A slew of American companies have scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives over the past year amid pressure from activists and concerns over legal risks, but many are ...

DEI stands for diversity, equity and inclusion. It refers to programs that ensure people from different backgrounds, cultures, identities, and experiences feel accepted in their environments ...

And it came just days after Trump issued an executive order ending affirmative action in federal contracting, and ending federal DEI programs from anti-bias training to funds for farmers and ...

But DEI backers, including most top US companies, believe a push for diversity has been good for their businesses. Trump did not cite any evidence for how efforts to hire more minorities ...

It was all previewed in Project 2025, DEI experts tell me, referring to the far-right blueprint for a second Trump term that he disavowed during his campaign. So they were not surprised by his ...

As an independent cultural anthropologist who has been researching and closely monitoring the DEI domain for the last few years, I would like to confront the question of whether DEI initiatives ...

Italian investment bank Mediobanca has dismissed Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s (MPS) takeover proposal, citing lack of industrial and financial rationale. This decision was made following a ...

The pressure from the Republicans comes after President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing government agency chiefs to dismantle DEI policies at federal agencies, federal ...

Monte dei Paschi, Italy's oldest bank, launched a 13.3 billion-euro ($13.9 billion) takeover bid last week for larger Milan-based peer Mediobanca that aims to reshape the Italian banking sector.

MILAN — (AP) — Italian bank Mediobanca on Tuesday rejected a surprise takeover attempt by domestic rival Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Mediobanca said in a statement that the offer “is devoid ...