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Melinda French Gates Calls $200 Billion Gates Foundation Endowment For Global Health 'Fantastic,' Pledges Personal Funds For Gender Equality: '...Ready To Set More Of An Agenda Here In The United States'
Friday, May 9, 2025 - 5:38am | 563Read More...Melinda French Gates has endorsed the Gates Foundation’s decision to allocate its entire $200 billion endowment to global health by 2045. What Happened: French Gates, in her interview with Fortune, applauded the move, calling it “fantastic”. She emphasized that the foundation...
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Tencent's League of Legends Publisher Settles 2018 Gender Discrimination Lawsuit For $100M
Tuesday, December 28, 2021 - 1:47am | 603Read More...Riot Games, a unit of Tencent Holdings Limited (OTC: TCEHY), is settling a gender-based discrimination class-action lawsuit dating back to 2018 for $100 million. What Happened: The lawsuit with California’s state agencies and former women employees will see the “League of...
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Apple Said To Ban 'Pay Equity' Slack Channel Amid Growing Internal Discord
Tuesday, August 31, 2021 - 10:44pm | 589Read More...Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) employees can reportedly no longer use a channel dedicated to pay equity on Slack, a work-oriented messaging software owned by Salesforce.com, Inc (NYSE: CRM). What Happened: Apple cited internal “Slack Terms of Use” on the removal of the channel even...
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Apple Senior Engineer Says She Has Been Placed On Indefinite Administrative Leave Over Raising Sexism Concerns
Thursday, August 5, 2021 - 12:55am | 555Read More...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) senior engineering program manager Ashley Gjovik said she has been placed on indefinite administrative leave after raising concerns about sexism in office. What Happened: Gjovik announced on Twitter that she was placed on indefinite leave while Apple investigates her...
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What's Going On With Urban One Stock?
Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 9:51pm | 382Read More...Shares of African American-centric media company Urban One Inc. (NASDAQ: UONE) (NASDAQ: UONEK) surged more than 29% in the regular trading session on Thursday and further gained 7.4% in the after-hours session. What Happened: Urban One likely benefited from fast-food giant McDonald’s Corp....
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Apple Card — Once Accused Of Discriminating Against Women — Has Now Find Major Customer Base In Them
Thursday, May 6, 2021 - 1:54am | 453Read More...Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)-branded credit card, which once faced allegations of discriminating against women, has reportedly found strong support from that demographic. What Happened: The Apple Card, underpinned by Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS), now has 6.4 million cardholders on its rolls...
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Apple Card Doesn't Discriminate Against Women — At Least Not In Terms Of Credit Limit
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 11:21pm | 481Read More...An inquiry has found that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)-branded credit card does not discriminate against women when it comes to the credit limit, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. What Happened: The Apple Card, which is underpinned by Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS), didn't put women at a disadvantage...
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Two Women Discuss How They've Personally Experienced The Gender Pay Gap
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 - 10:30am | 886Read More...Despite narrowing, the gender pay gap remains an issue in America. According to the Pew Research Center, female workers earned an average of 15 percent less than their male counterparts in 2018. Benzinga has partnered with personal finance app MoneyLion's PaveTheWage campaign to bring attention...
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Google Unveils New Emoji Aimed At Representing Women As Professionals
Friday, July 15, 2016 - 8:25am | 286Read More...Keen observers were quick to realize there aren't a lot of emoji characters that reflect the diversity of women's careers. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google segment is looking to change that. In a corporate blog post on Thursday, Google announced that it is "promoting gender...
