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Mortgage algorithms perpetuate racial bias in lending, study finds

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Popular meal-kit companies may be creating low-wage, dead-end jobs, study finds

Expanding CEO-to-worker pay gap bad for business

Arrow Capital’s student-run team (left to right): investment partners Ben Adler, a law student; Levi Walsh, an undergraduate in computer science and mathematics; Kaitlyn Uythoven and Niles Chang, undergraduates; Amy Guo, an undergraduate in Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology; and managing partner Matthew Bond, an MBA student.

Students launch venture fund for campus-related...

November 7, 2018

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Study details how business districts target homeless...

October 3, 2018

Expanding CEO-to-worker pay gap bad for...

September 24, 2018

Stereotypes measurably influence how we treat each...

September 12, 2018

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Minimum wage hikes in six cities: big impact on pay,...

September 6, 2018

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Interactive website offers deep look at California's...

August 16, 2018

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Handshake makes for better deals in business

New website amplifies refugee voices amid...

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Berkeley prof gets first-hand taste of fake news

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Better-informed parents reduce student truancy,...

In ‘Gone City,’ geographer...

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Media advisory: Experts look at Bay Area...

Time to adjust course for charter schools?

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Mortgage industry is back on shaky ground, experts...

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Why some people are selling their cars and renting...

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Want to clean up the environment? Make credit easier...