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How to (Gradually) Become a Different Company

Harvard Business Review

vehicles decreasing from 40% of total in 2000 to 17% in 2013), by destination (e.g., from 80% in 2000 to 50% in 2013), and by exposure to the economic cycle. Acquisitions are part and parcel of a transformation. Or the economic cycle may suddenly turn and thus make it impossible to divest an activity as planned at a fair price.

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Pregnant Workers Have Rights, No Matter What the Supreme Court Says About UPS

Harvard Business Review

United Parcel Service will determine whether employers must accommodate pregnant women in the workplace. Further, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Strategic Enforcement Plan for 2013-2016 identifies as a top priority workplace accommodation of pregnancy-related limitations.