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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in talks to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged widespread gender bias against women in pay and promotions, said a source familiar with the matter. The move to settle the case comes roughly a month before the trial was set to begin. The plaintiffs, former employees of the Wall Street bank, accused Goldman Sachs of systematically paying women less than men, […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in talks to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged widespread gender bias against women in pay and promotions, said a source familiar with the matter. The move to settle the case comes roughly a month before the trial was set to begin. The plaintiffs, former employees of the Wall Street bank, accused Goldman Sachs of systematically paying women less than men, […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in talks to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged widespread gender bias against women in pay and promotions, said a source familiar with the matter. The move to settle the case comes roughly a month before the trial was set to begin. The plaintiffs, former employees of the Wall Street bank, accused Goldman Sachs of systematically paying women less than men, […]

By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Manchester City’s Erling Haaland continued his incredible debut campaign in England as he broke the record for most goals in a single Premier League season on Wednesday when he struck his side’s second against West Ham United. The Norwegian goal-machine’s chipped finish from a Jack Grealish pass in the 70th minute took him to 35, past the record he had shared with Alan Shearer […]

By Sam Jabri-Pickett TORONTO (Reuters) – Google may be forced to remove links to news articles found in Canadian search results if the government passes legislation to compel internet companies to pay news publishers, a company executive told lawmakers on Wednesday. Canada’s proposed legislation would force platforms like Alphabet Inc, Google’s parent, and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content, […]

(Reuters) – More than half a million people have applied for a place in the 2024 edition of the London Marathon, the organisers said on Thursday. In total, 578,374 applications have been received to participate in the April 21 marathon in London, with the number eclipsing the previous mark of 457,861 set pre-pandemic in 2019 by applicants for the 2020 edition. Event Director, Hugh Brasher, said the distinct camaraderie among […]

(Reuters) – More than half a million people have applied for a place in the 2024 edition of the London Marathon, the organisers said on Thursday. In total, 578,374 applications have been received to participate in the April 21 marathon in London, with the number eclipsing the previous mark of 457,861 set pre-pandemic in 2019 by applicants for the 2020 edition. Event Director, Hugh Brasher, said the distinct camaraderie among […]

By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – A record number of Russians have appeared in London’s Commercial Courts over the last year, despite the war in Ukraine and global sanctions, while the number of Ukrainian litigants sunk to zero, a new report showed on Thursday. The number of Russian litigants in Commercial Court judgments jumped by 41% to 58 in the year to March 2023, second only to 441 British litigants, […]

By Sam Jabri-Pickett TORONTO (Reuters) – Google may be forced to remove links to news articles found in Canadian search results if the government passes legislation to compel internet companies to pay news publishers, a company executive told lawmakers on Wednesday. Canada’s proposed legislation would force platforms like Alphabet Inc, Google’s parent, and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content, […]