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Toyota Compensate $22 Million Over Allegations of Racial Discrimination

The case had been investigated since 2013, and the practices are believed to have been going on since 2011. U.S federal regulators claimed that African-American, as well as Asian/Pacific Islander borrowers, were charged more for auto loans. Toyota voluntarily agreed to pay the amount of compensation, but the company refuses to admit that the practice is a form of racial discrimination.

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Billionaire George Lucas donates $10M to recruit young padawans to filmmaking

American film maker, producer, writer and creator of Star Wars, billionaire George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson, through the George Lucas Family Foundation, are donating $10 million to George Lucas' alma mater - the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.

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Growth rate of new businesses slow; Women-owned firms increasing - census

The growth rate of new businesses in the U.S. is particularly slow, but the latest government data shows that the number of women-owned firms has increased quite significantly.

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Sony executive may face call from Sharpton to resign over emails about race

Civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton will meet next week with Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and decide whether her emails about President Barack Obama's race warrant calling for her resignation.

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Bill Cosby says African American graduates, women needed as leaders

Comedian Bill Cosby said African American leaders need to come from women and university graduates.

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