French President Emmanuel Macron has called the mission to promote gender equality and end violence against women his "great cause."
And only a few months into his five-year term, the country’s Secretary of State for Gender Equality is seeing progress.
"He decided to send women everywhere in France to run for elections, and thanks to that, we've doubled the number of women in Parliament," Marlene Schiappa told Cheddar.
A politician and longtime ally of Macron, Schiappa works closely with the president to further women's rights in France. She says these efforts are top priorities for the government.
Schiappa was in New York participating in the Women in Corporate Leadership Initiative. The event brought together women from around the world to discuss ways to increase the number of women in the corporate world.
For full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/the-global-fight-for-equal-pay-takes-center-stage-at-the-nyse).
There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to perform his Groundhog Day duties.
So much snow in the Northeast, Biden meets with Republicans on stimulus, stocks calm down, and Nike's new sneaker.
The short squeeze phenomenon for companies like GameStop and AMC started on Reddit has captured the attention of the financial world — and brought up questions about if anything needs to be done about it.
The Big Game ad features Shaggy alongside Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis in a comedic rendition of the classic hit 'It Wasn't Me' centered around Cheetos' new Crunch Pop Mix.
The erratic trading in shares of underdog companies like GameStop that turned markets combustible last week appears to have migrated to commodities, sending silver prices surging to an eight-year high.
The kathy ireland Health & Wellness CBD Solutions line, announced in May 2020, launched in mid-January as a partnership with CBD company Vertical Wellness.
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran who captivated the British public in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic with his fundraising efforts, has been hospitalized with COVID-19, his daughter said Sunday.
Jill and Carlo go a little long today to discuss the single most important question in the news: what is our *goal* when it comes to ending the pandemic? Plus, a big winter storm in the Northeast, Putin's problem not going away, and the point of short-selling stocks.
From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, these are the top stories that moved markets and had investors, business leaders, and entrepreneurs talking this week on Cheddar.
Christopher Kardatzke, the chief technology officer for Quiver Quantitative, joined Cheddar to discuss how hedge funds have started inquiring about its data-scraping tech in the wake of the GameStop short squeeze.
