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Uber has put Bo Young Lee, its head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, also referred to as DEI, on leave in recent days after employees expressed outrage over a series of events she moderated titled, “Don’t Call Me Karen,” according to report from the New York Times.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarThe company’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, and its chief people officer, Nikki Krishnamurthy, purportedly told several employees that Lee had been placed on leave in an email last week, the Times stated. Employees had expressed…

Few know the names Michelle Saahene or Melissa DePino. But millions have heard the beginning of their story.They were witnesses at a Philadelphia Starbucks five years ago when two Black businessmen asked to use the restroom and a white barista called police, who led the men away in handcuffs.“They didn’t do anything!” Saahene shouted as another customer recorded the confrontation.Saahene and DePino didn’t know each other. But in their shock and anger, the two women started talking, and after DePino got a copy of the…

Businesses need to remain diligent in their diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, efforts as layoffs continue, according to McKinsey senior partner Shelley Stewart.In an interview with CNBC, Stewart warned that an increase in layoffs could pose a challenge to the DEI pledges that many businesses made following the murder of George Floyd by police.Since December 2020, the amount of money that companies publicly committed to racial equity has increased from $66 billion to $340 billion. However, "it has been challenging…

The crowd of 15,955 who made it to the Rose Bowl on Friday night, some enduring an epic traffic jam trying to find a parking spot, were treated to exactly what they expected: A hard-hitting, everything-goes Southern Section Division 1 championship football game between No. 1 Santa Ana Mater Dei and No. 2 Bellflower St. John Bosco.It was a thriller decided by a single play. Clinging to a 24-22 lead with 3:08 left, St. John Bosco needed to stop Mater Dei from converting a two-point conversion after Jordon Davison scored on…

Hi, and welcome to another edition of Prep Rally. My name is Eric Sondheimer. It’s championship weekend in high school football, with 14 in the Southern Section and four in the City Section.The rematch Mater Dei quarterback Elijah Brown is 29-0 in high school.(Jerome Miron/Jerome Miron) Since the football season began, it has been almost a certainty that St. John Bosco would face Mater Dei for the Southern Section Division 1 championship. As the semifinals proved last week, those two teams have separated…

Robert Smith during an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box, broadcast live from World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, on January 25, 2019.Adam Galica | CNBCRobert F. Smith, chairman and CEO at Vista Equity Partners, said investing in businesses and managers that emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion remains vital, especially in a bear market.The billionaire investor, who spoke with CNBC's Tom Holland at the Disruptor 50 Summit, said that venture capital and private equity funding should continue to expand to…

It’s two hours before No. 1 takes on No. 2 in high school football. Two tickets were re-sold for $254.99 to enter Santa Ana Stadium on Friday night, and there’s an eerie quietness as players from top-ranked Santa Ana Mater Dei and Bellflower St. John Bosco listen to music on headphones, put on uniforms and start to dial in.You sense the pressure, recognize the respect and feel the anticipation not only on the field but in the bleachers.“It’s focus,” St. John Bosco defensive coordinator Chris King said.Soon USC coach…