Harriet Taylor
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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Watch: Female founders discuss closing the gap for women in the workforce
CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks to female founders on closing equity gaps for women in the workforce. → Read More
Corporate boards continue to make slow progress toward gender parity, new report shows
New analysis of Russell 1000 boards by JUST Capital shows progress toward gender diversity on corporate boards over the past two years. → Read More
Here's where Hollywood's efforts to improve diversity really stand in 2022
UCLA's annual Hollywood Diversity report shows where women and people of color have made progress, and where there's still room for growth. → Read More
Women in low-paying jobs are losing billions as U.S. gender pay gap persists, Labor Department says
A new Labor Department report finds "occupational segregation" is costing women billions of dollars. → Read More
Gender pay gaps persist at Wall Street banks in the UK
Of the big four Wall Street banks, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo were the only two to report improvements in both the median hourly and median bonus pay gaps in 2018. → Read More
15% of the 3,000 largest companies in the US still have no female board members
Despite selling consumer products to women, many consumer companies lack female leadership in the board room and their executive ranks. → Read More
Bank of America teams up with the Tory Burch Foundation to offer $100 million in loans to women entrepreneurs
Bank of America is pledging $100 million to the Tory Burch Foundation Capital Program to help female entrepreneurs get access to much needed capital. → Read More
GM, Bank of America and Johnson & Johnson earn top scores in new study of corporate gender equality
A new study by Equileap crunches the numbers on how America's biggest companies measure up when it comes to gender equality. General Motors, Bank of America and Johnson & Johnson earn top marks, and for investors and consumers looking for companies working to close the gender gap, the new ranking provides some guidance. → Read More
Melinda Gates: It's essential the US 'do something to accelerate women in business'
Gates says she's unsure that laws mandating gender equity on corporate boards are the way to drive progress. → Read More
Melinda Gates: Women aren't truly equal anywhere on earth, 'not even in the US'
The billionaire philanthropist is known for her work on behalf of women in the developing world, but she sees plenty to fix in the U.S. → Read More
Melinda Gates: #MeToo progress has been 'spotty,' but there are reasons to be optimistic
Corporate America may be facing a reckoning, but there's still significant room for progress. → Read More
Whiskey wars: Trade tariffs hit hard in Trump country
The Chinese tariffs — retaliation for the Trump administration’s tariffs on $34 billion in Chinese goods — come on top those levied by Europe, Mexico and Canada. The new whiskey tariffs are hitting states like Tennessee and Kentucky, solid red states, the hardest. Trump carried Kentucky by 62.5 percent and Tennessee by 60.7 percent in 2016. Almost all, 95 percent, of the world's bourbon is made… → Read More
These 12 Fortune 500 companies don't have a single female board member
There isn't a single woman on any of their boards. → Read More
California cannabis industry burned by wildfires
California's $7 billion dollar marijuana industry suffered a huge setback with Northern California’s deadly wildfires. → Read More
Amazon's next big bet is letting you communicate without a smartphone, says Alexa's chief scientist
Voice and video calling could become the 'fourth pillar' of Amazon's business, said Rohit Prasad, VP and Head Scientist at Alexa. → Read More
Google workers collected data showing their male colleagues make more than women
A spreadsheet, obtained by The New York Times, contains salary and bonus information that was shared by about 1,200 U.S. Google employees. → Read More
California finds 'pot of gold' in wine and weed
One acre of cannabis grown in Northern California can be worth more than $1 million. → Read More
Some IBM shareholders are losing patience with Rometty's big salary
As Big Blue struggles to stay relevant, it just lost one of its biggest cheerleaders, Warren Buffett, and yet CEO Ginni Rometty's pay keeps rising. → Read More
The Silicon Valley startup that's raised $133 million to fix the broken education system takes its next step
Silicon Valley education start-up Altschool, backed by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, has added five new execs to help take its software into public schools. → Read More
Salesforce is celebrating the capping of the tallest building west of Chicago, and the views are astounding
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and city officials are marking the laying of the final beam at its new global headquarters in San Francisco. → Read More