• Later, Lord & Taylor. Hudson’s Bay Company is likely putting Lord & Taylor up for sale, part of CEO Helena Foulkes’s strategy to reposition the retail company that also owns Saks Fifth Avenue and its namesake Canadian chain for the long term.
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• The year after. What happens after coming forward with your story? Tanya Selvaratnam, the writer and producer who revealed the violence she allegedly experienced in her relationship with former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, shares what the past year has been like for her. She prepared for the allegations to go public by moving out of her apartment, putting an auto-responder up on her email, and then moving abroad.
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• What’s after Bridgewater? The WSJ is reporting that Eileen Murray, co-CEO of Bridgewater Associates—the world’s largest hedge fund—has held numerous conversations inside and outside the firm about leaving. Among the jobs she’s apparently explored: CEO of Wells Fargo and an unspecified position at MetLife. The story also includes fascinating details about Murray’s life and the critical role she plays within Bridgewater.
Wall Street Journal
• It’s a boy! The Royal Baby is here! Meghan Markle gave birth to a son with husband Prince Harry early Monday. We don’t yet know the name of the baby, who is seventh in line to the throne and the first mixed-race member of the Royal Family in the history of the modern monarchy. In honor of the occasion, Phil Boucher writes for Fortune about the royals’ history with maternity leaves:
Fortune
MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Emma reports that Cindy Robbins, president and chief people officer at Salesforce, is leaving the company to “take a pause to advise organizations, advocate for gender equality and spend time with my family.” Robbins, along with Saleforce’s Leyla Seka, famously convinced CEO Marc Benioff to spend a total of $10.3 million to address the company’s gender pay gap. CBS News, under Susan Zirinsky, finalized its anchor switch-ups, confirming that Norah O’Donnell will become the anchor of CBS Evening News, keeping Gayle King at the center of CBS This Morning; O’Donnell will be the third woman, following Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer, to be a weekday solo anchor of an evening network newscast. Sharon Tal Yguado left her role as head of genre programming at Amazon Studios. E! canceled Busy Philipps’s talk show Busy Tonight.
