fastcompany
30h ago
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Deloitte is the latest company to pay millions to avoid being targeted over DEI
For the last year, the Justice Department has been quietly probing high-profile companies over their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Deloitte settled one such investigation earlier this week, agreeing to pay $21.5 million to address allegations that the company had violated federal law by taking race and gender into consideration when deciding who to hire and promote.
fastcompany
43h ago
12°
Tech and finance kingmakers: How billionaires from Musk to Soros are fueling this midterms season
In 2010, the Supreme Court issued Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a landmark ruling that overturned certain campaign finance restrictions.
fastcompany
43h ago
12°
This policy could encourage companies to use greener packaging, but states need to be aligned
Standing in your local retail store, it can be mind-boggling to try to weigh the pros and cons of all the packaging options. Take shampoo, for example. Shampoo can come in a rigid plastic bottle, a flexible squeeze tube, a refillable metal canister, or a solid bar in a paperboard box.
fastcompany
31h ago
11°
Good Good and Callaway Golf keep taking bigger swings at each other. It’s not helping either brand
Brand controversies often have a shelf life similar to that of a dairy product—short-lived and quick to spoil. That is, unless the brand keeps adding to the mess.
fastcompany
37h ago
11°
Study links cognitive decline to surprisingly small daily amount of artificial sweeteners
Adults who ingest daily the amount of artificial sweetener typically found in a can of diet soda exhibited cognitive decline at a rate 62 percent faster than people whose intake is only a fraction of that amount, according to a new eight-year study published in the medical journal Neurology.
fastcompany
32h ago
10°
Nationwide recall expands to 3.6 million grill brushes after consumers swallowed metal bristles
Labor Day is just around the corner, a day when Americans will be firing up the BBQ grills for the last time this summer. But if you’re one of them, you’ll want to be aware of a substantial active recall for over 3.6 million metal-wire-bristle grill brushes.
fastcompany
35h ago
10°
Five Guys closed 31 stores last year, even as it grew its presence overall: Here’s where locations shuttered
Five Guys continued to grow its physical footprint last year, but the fast-food burger chain also closed 31 U.S. stores in multiple states, according to its most recent franchise disclosure document.
fastcompany
35h ago
10°
The hidden cost of moving fast without a vision
On the surface, being a CEO and being an evangelical preacher don’t appear to have much in common. One builds companies. The other builds congregations.
fastcompany
22h ago
9°
What founders get wrong about focus
Being a founder means having to move between different types of work, because the nature of the job requires you to constantly be wearing multiple hats. While this can be a fantastic training ground for developing new skills, it makes learning how to focus effectively much harder. Traditional productivity advice does not account for the fact that many apparent distractions for founders can be legitimate responsibilities they must pay attention to.
fastcompany
38h ago
9°
He helped pioneer ‘cheap chic’ at Target in the 2000s. Can he do the same for Old Navy?
Apparel retailer Old Navy is being thrown another lifeline.