PepsiCo confirmed Friday that it's ending some of its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, even as rival Coca-Cola voiced support for its own inclusion efforts. In a memo sent to employees, PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta said the company will no longer set goals for minority ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Making the trip from Vancouver to Seattle to watch baseball's Toronto Blue Jays play the Mariners has been a tradition for Peter Mulholland and his wife, but not this year. Mulholland was already frustrated over U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of ...
A growing number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in 2020. The changes have come in ...
DETROIT (AP) — An engineering company said Friday it has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that alleged some blame for lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, a decade ago. The deal by Veolia North America and Flint residents comes on top of $26.3 million in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The defendant wore a bulletproof vest and shackles. A woman in the crowd wore a "Free Luigi" scarf. Outside, throngs of people cheered and chanted his name. So it went Friday at a court hearing for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is hanging near its record after companies turned in a mixed set of profit results. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in early Friday trading, a day after pulling away from its all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%, and the Nasdaq composite rose ...
