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Pentagon promotes 'Lean In' groups to boost women in leadership

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, keen to expand the number of women and minorities in military leadership, on Monday will endorse “Lean In” discussion groups sparked by Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s bestselling book, a senior defense official said. Carter and Sandberg will meet at the Pentagon with 15 women from all ranks and military services who already lead Lean In groups, followed by a news conference, where Carter

Macy's to hire 85,000 workers for holiday shopping season

(Reuters) – Department store chain Macy’s Inc plans to hire 85,000 temporary workers in the United States for the holiday shopping season, down from 86,000 last year. Macy’s said on Monday that about 12,000 positions would be based in direct-to-consumer fulfillment facilities in areas such as Arizona, Oklahoma and Connecticut. Macy’s customer service centers will get 1,600 workers.

Volkswagen shares plunge on emissions scandal, U.S. widens probe

Volkswagen shares plunged more than 20 percent on Monday, their biggest one-day fall, after the German carmaker admitted it had rigged emissions tests in the United States, and U.S. authorities said they would widen their probe to other manufacturers. Germany, alarmed at the potential damage the scandal could inflict on its world-beating car industry, urged Volkswagen to fully clear up the matter and said it would investigate whether emissions data

U.N. investigator sees Milosevic's fate awaiting Assad

By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) – Justice will catch up with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even if he remains in power under a negotiated end to Syria’s war, U.N. human rights investigator Carla del Ponte said on Monday. “Assad is the president, so let’s deal with the institution of president. “You remember in former Yugoslavia, Milosevic was president, and it was a peace negotiation at Dayton and they achieved an

GE's Immelt rules out India nuclear investment under current law

General Electric Co will not invest in atomic energy in India until accident liability laws are brought in line with global rules, Chairman Jeff Immelt said on Monday, in a setback for top-level efforts to get U.S. firms to build power stations. Speaking shortly after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Immelt said India needed to “homogenize” its liability law with the rest of the world. With the