Fashion to Figure, the plus-size e-commerce site and brand, is launching an initiative of rotating creatives to expand the fashion-forward styles available to the plus-size community called FTFLab. Fashion to Figure will start with influencers in their FTFLab community and expand to other creatives. The first person selected to launch this initiative is Frankie Tavares, an influencer and plus-size model […]

Silicon Valley private equity firm Accel-KKR and New Zealand’s Pencarrow are in for a big payday after agreeing to sell their stakes in Christchurch-based geoscience software company Seequent to Nasdaq-listed Bentley Systems for US$1.05 billion ($1.45b). Bentley, a US-based infrastructure engineering software company, said the acquisition would add about 10 per cent to its revenue and earnings before interest, tax, […]

Health authorities in three European countries on Thursday suspended use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine because of concerns that it might increase the risk of blood clots, but emphasized that they were taking action as a precaution and that there is no evidence of any causal link. Denmark acted after a 60-year-old woman who received a shot died after developing a blood […]

After 20 years as chief executive of Foodstuffs South Island, Steve Anderson plans to step down in the New Year. Anderson, who joined Foodstuffs in 2000, has been credited for growing the South Island co-operative’s turnover to $3.3 billion, up from $1.2b when he took on the role. Anderson will continue on as CEO until February 2022 and then retire […]

As part of the Covid relief bill, the government will subsidize COBRA premiums for former workers of a company until the fall. Most people usually find it too expensive to pay to stay on their former workplace's insurance plan. With the subsidy, "you may see dramatically more people sign up," said Caitlin Donovan, a spokeswoman for the National Patient Advocate […]

By Niraj Chokshi The pandemic relief bill that President Biden signed Thursday afternoon will protect tens of thousands of jobs in the aviation industry, which is likely to struggle for some time even as vaccinations accelerate. After Congress this week approved the legislation, which includes $14 billion for airlines and an additional $9 billion for airports and other businesses, American […]

Divorced parents have to navigate a lot of challenges, but there's a new issue looming on the horizon thanks to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan: the child tax credit.  On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. The legislation will, among other things, increase the child tax credit to $3,000 per child […]

Recruitment for Wall Street’s summer internships are beginning earlier. As a result, diverse candidates might be excluded from landing offers.  Citigroup’s Early ID program engages with diverse candidates through a 5-week program.  Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. In the fall of his sophomore year at Lehigh University, William Pemberton, a finance major, started looking for internships.  […]