Facebook has failed to control hate speech. Will advertiser demands change anything?

Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, was not all that optimistic in advance of the online meeting that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO…

China State Funds Start Selling in Warning Sign for Stock Rally

(Bloomberg) — China acted to cool the speculative frenzy in its $9.5 trillion stock market, ending a euphoric eight-day surge that had fueled worries of a new bubble in the…

Pandemic Changes the Face of Pop-Ups

Click here to read the full article. As retail reopens around the U.S., pop-ups are popping up more than ever. For the past few years, these temporary retail spaces were…

Tom Hanks Stays Focused on his World War II Mission in ‘Greyhound’

“Greyhound” offers a very narrow slice of World War II combat and aims to tell its story in a way that allows its sailors to stand in for the millions…

U.S. to announce, but defer, retaliation over French digital tax: USTR

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will announce actions against France over its digital services tax but will defer them while France defers tax collections from U.S. technology firms, U.S.…

All Those Empty Stores Set Up Retail’s Comeback

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Once again, we’re hearing the familiar predictions of the demise of retail as the pandemic brings on a deluge of  store closings, especially for those businesses with…

Lawmakers request monthly COVID-19 misinformation reports from online platforms

“Over the past several months, we have seen a troubling rise of false or misleading information related to COVID-19 disseminated by domestic and foreign actors on platforms such as yours.…

Virus Spurs Emerging Market Investors to Seek Returns in ESG

(Bloomberg) — Emerging-market investors may have identified the assets that offer sustainable post-pandemic returns. Now they just need to find more of it. The worst crisis since World War II…