Image caption Jamie Dimon, head of banking giant JP Morgan, chairs Business Roundtable One of the US’s most powerful business groups has abandoned the shareholder-first idea that has driven capitalism for decades. The Business Roundtable said the pursuit of shareholder interests is no longer the central purpose of corporate America. Companies should focus on social […]
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Britain’s government plans to call a summit of social media companies to discuss what more they can do to fight online misinformation about vaccines following a spike in measles cases. Although plans for such a gathering were still being worked out, Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed concern Monday at the rising incidence of measles. He
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Devin Fuller got his first taste of the NFL’s business side during his rookie minicamp. One of the receiver’s would-be teammates had a bad practice. Not much later, that player got pulled out of a meeting. Not much after that, the player was no longer Fuller’s teammate. “I was like, ‘Wow, so it’s like that?’”
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The “shareholder comes first” has for years been the mantra of the Business Roundtable, a group that represents the most powerful CEOs in America and their thinking. A new principles on the role of a corporation released Monday implies a foundational shift, putting shareholders on more equal footing with others that have an interest in
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Image copyright BBC/Mark Yeoman Image caption Jess Thom, a comedian with Tourette’s, is one of several people calling out Olaf Falafel for his award-winning joke A charity for people with Tourette’s syndrome has asked a comedian to apologise for his award-winning joke made at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. Tourettes Action said it was “so disappointed”
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Image caption Props from Ed Sheeran’s music videos are on show at Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich A letter informing Ed Sheeran that he got straight Fs in a music performance course is on show as part of a new exhibition. The singer started a diploma at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, Surrey, in
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Image copyright The School Food Plan Legal school meal nutrition standards may need to be amended, or discarded, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to internal local council planning documents seen by the BBC. The standards are designed to make sure school children are fed healthy food. Many councils say school meal costs
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Planned Parenthood will announce on Monday afternoon whether it will withdraw from Title X, the federal family planning program, rather than comply with a new Trump administration rule that restricts what health providers can say about abortion. Such a move could affect more than 1.5 million low-income women who rely on Planned Parenthood for services
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SAN ANTONIO — The economic odds facing Avigail Rodriguez a few years ago couldn’t have been much worse. An undocumented immigrant and a single mother, she lived in a cramped apartment in a tough neighborhood in San Antonio and earned just $9 an hour working as a nurse’s assistant. Today, Ms. Rodriguez, 26, owns her
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Every year, parents find comical ways to celebrate the joy of their kids finally going back to school after a summer of nonstop chaos. This year, four Florida moms are giving parents across the internet a good laugh with their viral photo shoot. Shawna Genua, owner of Wee Winks Photography in Minneola, texted three of
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