March 16, 2021
The results are clear. Companies increased the diversity of skin tones in their Instagram posts, following their mid-2020 pledges to support Black Lives Matter and, in particular, commitment to improving representation. However, it is also clear that those increases were often only marginal.
For all of our readers, we visualized the data we collected for nine of 34 brands. Exclusively for Quartz members, here are the data and visualizations for every brand we analyzed, representing a selection of companies across different segments of the fashion and beauty industries.
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March 7, 2021
The US and the European Commission have agreed to a four-month suspension of the retaliatory tariffs each implemented due to the long-running Airbus-Boeing trade dispute.
European commission president Ursula von der Leyen made the announcement on March 5 after speaking with US president Joe Biden on several topics, including its economic relationship.
“We both committed to focus on resolving our aircraft disputes, based on the work our respective trade representatives. This is excellent news for businesses and industries on both sides of the Atlantic, and a very positive signal for our economic cooperation in the years to come,” von der Leyen said in a statement.
The Indian finance minister said there would be a "calibrated position" taken on cryptocurrencies during an interview. An earlier government bill proposed a total ban.
January 20, 2021
Joe Biden isn’t wasting time. On his first day in office, the newly inaugurated US president signed 17 executive actions. It’s not unprecedented for world leaders to get to work on day one, but the number of directives on Biden’s desk is much higher than usual. It took his recent predecessors weeks to sign 17 executive orders. Trump, Obama, Bush, and Clinton signed four executive orders or memos on their first day combined.
Biden’s executive orders vs Trump, Obama, Bush, and Clinton
The orders are wide ranging, including directives to reverse the “Muslim travel ban,” rejoining the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement, stopping construction on the border wall, and ending the Keystone XL pipeline. Many were clearly aimed at overturning Trump’s decisions.