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Women’s experiences as parents in the workplace are completely different from men’s. Men get a “fatherhood wage premium,” while mothers encounter a “motherhood penalty” in wages and advancement opportunities. One might think that women without children have workplace advantages on a par with their male counterparts. But they don’t. The maternal wall hinders all women’s
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ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard. We all feel pressure at work. We’re all trying to execute in challenging conditions. We all need to get along with our co-workers and figure out the best way to work together as a team. But imagine doing all of that
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Ever since a government experiment proved in 2022 that fusion isn’t as far fetched as it once seemed, physicists, engineers, and investors have been growing increasingly bullish on the technology’s ability to deliver on its long held — if frequently delayed — promise of providing nearly limitless amounts of emission-free power. The latest exhibit of
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has revealed an early-stage probe into Google’s ties with Anthropic, after the Alphabet subsidiary invested in its U.S. AI rival over several rounds. While it’s not at an official investigation stage yet, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is inviting stakeholders and other “interested parties” to comment ahead of a final
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Mercedes-Benz Group’s van division continues to outperform the car operation, earning a higher margin in each of the last six quarters. The group reported weaker sales, revenue and profit for Q2, its results missing consensus forecasts and causing it to tweak the car division’s full-year forecast down a notch, while adjusting the Vans forecast slightly higher.
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We’ve been covering US-based Insurtech startup FAYE way back since 2022 with its Seed round, and the Series A round in 2023, and it seems they continue to be on a roll, today announcing a $31 million in Series B funding. What is keeping this online insurance company on the rise? Well, it would appear
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Wednesday’s live TV broadcasts unless noted (subject to change). All events stream live on Peacock or NBCOlympics.com with a streaming or cable login. Paris 1 Extra and Paris 2 Extra are temporary channels available on most cable and satellite packages. All times Pacific. MULTIPLE SPORTS1 a.m.-7 a.m. — Basketball, handball, field hockey, table tennis and
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German competition authorities have given approval for the proposed collaboration between Volkswagen and Rivian. The green light comes just one month after the partnership was officially announced. The Bundeskartellamt has cleared both the plans for a software joint venture (JV) and the proposed investment into Rivian by VW. The move towards electrification and software-defined vehicles
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German freight forwarding unicorn Sennder is on a roll. The company said on Tuesday that it is acquiring the European ground transportation assets of logistics giant C.H. Robinson in an all-cash deal. It did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, but a source close to the company told TechCrunch it is similar in
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