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'Tish' James Wins Democratic Primary For Attorney General In Four-Way Race 'Tish' James Wins Democratic Primary For Attorney General In Four-Way Race
'Tish' James Wins Democratic Primary For Attorney General In Four-Way Race Letitia "Tish" James became the first black woman to win a major party statewide nomination on Thursday, Sept. 13 in the four-way primary race for state Attorney General. James, endorsed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was the unofficial winner for the job used to police Wall Street and lead legal “resistance” against President Donald Trump. James took aim at Trump in her victory speech, saying he "can't go a day without dividing us." James told supporters in Brooklyn that we're "in the middle of a fight to save our democracy." She said Trump "can't go a day witho…

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by Jon Craig
Business
New Lawsuit Links IBM’s ‘Millennial’ Reinvention To Age Bias New Lawsuit Links IBM’s ‘Millennial’ Reinvention To Age Bias
New Lawsuit Links IBM’s ‘Millennial’ Reinvention To Age Bias After another round of company-wide layoffs this spring, IBM is being sued in federal court for age discrimination, according to multiple reports.A lawsuit filed against the Armonk-based IBM by Jonathan Langley, 60, of Texas claims that in the international company's push to hire millennials and make money, the company let go of more experienced but costlier "gray-hairs." Millennials are defined as the generation born after 1980. According to this lawsuit, Langley was fired last June as director of sales in IBM’s Hybrid Cloud business unit, based out of Austin. According to a ProP…

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by Jon Craig