In the workplace: A new IBM Institute for Business Value study shows that despite heightened awareness of the challenges facing women in the workplace driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, gender equality is still not a top priority for 70% of global businesses, according to business professionals surveyed. Read the full report from IBM.
Rare earth elements: A new business partnership is considering investing $800 million in Gramercy, officials announced Friday. The project could spur the creation of hundreds of permanent jobs and more than 2,000 temporary construction jobs, The Center Square reports. DADA Holdings, which owns Gramercy-based Noranda Alumina, is partnering with green technology firm Enervoxa to separate rare earth elements and other valuable minerals from alumina byproducts. The carbon-neutral project would employ 200 workers with an average annual salary of more than $85,000 plus benefits. Read the full story.
Record: The US administered a record number of COVID-19 vaccines over the weekend, CNBC reports. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention administered 2.9 million vaccines on Saturday, a record, and 2.4 million on Sunday, according to the agency’s latest tally. More than one in five adults have now received at least one vaccine dose, while just over one in ten have received two doses, according to the CDC. Read the full story.
