Equal Pay For Women Becomes Law In Iceland, Startup CariClub, Dropped Merger Deal

Richard Bradbury | Majidah Hashim | Arvindh Yuvaraj

03-Jan-18 12:00

Equal Pay For Women Becomes Law In Iceland, Startup CariClub, Dropped Merger Deal

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On today’s edition of Enterprise Biz Bytes, Richard Bradbury, Majidah Hashim and Arvindh Yuvaraj spoke about:

1:12 - Iceland Becomes The First Country To Make It Illegal To Pay Men More Than Women

8:02 - Meet The Startup Helping Employees Join Non-Profit Junior Boards At Companies Like Citigroup And KKR

12:44 - The World’s Largest Clothing Maker Isn’t Betting On Automation Replacing Cheap Human Labour

20:51 - MoneyGram, Ant Financial Drop $1.2 Billion Merger Deal After U.S. Balks

29:30 - Sitting Is The New Smoking

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Tags: Iceland, gender equity, Global Gender, World Economic Forum 2017, CariClub, startup, Citigroup, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KKR, UBS, Unilever, Rhoden Monrose, Crystal Group, clothing maker, Andrew Lo, Gap, H&M, Fast Retailing, L Brands, MoneyGram, merger deal, Ant Financial, CFIUS, sitting, prolonged sitting, Annals of Internal Medicine

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