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Record 41 female CEOs among Fortune 500 includes 2 Black women for 1st time
monkeybusinessimages/iStock(NEW YORK) — This year's Fortune 500 list was a record-breaking affair for female CEOs, with 41 woman-run companies making the cut. The annual list, which ranks Americ...
Taylor Dunn, ABC News Jun 02, 2021

Need to reach an airline? Prepare to wait on hold for hours
EllenMoran/iStock(NEW YORK) — As U.S. air carriers see record pandemic-era travel, customers are taking to social media to vent their frustration over two-, three- and four-hour wait times to re...
Sam Sweeney, ABC News Jun 02, 2021

Amazon Prime Day 2021 dates announced: What to know
Evgenia Parajanian/iStock(NEW YORK) — Thought you had to wait until October to reap the benefits of Amazon Prime Day this year? Well, think again! Amazon announced Wednesday it is bringing back ...
Casey DelBasso, ABC News Jun 02, 2021

Cameron Diaz, Katherine Power explain their winemaking journey with Avaline
Avaline(NEW YORK) -- Actress Cameron Diaz and entrepreneur Katherine Power's story starts with a glass of wine and ambition. Last summer, the business partners introduced their organic wine label Aval...
Megan Stone, ABC News Jun 02, 2021

Black-led nonprofit receives 'reparations payment' from slaveholder's descendant
(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Lindi Bobb, 6, attends a slavery reparations protest outside New York Life Insurance Company offices August 9, 2002 in New York City. (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) -- A nonprofi...
Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News Jun 01, 2021

White House puts blame on Russia for JBS ransomware attack, weighs responses
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Biden administration on Wednesday signaled it's still placing the blame on Russia for a ransomware attack on meat-processing giant JBS, and is c...
Catherine Thorbecke, Ben Gittleson and Luke Barr, ABC News Jun 01, 2021

Walt Disney Archives unveils new exhibit at Museum of Pop Culture
COURTESY OF WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES/MoPOP(SEATTLE) -- The Museum of Pop Culture, in collaboration with the Walt Disney Archives, has a new exhibit, "Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume,"...
Tony Morrison, ABC News Jun 01, 2021

Twenty-seven brands supporting LGBTQ pride in style
iluhanos/iStock(NEW YORK) -- While the global coronavirus pandemic may have put a damper on many annual Pride festivities across the world in 2020, this year is already looking to be better and bright...
Jacqueline Laurean Yates, ABC News Jun 01, 2021

How Korean American mom and attorney's growing soju brand supports the AAPI community
Courtesy Yobo Soju(LOS ANGELES) -- “Fun” is the word 41-year-old entrepreneur Carolyn Kim uses to describe her life when asked about being a mother to twin boys, an attorney and working to...
Micah Washington, ABC News May 31, 2021

Prices for essentials like groceries and gas increase
Minerva Studio/iStock(NEW YORK) -- You may have noticed when filling up on gas or stocking up on groceries that prices for both essentials have gone up. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Stati...
Jeanette Torres-Perez, ABC News May 31, 2021
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