To the company’s credit, Google has been one of the most outspoken advocates of pay equity analysis, creating a comprehensive guide for other organizations. Diane Greene, senior vice president of Google Cloud, also said that she felt Google was a “safe” environment for women to ask for recognition. And Laszlo Bock, formerly a senior vice president of people operations at Google, wrote last year that Google gives women higher raises by focusing on target salaries rather than prior pay. “Google ha

Facebook now has 5 million active advertisers, up from 4 million in September 13 Hours Ago | 01:21Facebook now has 5 million active advertisers, up from 4 million in September, the company announced on Monday. The company has also said the number of businesses with mobile pages has reached 65 million, and 8 million businesses now have profiles on Instagram. As mobile usage continues to increase the shift is essential for the network to remain competitive. Facebook is also introducing new tools t

Vanguard founder and former CEO Jack Bogle shared his views on the markets and President Donald Trump in an exclusive interview Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” On ETFs: “These ETFs are traded and their dollar value of their trading is something like 45 percent of all the trading that goes on every day,” Bogle said. “A lot of speculation, a lot of banks trading with each other. … When you trade ETFs or the SPY-der, both sides of the trade do not win.” He also discussed:The market’s valua

Ken Fisher shared his bullish outlook on the stock market in an exclusive interview for CNBC PRO with Mike Santoli. … Inaugural years usually have the feature that as goes the first quarter so goes the year,” he said. Fisher is founder , executive chairman and co-chief investment officer of Fisher Investments, a $79 billion money management firm for large institutions and high net worth individuals. IPO market. The interview is exclusively for CNBC PRO subscribers.

Goldman Sachs told clients the market will decline the rest of the year, but there is still an investment strategy that will outperform. The firm said investors should buy stocks with increasing profit margins. Strategist David Kostin’s year-end price target for the S&P 500 is 2,300, representing 2 percent downside from Friday’s close. “Lower margins will translate into further negative EPS revisions in 2017.” Here is a selection of six buy-rated Goldman Sachs recommended stocks with expanding p

Investors should buy Hilton Worldwide shares, because its earnings will come in above expectations in the coming years, according to Goldman Sachs, which reiterated its buy rating on the company and added the hotel chain to its conviction buy list. “We believe the company’s solid free cash flow, ROIC [return on invested capital], and capital allocation story are still underappreciated. As such, the upcoming releases should act as positive catalysts for the stock as these positive aspects are sur

Coming clean after a scandal is never easy. But an internal report released on Monday suggests there were red flags directors should have focused on earlier. The report, conducted by independent directors with the assistance of law firm Shearman & Sterling, details a flawed management system and a warped sales culture. Wells gave wide leeway to business heads under the mantra “run it like you own it.” Although the buck theoretically stopped with Stumpf, he was not perceived “as someone who wante

During the two-day summit, which focused on bilateral trade issues and military cooperation, Trump commented on the “tremendous progress” the U.S. had made with China. His remarks came despite campaign accusations about China stealing jobs in the U.S. and manipulating its currency. Xi responded by welcoming U.S. participation in China’s “One Belt One Road” development project and extending an invitation to Trump to visit China. While no detailed plans have been drawn up, both parties came away f

A new survey shows what teens like, and fast-food and athleisure are coming out on top 22 Hours Ago | 00:39Millennials move over. Those figures come from a bi-annual survey conducted by research firm Piper Jaffray. According to the survey, 5,500 teens with an average age of 16 from across the country shared information on their preferences and spending related to fashion, food, media and more. In fact, teens prefer limited service establishments two times to one, Piper Jaffray found, marking the

The Swedish department store that was rammed by a stolen beer truck, leaving four people dead and 15 injured in Stockholm, said Sunday it regrets an announcement that it would reopen two days after the deadly attack to sell damaged goods at a “reduced price.” The Ahlens department store apologized “for a bad decision” in a statement on its Facebook page. The store said it would reopen Monday “without any damaged goods.” A fire broke out Friday afternoon at the store after the truck smashed into

