Activision Blizzard Staff Sign Petition Supporting Labor Lawsuit
Nearly 1,000 current and former Activision Blizzard Inc. employees have signed a letter calling the company’s responses to a recent discrimination lawsuit “abhorrent and insulting.” The new…
Read moreHow Dr. Seuss Enterprises CEO Susan Brandt Leads the Iconic Brand
(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) In the wake of a record-high revenue year for Dr. Seuss…
Read moreElon Musk Decided Not to Join Twitter’s Board After All
Twitter said Elon Musk has decided not to join its board, a stunning twist to a week-long saga that’s captivated the tech community and touched off renewed…
Read moreGlobal Business Must Do More to Help Ukraine
On Feb. 22, 2022, I joined a video call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was then facing a terrifying build-up of Russian troops along his country’s…
Read moreStarbucks Wants to Overhaul Its Cup
TEMPE, Arizona — Bethany Patton steps up to the counter and places her pink mug into a shoebox-sized dishwasher. It spins. It whirs. Water splashes inside. After…
Read moreLululemon Founder Pledges Millions to Save Wilderness
Lululemon Athletica Inc. founder Chip Wilson is making his biggest philanthropic gift ever—and one of the largest among Canada’s ultra-rich—to protect vast tracts of wilderness in the…
Read moreBogus Carbon Credits a ‘Pervasive’ Problem, Scientists Warn
A study covering almost 300 carbon offset projects found that the industry’s top registries have consistently allowed developers to claim far more climate-saving benefits than justified. Researchers…
Read moreSchumer Kills Bills Big Tech Feared Most
There’s bad news and there’s good news for Washington’s anti-monopoly movement. The bad news is that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has done precisely what many long…
Read moreU.K. Sanctions Iran’s Morality Police
International pressure on Iran’s Islamic leadership mounted on Monday after the U.K. imposed sanctions on its security forces amid reports of oil workers joining nationwide protests and…
Read moreThere’s a Way to End Energy Poverty—And It Has the Side Effect of Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete
You bring your feverish baby to the hospital in the middle of the night. The nurse asks you to go home to get a flashlight. When the…
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