The study by researchers at the University of Illinois also documents greater attention to gender, racial and ethnic balances, a sign that companies are giving a higher priority to inclusion.
Boards of directors here in Illinois and across the country remain overwhelmingly white and male. The rest of us – as customers and investors - must put pressure on companies to have boards that reflect the diversity of our society.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James said a Facebook breakup is on the table.
Insider spoke to three experts who explained what a breakup might look like.
They said restoring competition through regulation should be the ultimate goal.
Last week, New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading 48 other attorneys general in suing Facebook for illegally stifling competition, told Bloomberg Businessweek that she s considering a breakup of the tech giant as Facebook s monopoly hurts consumers, it hurts the marketplace, it hurts advertisers. One method, she said, would be to wind down its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired in 2012 and 2014, respectively.