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Uber cracks down on sexual harassment, fires at least 20 employees
Law firm Perkins Coie investigated Fowler's claims and made recommendations, some or all of which will be adopted by the company, the source said on the condition of anonymity, while declining to give further details. Uber board member Arianna Huffington , the former editor-in-chief of HuffPost, is helping oversee Holder's probe. Uber retained ex-US Attorney General Eric Holder and his ... [Full Article...]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies on Russia probe, Comey firing
During his testimony last week , Comey said he had notes of meetings with Trump in which the president asked him for a pledge of personal loyalty and to drop the Russian Federation investigation as it pertained to former national security adviser Flynn. [Full Article...]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions heatedly denies improper Russia contacts
The former Federal Bureau of Investigation director said he contacted Sessions after a meeting with Trump in the Oval Office where Sessions and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, were asked to leave and Comey was alone with the president. [Full Article...]
US Sees Crude Output Breaking 48-Year-Old Record in 2018
Full view will be published shortly. Oil prices sank on Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration said US crude stocks rose 3.3 million barrels last week, deepening concerns that the continuing production cuts by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and Russian Federation aren't effectively reducing the glut of oil that has suppressed prices for over two years. [Full Article...]
Uber CEO to take leave, leadership team to run company
The COO, yet to be hired, would be a partner with Kalanick. The poor work environment which included sexual harassment became a firestorm when a former employee wrote a blog post detailing how she was treated at Uber . Gender consultant and executive coach Bonnie Marcus says she thinks the recommendations are robust enough, but advises Uber to really listen to its employees if it wants to m... [Full Article...]
FDA to delay rule requiring new nutrition facts panel
On Tuesday, the FDA said it intends to give companies additional time to be in compliance. For example, KIND Healthy Snacks said past year that it was on track to revise labels by July 2018. (D-N.J.), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said the delay will only add to consumer and industry confusion since manufacturers have already started adopting the new labels. [Full Article...]
Trump clings to coal as worldwide demand plummets
Global carbon emissions, which grew at a ~2.5% annual average rate in the 10 years to 2013, remained stagnant in the past three years, Dale says. Global coal production plunged by the largest percentage on record in 2016 amid flat demand for energy and inroads by cleaner sources of power, the oil major BP reported Tuesday. [Full Article...]
Trump considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller — CEO of Newsmax
Ahead of the hearing there had been suggestions that Sessions might have had a third, unreported, encounter with Kislyak in April 2016, at Washington's Mayflower Hotel, where candidate Trump was giving his first major foreign policy speech. [Full Article...]