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A White Man's World: Diversity in Management

Enforcing Fairness, Federal Compliance Agency Draws Flak From Business

By Katia Hetter, Newsday Staff Writer

Texaco Inc. paid $ 3.1 million to settle claims of pay discrimination. The Boeing Co. settled similar claims for $ 4.5 million. CFS Bank of Westbury settled for $ 180,000.

In all three cases, individual employees did not file complaints of discrimination. [...]

Respect At Last; Blue-collar workers bask in a new regard for their everyday exploits

By Katia Hetter, Newsday Staff Writer

NOT SO LONG ago, Wall Street financiers and dot-com creators ruled Manhattan, while ironworkers and other construction workers were often portrayed as lazy, overpaid union members.

On Sept. 11, everything changed.

As Gotham’s white-collar residents watched helplessly, blue-collar men and women used their skills to tackle the rubble of the World [...]

Globe-Trotting in the Gay ’90s

U.S. News & World Report

By Katia Hetter

ABC let Ellen declare she was a lesbian on national television but would not sell 15 seconds of airtime to Olivia Cruises & Resorts to advertise lesbian-only cruises on the April 30 show. An ABC spokesman said that the ad–with two women embracing–might not be suitable for children [...]

Change could be brewing over on Mariposa Street: Beermaker says zoning plan may force him to hoist anchor

By Katia Hetter, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer

Though San Francisco’s days as an industrial center are gone, at least one product made here still has an international reputation — Anchor Steam Beer.

But now top city planners want to allow housing to be built directly alongside Anchor Brewing Co.’s small manufacturing complex on the slope of [...]

Jesus Saves, You Invest:

New preachers say the Bible is the good book of financial advice

By Katia Hetter

Standing on the bare stage of the University of Charleston’s auditorium, Dave Ramsey thunders to the West Virginia crowd: “The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil. It says”–and the audience filling the 937 seats speaks with him–”the [...]