22 State Attorneys General Hound Nasdaq over Demanding Diversity Quotas

Twenty-two state attorneys general sent a letter to Nasdaq's CEO Thursday questioning the legality of requiring Nasdaq-listed companies to meet board diversity quotas. attorney general I wrote “Most Nasdaq-listed companies have at least two diverse directors, including one who identifies as a woman and one who identifies as a woman,'' Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman said. […]

Bangladesh protests pause as top court agrees to abandon most job quotas

Bangladeshi authorities said there were no reports of violence or protests across Bangladesh on Monday, as the Supreme Court ruling quelled violent demonstrations that had rocked the country. Students and activists were protesting against a quota system that allocates some of Bangladesh’s most desirable government jobs to relatives of veterans of Bangladesh’s 1971 war of […]