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By Paresh Dave (Reuters) – California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to two people familiar with the matter and emails from the agency seen by Reuters. Attorneys and analysts at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) have repeatedly …

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By Katanga Johnson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. regulators fined J.P. Morgan Securities $200 million for “widespread” failures to preserve staff communications on personal mobile devices, messaging apps and emails, and are probing similar lapses at other financial institutions, they said on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co’s broker-dealer subsidiary admitted to the charges and to violating securities …

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By Dawn Chmielewski and Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Reddit users have helped fuel dozens of “meme” stock rallies this year, from retailer GameStop Corp to movie operator AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Some analysts are skeptical this will be the social media platform’s saving grace as it prepares to sell its own shares in the stock …

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(Corrects spelling error in word “glassmaker”) PARIS (Reuters) – French luxury glassmaker Baccarat said on Friday it had named Margareth (Maggie) Henriquez as its new chief executive, effective April 1. Henriquez will replace Herve Martin who has decided to step down after a two-years tenure, the statement said. Henriquez has been the President and CEO …

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By Leah Douglas and Christopher Walljasper WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – The latest version of the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions of dollars in farm debt – initially targeted at farmers of color – will exclude thousands of its originally intended recipients because of a change in loan eligibility, according to government data reviewed by Reuters. …

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LONDON (Reuters) – London’s main shopping and entertainment district has predicted a muted final weekend of Christmas trading after customer traffic plunged on Thursday, with the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant keeping people at home. The New West End Company, which represents 600 brands, restaurants and businesses in London’s West End, said footfall on Thursday …

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