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Starbucks CEO Schultz plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban
January 30, 2017 by creative · Leave a Comment
Starbucks Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz said on Sunday that the company planned to hire 10,000 refugees over five years in 75 countries, two days after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order banning refugees from certain countries. Trump on Friday put a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily barred travelers from Syria and six other Muslim-majority countries,
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Back to zero: Companies use 1970s budget tool to cut costs as they hunt for growth
January 30, 2017 by publisher · Leave a Comment
By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON (Reuters) – The number of U.S. companies using a budgeting tool made famous in the 1970s by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is surging as they turn their spending habits upside down to boost profits and to re-invest in their businesses. The upswing in zero-based budgeting (ZBB) signals that a broader cross-…
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Trump travel ban stirs faint corporate outcry beyond Silicon Valley
January 30, 2017 by elegant · Leave a Comment
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) – Most U.S. corporate bosses have stayed silent on President Donald Trump's immigration curbs, underscoring the sensitivities around opposing policies that could provoke a backlash from the…
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Gawker Media files for bankruptcy, to go up for sale
June 11, 2016 by elegant · Leave a Comment
By Jessica DiNapoli and Jared Leone NEW YORK/ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Reuters) – Gawker Media LLC, an online publishing pioneer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and put itself up for sale on Friday after a $140 million court judgment against it in a lawsuit brought by former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan over a sex tape. The move followed revelations that Hogan's lawsuit, along with several others against Gawker, were being bankrolled by billionaire investor Peter Thiel, an early backer of Facebook and a co-founder…
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