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A top Google exec pushed the company to commit to human rights. Then Google pushed him out, he says.

Now, the 50 year-old is alleging that Google pushed him out for it in April. “I didn’t change. Google changed,” LaJeunesse, who was...

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A furniture maker whose pieces tell a (sustainable) story

Sandtown Furniture Co., named for a Baltimore neighborhood, transforms old beams and planks into tables, chairs, desks and more.

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Amazon threatens to terminate critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies

Amazon threatens to terminate critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies. The lawyer in the human resources group, Eric Sjoding, advised Costa...

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Here are two retirement resolutions you definitely should make for the New Year

Here are two retirement resolutions you definitely should make for the New Year, The same can be said for small moves in your...

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paid family leave

paid family leave, The U.S. remains the only industrialized country that doesn’t guarantee workers paid family leave. In 2018, just 17 percent of...

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Trump’s stock market rally is very good, but still lags Obama and Clinton

Trump’s stock market rally is very good, but still lags Obama and Clinton, While the stock market has performed well under Trump, it...

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First there was ‘diversity.’ Then ‘inclusion.’ Now H.R. wants everyone to feel like they ‘belong.’

First there was ‘diversity.’ Then ‘inclusion.’ Now H.R. wants everyone to feel like they ‘belong.’, Earlier this year, the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton...

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Nigeria news : $81.274bn debt: Nigeria faces impending bankruptcy – Obasanjo warns

Nigeria news : $81.274bn debt Nigeria faces impending bankruptcy – Obasanjo warns, Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said Nigeria faces the risk of...

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Americans’ near-record levels of credit card debt bolstering banking industry

Americans’ near-record levels of credit card debt bolstering banking industry, “People like their credit cards. They use their credit cards far more than...

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Rust Belt region banks on becoming hub for electric vehicles

Lordstown, Ohio, — stung by the loss of a massive auto plant — is trying to carve out a new economy.

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A new year’s resolution to set better work boundaries

On a more abstract level, readers truggled to set boundaries to protect their mental space against demanding colleagues, clients and workloads. Occasionally, readers...

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Explosion of U.S. tech jobs concentrated in just five metro areas, study finds

Explosion of U.S. tech jobs concentrated in just five metro areas, study finds The share of those jobs shrank dramatically in would-be hubs...

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Amazon says Trump launched ‘repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks’ over cloud contract

“ Amazon says Trump launched ‘repeated public and behind-the-scenes attacks’ over cloud contract Basic justice requires reevaluation of proposals and a new award...

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Banking that electric cars can also be cool, Ford introduces an all-electric Mustang

After reading the writing on the wall, Ford Motor has taken the bold step of melding the Mustang brand with the latest in...

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Chick-fil-A drops donations that angered LGBTQ groups, and conservative leaders cry betrayal

Chick-fil-A drops donations that angered LGBTQ groups, and conservative leaders cry betrayal On Monday, the charitable arm affiliated with Chick-fil-A revealed that it...

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WeWork planning to cut thousands of jobs

WeWork Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure told employees that layoffs would begin this week, according to an email obtained by The Washington Post. Claure...