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ON THE GO Newspaper Headlines: Lawan faults southern governors over clamour for restructuring The opposition of Ahmad Lawan, senate president, to the resolutions of the southern governors dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. The appeal for understanding by President Muhammadu Buhari on... Daily COVID Tracker: Nigeria records 53 cases — highest single-day count for the week Nigeria on Thursday recorded 53 new cases of COVID-19, representing the highest single-day...

Amazon currently employs nearly 1.3 million people worldwide on May 13, 2021, 15:02 In brief: The average starting pay for open positions at Amazon is more than $17 per hour and in many locations, hires can collect a sign-on bonus of up to $1,000. This, the company said said, is in addition to its complement of full-time employee benefits that include health, vision and dental insurance as well as paid parental leave and an attractive 401(k) plan with a 50 percent match. A...

Northwestern Now Search committee established to find the next Northwestern president Committee of 36 members, representing the University’s many stakeholder groups, will seek broad input from across the Northwestern community The Presidential Search Committee has been appointed to advise the Board of Trustees in selecting the University’s next president, Board Chair J. Landis Martin announced today. Last month, President Morton Schapiro announced that he will conclude his tenure on Aug. 31...

Read / Add Comments Hundreds of new jobs are heading to the Hudson Valley as Amazon received its final approval to open up a new fulfillment center at the former IBM campus in the Hudson Valley. On Tuesday, March 9, Amazon announced its plans to expand its operation in Dutchess County at the 631,000-square-foot site on Route 52 in East Fishkill, which is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and hundreds of part-time jobs. It will be Amazon’s first operations site in ...

Read / Add Comments Hundreds of new jobs are heading to the Hudson Valley as Amazon received its final approval to open up a new fulfillment center at the former IBM campus in the Hudson Valley. On Tuesday, March 9, Amazon announced its plans to expand its operation in Dutchess County at the 631,000-square-foot site on Route 52 in East Fishkill, which is expected to create more than 500 full-time jobs and hundreds of part-time jobs. It will be Amazon’s first operations site in ...

Black Employees Say Amazon Has a Race Problem Jason Del Rey, Recode, February 26, 2021 When Chanin Kelly-Rae started working at Amazon in 2019 as a global manager of diversity in the company’s cloud computing division, she had big ambitions for her new job. She had nearly two decades of experience leading diversity and inclusion efforts inside important institutions, like Washington state’s governor’s office, but she’d never worked at an influential global business leader like Amazon. B...

REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson Dave Clark was promoted to Amazons CEO of worldwide consumer this year. Clarks role covers almost every aspect of Amazons retail business. His direct reports include execs in charge of the marketplace, Prime, and logistics, among others. Dave Clarks first official move after being promoted to Amazons retail chief this year was to write a letter to President Joe Biden, offering help to vaccinate 100 million Americans in the first 100 days of t...

US Black Engineer GM’s Gerald Johnson recognized as 2021’s Black Engineer of the Year Published February 14, 2021 By : Lango Deen The 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), held Thursday, Feb. 11 through Saturday, Feb. 13, was an all-digital event. This year’s conference theme was “Stand Up. Step Up. Make a Change,” a call to social justice action. Participants in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields had access to 24 hours of events, award shows, and enter...

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Following the lead of trailblazers throughout American history, todays Black history-makers are shaping not only today but tomorrow.   From helping to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, to breaking barriers in the White House and in the C-suite, below are 23 Black leaders who are shattering glass ceilings in their wide-ranging roles.  Kamala Harris, 56, first Black, first South Asian American and first woman Vice President Photo credit: Getty; Photo Illustration: Gene Kim for CNBC Make It Vice Presi...