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Here’s how some Dow industrials companies are observing the Juneteenth holiday

June 17, 2022 admin No Comments

The Dow Jones Industrial Average won’t be trading on Monday when the new Juneteenth federal holiday is observed, because the stock market will be closed, and so will many of the Dow’s components. That’s a relatively quick turnaround for the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq exchange to close for Juneteenth, just one year after…

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Amazon, Microsoft, Citi to examine their impact on civil rights, racial equity

June 15, 2022 admin No Comments

After years of shareholder pressure that ratcheted up after the racial reckoning in summer 2020, some of the world’s most influential companies have agreed to independent racial-equity or civil-rights audits to consider how their policies, products and practices affect the civil rights of and equality among employees, customers and society. The biggest names expected to…

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Companies that exited Russia after its invasion of Ukraine are being rewarded with outsize stock-market returns – and those that stayed are not

June 3, 2022 admin No Comments

The almost 1,000 companies that have opted to pull out of Russia following its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine are not just benefiting from a reputational boost. They are also being rewarded by financial markets, while those who remain behind are being punished. “We find that equity markets are actually rewarding companies for leaving Russia while…

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