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Covid-19 panel advises 1st lockdown in Western Europe since summer

A pandemic advisory panel has advised the Dutch government to impose nationwide lockdown restrictions, the first of their kind in western Europe since the summer, as Covid-19 cases soar in the Netherlands. The Dutch Outbreak Management Team (OMT) has recommended a two-week partial lockdown, according to local media. Broadcaster NOS says caretaker Prime Minister Mark […]

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Financial giant State Street reacts to claims white managers to be hired by diversity panel

State Street Global Advisors has rejected “factually inaccurate” reports that recruiters will need to seek a diversity panel’s approval if they want to hire a white male management candidate over a woman or an ethnic minority. According to London’s The Times, which reported about the new policy on Sunday, the company aims to triple the […]