

Sweet, wide-eyed Mark Zuckerberg swears he didn’t know anything. The Facebook CEO was shocked and appalled at the conduct of his company, he told reporters on a conference call Thursday, responding to a bombshell New...

A day after a lengthy New York Times investigation found that Facebook went to great and potentially unethical lengths to muffle criticism of its inaction over disinformation efforts on the site, CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the...

By Joe M. Ricks Jr., Ph.D., chairman, Division of Business at Xavier University, and past president, HBCU Business Deans View the Original Article

Change cannot come fast enough – and it won’t come at all unless we take action. View the Original Article

Citigroup CEO Mike Corbat sits down with Farjana Rohman, Citi Vice President - Instant Payments Product Manager, to discuss the challenges of being a state school educated, young woman of color in what is...

Did Amazon successfully trick cities and states around the country into a bidding war that gave it leverage to negotiate with the two cities ― New York City and Arlington, Virginia ― it planned to...

New Yorkers, take note: While you commute in dilapidated and decaying subways, know that Jeff Bezos will be able to rely on a more upscale mode of transit to get to Amazon’s forthcoming New...

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) could announce as early as Tuesday that it has selected New York City and Northern Virginia to be the sites for its second and third headquarters, the Wall Street...