Aug 26 (Reuters) - Home improvement retailer Lowe's has scrapped some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, becoming the latest U.S. firm to modify such policies meant to boost racial and ethnic representation. Lowe's will no longer participate in surveys for Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group supporting transgender rights, and is also combining its various business resource...

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 3,500 current and former shop workers at British retailer Next have won a six-year legal fight for equal pay, lawyers representing the claimants said on Tuesday. An Employment Tribunal ruled that Next had failed to show that paying its sales consultants, who are overwhelmingly women, lower pay rates than its warehouse workers was not sex...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Oil prices paused their recent advances, receding on Tuesday after surging more than 7% in the previous three sessions on supply concerns prompted by fears of a wider Middle East conflict and the potential shutdown of Libyan oil fields. Brent crude futures fell 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $81.25 a barrel at 0430 GMT, while U.S. West Texas...

Aug 26 (Reuters) - U.S. planemaker Boeing ( BA ) said on Monday it expects China to need 8,830 new planes through 2043, as the country's aviation industry expands and modernizes to meet growing demand for passenger and cargo air travel. This compares with its previous 20-year forecast last year when it said Chinese airlines will need to buy 8,560...