Businesses Await Challenges to Diversity Policies After Affirmative Action Ruling

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A.M. Edition for June 30. U.S. employers are bracing for challenges to diversity policies after yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. Plus, a dry spell in parts of the U.S. Midwest sends crop prices higher, just as food inflation had begun to ease. WSJ commodities reporter David Uberti explains how the drought is affecting farmers and could have global ramifications. And U.S. officials warn a new Chinese law raises risks for American firms in the country. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.2	And now onto the show.
0:50.9	Businesses grapple with the potential work place fallout from yesterday's
0:55.4	Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
0:58.0	Plus, US officials warn firms of the risks posed by China's updated espionage law
1:04.1	and drought in America's bread basket.
1:06.9	Many farmers across the country are abandoning scourged fields
1:10.2	at the greatest rate since 1917.
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