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Robinhood Took Fire From Congress

A high-profile hearing criticized Robinhood’s business model.

In the Pandemic, Online Home-Buying Picks Up Speed

First-time buyers have the tech-smarts and now the tools to do all or part of their purchase online, sometimes even before seeing their new houses…

Kamala Harris: Women Leaving Work Force During Pandemic Is a 'National Emergency'

“In one year,” Vice President Kamala Harris said, “the pandemic has put decades of the progress we have collectively made for women workers at risk.”

Global Chip Shortage Challenges Biden’s Hope for Manufacturing Revival

A global shortage of a key component for cars and electronics has shuttered American factories and set off fierce competition to secure supplies.

The new corporate swag: Branded masks, sanitizer spray bottles and Zoom vanity light rings

For businesses such as Lemonade, whose executives appeared in branded masks for their IPO, it’s a chance to demonstrate their socially conscious identity

WeWork proposes post-coronavirus changes to shared-office layouts

The plan calls for “buffer seating," sanitizer stations in common rooms and one-way hallway traffic patterns to avoid “bottlenecks”

The companies that are pledging not to lay off workers amid the coronavirus unemployment crisis

A record 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week. But some companies pledged to hold off on job cuts, and are offering workers…

Employers are adding high-tech solutions to solve a low-tech problem: Getting more sleep

Some employers are shifting from simply talking about better sleep — or giving employees tools to track it — to helping them with what to…

Oscar-winning ‘Hair Love’ director calls attention to efforts to ban race-based hair discrimination

The CROWN Act, banning race-based discrimination hair discrimination, is being considered or has become law in at least 25 states.

Goldman Sachs CEO says it won’t take a company public without diversity on its board

The new policy starts this summer, and will increase to two directors in 2021.