Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to have initially weathered a barrage of news about her use of a private email account when she was secretary of state and the practices of her family’s foundation, an indication that she is starting her second presidential bid with an unusual durability among Democratic voters. […] Read more »
Dave Goldberg, Head of Web Survey Company, Dies at 47
Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and the husband of Sheryl K. Sandberg of Facebook, died suddenly on Friday night. He was 47. Mr. Goldberg was a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist. His death was confirmed by SurveyMonkey, which is known for its web-based survey technology, although […] Read more »
AP-GfK Poll: Americans evenly split on gay marriage case
… According to the new AP-GfK poll, nearly half of Americans favor laws allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed. Just over a third are opposed. But Americans are split down the middle on what action the Supreme Court should take when it rules on the marriage case later this […] Read more »
Same-sex marriage debate forces GOP contenders to tread carefully
Republican presidential hopefuls are struggling with how to position themselves on same-sex marriage, an issue that is bedeviling a party hoping to avoid social controversies as the 2016 election approaches. Rapidly changing public opinion has forced much of the field to recalibrate their pitches. Early front-runners have sought balance between […] Read more »
Majority oppose ‘religious freedom’ laws that could discriminate
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans say that businesses that provide wedding-related services should be required to provide those services to same-sex couples in the same way they would all other customers, even if they have religious objections. … In the CNN/ORC Poll, most Democrats (70%) and independents (60%) say wedding-related […] Read more »
Who millennials trust, and don’t trust, is driving the new economy
By PricewaterhouseCoopers’ projection, the biggest sectors of the “sharing economy” — including transportation and travel companies like Uber, Zipcar and Airbnb — could be pulling in as much as $335 billion in global revenue by 2025. … We’re witnessing the rise of companies predicated on trust among strangers at the […] Read more »