The recent BBC report on the pay of its top earners laid bare the disparities between men and women's earnings. But it should come as no surprise. The gender pay gap has been stubbornly stagnant over the past decade. According ...
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2017
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Walmart is bringing back an app that lets shoppers skip the checkout line and pay for items themselves on their smartphones.
Business
Aug 9, 2017
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When shareholders have a say on executive pay, CEO salaries decline and company valuations rise, according to a University of Georgia study.
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2017
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Apple fans, don't fear. The iPhone maker has finally jumped into two of the hottest tech trends of the last two years—augmented reality and voice-activated speakers, with a promise to dominate these markets pioneered by ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 6, 2017
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Sometimes it is hard to nail down exactly how we feel about disparities between incomes, but emotions certainly run higher after a financial crisis and a few years of austerity. We might be furious that scandal-hit CEOs walk ...
Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2017
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You've probably used YouTube to watch short clips from Hollywood films, instructional videos or goofy home-made movies. Now you can use it to watch something else: live and recorded cable programming.
Internet
Apr 13, 2017
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Efforts to end the gender pay gap could be thwarted by the tendency for women to be pessimistic about their earning potential, shows new research from the University's School of Management.
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2017
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Smartphones have replaced lots of other accessories—cameras, flashlights, calculators. But many people are still reluctant to swap the wallets in their pockets for their digital counterparts.
Business
Mar 2, 2017
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U.S. business suffers from a gender paradox. Studies show companies with gender parity on boards and in the executive ranks outperform male-dominated ones. Yet, women represent only 9 percent of top management positions and ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2017
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While minorities and females are represented on boards of directors of many major corporations in the U.S., they often have fewer leadership opportunities within those organizations. In a new study, University of Missouri ...
Economics & Business
Jan 9, 2017
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