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jberryhill

(62,444 posts) Fri Oct 6, 2017, 10:19 AM Oct 2017

Firm Behind 'Fearless Girl' Statue Underpaid Female, Black Execs, U.S. Says

Source: NPR

The State Street Corporation, a financial services company that put the "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street to promote the importance of women working in corporate leadership roles, will pay $5 million after an investigation found that it underpaid female and black executives.

Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/06/556058808/firm-behind-fearless-girl-statue-underpaid-female-black-execs-u-s-says

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Firm Behind 'Fearless Girl' Statue Underpaid Female, Black Execs, U.S. Says (Original Post) jberryhill Oct 2017 OP

I'm sure trump sent all of his departments and agencies on a search to find some dirt on the company George II Oct 2017 #1

Had you read the article, you would have seen "the investigation, ... began in 2012," PoliticAverse Oct 2017 #2

George II

(67,782 posts)

1. I'm sure trump sent all of his departments and agencies on a search to find some dirt on the company

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Fri Oct 6, 2017, 10:24 AM

Oct 2017

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. Had you read the article, you would have seen "the investigation, ... began in 2012,"

Reply to George II (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 10:50 AM

Oct 2017

A spokeswoman for the company tells NPR the investigation, which began in 2012, examined executive pay at the company's Boston headquarters in 2010 and 2011. In an official statement, the company says it "disagreed with" the findings of the investigation but "made a decision to bring this six-year-old matter to resolution and move forward."

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