Target pressured on wages by group with focus but little to spend
(Reuters) – With shallow pockets but a deep commitment to promote “living wages”, women’s advocacy group UltraViolet has peppered Target Corp with cheap location-focused online ads, challenging it to match Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s promise of $10-an-hour b…
Latest Rakuten-led funding values Lyft at $2.5 billion
(Reuters) – Ride-sharing service Lyft said it raised an additional $530 million in a funding round led by Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc, giving the Uber rival a valuation of $2.5 billion and adding momentum to its expansion plans.
U.S. business interests square off against lawyers in Delaware
(Reuters) – An influential group of lawyers in Delaware, home to more corporations than any other state, is gearing up to do battle with some of the largest U.S. companies over the increasingly busy industry of shareholder lawsuits. 
Anti-bias bill supported by Mormon Church passes in Utah legislature
(Reuters) – Lawmakers in conservative Utah on Wednesday passed a landmark anti-discrimination bill, with the backing of the Mormon Church, they say will prevent discrimination based on sexual orientation while also protecting religious freedom.
Doral Financial files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
(Reuters) – Doral Financial Corp filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, saying it intends to wind down its businesses, liquidate its assets, and seek approval for a liquidation plan.
Woman denied bond in Colorado hostage, fatal shooting incident
DENVER (Reuters) – A woman was ordered held without bond on suspicion of attempted murder stemming from an incident in which she and a male companion took two Colorado officers hostage before the man was fatally shot, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Ferguson police chief resigns after scathing Justice Department report
FERGUSON/KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) – The police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, resigned on Wednesday, following a scathing U.S. Justice Department report that found widespread racially biased abuses in the city’s police department and municipal court.
Federal judge allows removal of Arizona homeless protest ‘pods’
TUCSON, Ariz. (Reuters) – A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the city of Tucson, Arizona, can forcibly remove scores of coffin-like “pods” set up on city sidewalks to protest treatment of the homeless but that the demonstrators can continue to cam…
Demonstrators protest police shooting in Madison, Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) – About 1,500 people, some banging plastic pails or blowing whistles, marched on Wednesday to the Wisconsin corrections department in Madison to protest the fatal police shooting last week of an unarmed biracial young man.
Students vote to condemn anti-Semitism after incidents on UC campuses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Students at two University of California campuses have passed resolutions condemning anti-Semitism after incidents on two UC campuses, including the painting of swastikas on the doors of a Jewish fraternity at UC Davis.
