PepsiCo is one of the latest consumer goods companies to ban Indonesian conglomerate Astra Agro Lestari’s palm oil from its supply chain. AAL, which owns palm oil plantations in Indonesia, was accused last year of human rights abuses and land grabbing. In an open letter, the International Federation for Human Rights called on several major…
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) released Saturday that Biden’s Justice Department is coordinating with Democratic Manhattan District Attorney-elect Alvin Bragg to prosecute President Trump. Greene called for a congressional investigation after Trump announced on Truth Social that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday as part of the New York grand jury’s investigation into the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, U.S. November 26, 2021. Picture taken November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Will Dunham/File Photo By Gram Slattery and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to allow a position in federal law that makes it…
It has become a familiar refrain for journalists: do more with less. And in the case of BuzzFeed reporters, it’s much less. BuzzFeed’s news division has been beaten multiple times. Takeovers last spring saw the site’s acclaimed investigative team, as well as its science, politics and inequality verticals, gutted. Top editors, including the site’s editor…
Rule one: Don’t throw out a number Founder of Unicorn Capital and Minimal Capital, Evan Fisher‘s pitching and investor strategy has helped startups raise more than $2.5 billion. More posts by this contributor The pre-pitch: 7 ways to build relationships with VCs Don’t send VC a cold deck ever again: Start sending video pitches there…
