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Starting with Norway in 2005, several European countries have responded to their own corporate leadership gap by passing laws establishing minimum gender quotas for company boards. The hope was for a positive outcome where female board members could enhance women’s careers at both senior and lower levels through hiring decisions and corporate policies. However, despite the first evidence of this phenomenon, researchers David Matsa and Amalia Miller recently found that European quota laws have not had the desired effect. “We found that when a US board became more diverse, it was more likely to add a woman to the executive…
Kylian Mbappe of France celebrates with the World Cup trophy after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final at Luzhniki Stadium on July 15, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe FIFA World Cup 2026 is not just the biggest tournament in football history, with 48 national teams playing 104 matches. It’s also a reminder that tax rules follow money, work and people across borders. This year’s tournament, which begins June 11, is played in three countries — the United States, Canada and Mexico — and a long list of host cities, each with its own tax rules.…
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In the 31st annual general of TCS meeting on June 9, N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, described artificial intelligence as the biggest growth opportunity in the company’s history. He predicted that TCS will soon manage as many AI agents as it employs humans, and that the AI systems that govern them will become the next recurring revenue stream for the company.The optimism is understandable, but the threat from AI agents is more immediate than the opportunity. The same modernization project that created the Indian IT services industry is now being automated by the hyperscalers that these companies are reselling.…
Remember the Federal Reserve’s “2% Inflation Target”? It has been 63 consecutive months since this goal was achieved. In May, the official Consumer Price Index (which has been constantly tweaked since the 1980s to make it look better) was 4.2% higher than last year.Value of the US dollar, in milligrams of gold, 1900-2026TradingView.comBut even if the Federal Reserve were able (har!) to achieve this goal, it smells suspiciously like a plan to gradually devalue the currency over time. This makes political sense – a cheaper currency benefits borrowers, at least as long as interest rates do not reflect expectations of…
The quick profit in SpaceX stock could have implications for investors hoping to participate in future IPOs. (Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL J. RODRIGUEZ CARRILLO/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images”I’m sick of hearing about SpaceX,” he says Philip DeAngeloCEO of Focused Wealth Management, registered investment advisor with $2.4 billion assets under management. Then he laughs. “We get a lot of questions from customers.”For many investors, this isn’t just another IPO. It’s a rare opportunity to buy one of the world’s most closely watched private companies. SpaceX said roughly 30% of the IPO shares will be…
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Standard Bots has announced a $200 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation. The company says it is the largest manufacturer of native artificial intelligence industrial robots in the United States.Standard BotsRobots are the bad guys when it comes to jobs, right? But Standard Bots, which today announced a $200 million Series C at a $1 billion valuation, says robots will make American manufacturers more competitive, and that will unlock more jobs.”We’ve gone from 20 million manufacturing workers in 1979 to just 13 million today,” the company said in a press release announcing the new funding. “Manufacturers become more…
UNITED STATES – June 11: Sen. Charles Grassley, R-IA., and Sen. Amy Klobucher, D-MN., before the start of a full committee hearing on the nominations of B. Todd Jones to be director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. and Stuart Delery to be assistant attorney general for the Civil Division at the Department of Justice on June 11, 2013. (Photo by Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call)CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesWhat would $10,000 invested in Apple twenty years ago be worth today? Tick tock, tick tock. The answer is about $1.3 million. Apple’s remarkable 13,142% return since 2006…
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY – MAY 01: A general view of MetLife Stadium ahead of the 2026 World Cup at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off on Thursday, June 11 in Mexico City and runs until July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The soccer tournament will feature 48 national teams playing 104 matches in 16 cities across three countries — Canada, Mexico and the United States. Millions of fans fly in from every corner of the globe. From an emergency physician’s perspective,…