Archive for August 2020

Fletcher Previn, CIO of IBM, has taken a consumer-centric approach in his technology leadership of a global business computing giant. Read More

Good morning, friends. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know today, plus movie theaters opening, malls doing deals, startup fundings, notable quotables, and how to meet this year’s most extraordinary people. Read More

Black women typically make 62 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men, and that disparity hasn’t changed over the last quarter-century. Read More

Since Marc Casper took over as CEO, the company has grown in market value by $146 billion. That’s largely been the result of at least 21 acquisitions on which Thermo has spent around $35 billion. Read More

In an emergency public hearing with operators of beer gardens and breweries on Thursday, Boston regulators said they, too, don’t fully understand newly released state guidelines on how such businesses ought to operate. Read More

Trying to stay out of a work-from-home funk? It might be as simple as just doing it. Read More

Internet retailer Wayfair Inc. has removed a beach towel carrying the image of Hindu deity Lord Ganesha from its website after a Nevada man who is a Hindu devotee called the item "highly inappropriate." Read More

Businesspeople of color have felt the need to carve out their own professional networking spaces, and their engagement is growing despite the pandemic. Read More

Berkshire Bank had announced CEO Richard Marotta’s departure earlier this week with little explanation. Read More

Jane Steinmetz said she has seen colleagues and friends in the LGBTQ community become more comfortable and emboldened to be themselves in the workplace over the last decade. Read More