Microsoft says it will offer more paid leave to new parents and increase other benefits for U.S. employees, a day after Netflix announced generous new-parent benefits for its workers.

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Federal regulators are requiring companies to reveal the pay gap between CEOs and their employees.

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Netflix stirred envy in sleep-deprived parents nationwide by saying it will give its employees up to a year of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child.

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Hedge fund Third Point has become the biggest shareholder in Baxter International and wants to help choose the medical products maker’s next CEO.

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For those who are dying, it’s clear why all dogs go to heaven.

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A federal agency says molten aluminum hitting water is the apparent cause of explosions that injured more than 30 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant.

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The union representing New Jersey Transit’s rail workers calls the agency’s latest contract offer “utterly unacceptable.” NJ Transit has offered unionized rail workers a 10-percent pay increase over 7.5 years.

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CEOs make a lot more than the average working Joe or Jane.

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A Chicago-based company that plans to build a natural-gas-fueled energy facility in Rhode Island said Tuesday that the project will reduce harmful emissions, cut energy costs and create more than 300 jobs.

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President Barack Obama says underrepresentation of women and minorities among the nation’s startups is hurting business.

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