Britain said on Sunday Russia bore responsibility by proxy for civilian deaths in Syria last week caused by a poison gas attack that Washington says was carried out by the Moscow-backed government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. At least 70 people died in what the United States says was a chemical weapons attack in rebel-held Syria. The attack prompted the United States to fire 59 cruise missiles into a Syrian air base from which it said the attack was launched. Damascus and Moscow denied Syri

At least 17 people were treated for injuries, according to Ramon Muchacho, a Caracas-area mayor where the demonstration took place. Around most of Caracas, checkpoints were set up to search cars and frisk bus passengers even miles away from the clashes. Leaders in the ruling socialist party have accused the opposition of trying to provoke a bloodbath and its own coup. “Every day, the government gives us more reasons to leave our homes and protest,” said Paez, who earns less than $20 a month as a

Skirmishes broke out on Saturday ahead of a campaign rally by French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, prompting the removal of more than a dozen protesters and the evacuation of the hall in Ajaccio, Corsica. The latest polls ahead of the April-May, two-round presidential election show Le Pen – leader of the anti-immigrant National Front – neck-and-neck with centrist Emmanuel Macron, who is expected to beat her in the runoff. Polls also show that right behind them, far-left veteran Jean-Luc Melenc

North Korea has vowed to bolster its defenses to protect itself against airstrikes like the ones President Donald Trump ordered against an air base in Syria. The North called the airstrikes “absolutely unpardonable” and said they prove its nuclear weapons are justified to protect the country against Washington’s “evermore reckless moves for a war.” North Korea has long claimed that the United States is preparing to conduct similar precision strikes against its territory or even launch an all-out

Swedish police said on Sunday that the suspect in the Stockholm truck attack was known to have expressed sympathies with extremist organisations, including Islamic state. Police also said that the suspect had sought and been denied permanent residency in the Nordic country and was wanted for deportation. “We know that he showed sympathies for extremist organisations, among them IS,” police official Jonas Hysing told a news conference. Meanwhile, Swedish police have arrested a second person in re

A Syrian air base targeted in a U.S. cruise missile attack is operating again, the governor of Syria’s Homs province confirmed on Saturday. The United States launched the missile strikes on Friday in response to a chemical attack that killed 90 people including 30 children. It says the Syrian government launched the attack from the Shayrat air base. Asked if it was true that Syrian planes were now taking off from Shayrat or that the air base is operating, a Pentagon spokesman referred questions

The U.S. military has ordered an aircraft carrier group to move closer to the Korean Peninsula in response to recent provocations by North Korea, a U.S. defense official said Saturday. Adm. Harry Harris ordered the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group to travel north from Singapore to the Western Pacific Ocean, Pacific Command said in a news release. The U.S. official said the strike group will provide a show of presence in the region. North Korea since March has twice carried out ballistic missile

The first bombing, in Tanta, a Nile Delta city less than 100 kilometers outside Cairo, killed at least 25 and injured at least 78, Egypt’s Ministry of Health said. Egypt’s Interior Ministry says a blast at the Alexandria was caused by a suicide bomber who tried to storm the entrance before being stopped by police. It was the second of two attacks on Coptic churches that were packed with worshipers celebrating Palm Sunday. Those attacks came after one of the deadliest on Egypt’s Christian minorit

Tax scam callsPhone calls where a fraudster pretends to be the I.R.S. or the police collecting a tax debt, are very common, but there is a new twist. The agency announced earlier this week that it will begin using collection agencies for a small group of tax payers with overdue debts. The agency also urged taxpayers to be wary of scammers who may use the new program to trick people. On the Money airs on CNBC Saturday at 5:30 am ET, or check listings for air times in local markets.

Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday declared that the administration does not see peace and stability in Syria with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad still in power. In no way do we see peace in that area with Russia covering up for Assad. In no way do we see peace in that area with Assad as the head of the Syrian government.” Haley noted that the United States’ first priority is still to defeat ISIS, but that there can be “multiple priorities.” Haley said on Sunday that it was