its -- deloitte ending women advocacy group among others.re female employees cheering this on? we have details from new york. this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: this is bloomberg markets. scarlet: as diversity progress stalls in corporate america, deloitte is taking a step away from traditional affinity groups for women and minorities. over the next year and a half it will face out workplace group supporting gay and minority employees. we explore why employees advocating for diversity are cheering this news in walk the talk, a bloomberg series talking about social changes that have outpaced -- we talk about these social changes that have outpaced america's ability to adapt, or at least corporate america's ability to adapt. sounds like deloitte is ahead of a lot of other companies that have not really embraced or have done a lot with regards to employee resource groups. >> only 15% of companies even haven't really resource groups -- have employee resource groups. deloitte has artie moved into those, and now they say they are something that comes aft

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many thanks for joining research at deloitte. many thanks forjoining me. are feeling a squeeze on incomes and they are feeling that pain in their pockets. so during the first half of 2016, we've seen inflation rise and inflation has risen at a faster rate than wages are growing, which means that consumers have less money to spend. and rising inflation also feeds into this. absolutely. so i think that most retailers have done what they can to manage the impact on consumers, they have worked on their supply chains, they have worked with their suppliers to drive their costs down but the prices are rising in shops and this is impacting consumers. so are there any positive nodes on the horizon for consumers? there are, and there are two very big positives for consumers. the first is that unemployment remains at an historically low level, which means that consumers are still, in the main part, secure in theirjobs and the other part that is really positive for consumers is that borrowing remains at a very low rate as well, so they are relatively secure in theirjo

according to analysis from deloitte — broadcast earnings of £1.9bn accounted for more than half of the so—called drawdown pensions without taking advice. the financial conduct authority said 30% of consumers go in to it without getting guidance or shopping around. drawdown pensions allow people to withdraw as much money as they like at any one time. burberry has reported increased sales in the three months tojune, helped by demand from china. they are famous for those trench jackets. the fashion retailer started the 2017—18 year with a 4% increase in sales. it is the first set of results to be reported under new chief executive marco gobbetti. and aldi has overtaken marks & spencer and waitrose as the best—performing supermarket for customer satisfaction in a survey of 10,000 shoppers. the institute of customer service ranked 2115 organisations from various sectors on factors such as staff professionalism and complaint handling. let us have a look at the markets before we go. burberry added more than 4% after it reported those healthy sales over three months to june. premier oil jumped

. >> anna smith with the national retail federation says their retail reports what a deloitte surveynd that retailers not read s a lot of retailers started as early as actually the first week of june stocking up their shelves with back-to-school materials. >> joining the pens, pads and backpacks on the back-to-school shopping list are electronics in a big way. >> we're learning that a lot more schools are getting very tech friendly, therefore asking parents to purchase their kids' tablets or laptops. >> the federation grades overall back-to-school spending to be at least 10% higher than last year, a report card retailers would love. chris clackum, nbc news. >>> the nationals finally got some help in the bull pen. the team traded for two pitchers from the oakland athletics, shawn doolittle is one of these. the wall green's w looks like logo in her photo now. the other pitcher they acquired was ryan madson who was with the phillies for a very long time. >> it sounds like they're going to be an interesting couple players. doolittle's fiancee tweeted a's fans will misses terribly. i'll b

margaret doyle, financial analyst with deloittes is here to tell us what's caught her eye.day telegraph, the story we are leading on today, william and harry's regret over the last sure phone call with princess diana. similar story on the front of the mail on sunday, the last phone call, they often the phone call was just too short. front page of the sunday times, also carrying that previously unseen photographs of prince harry, very young prince harry with diana. the last one, sunday mirror, similar picture, we were saying earlier actually we take these pictures were granted but lots of pictures of princess diana in these clinches with her sons would you properly wouldn't have seen in royal photos in years gone by. that is precisely the point. much more in documentaries. the way she changed the family enterprise? i've chosen a story by royal author talking about the shift in culture and also questioning whether it is right or not and in fa ct whether it is right or not and in fact implying that this debate about what is the appropriate way to be a royal is still very life

steve davis with deloitte. we recently produced a paper on hsas in the individual market and we found there were surprisingly few hsa qualified plans in that market. so, first i would like to get roy's thoughts on why they're so scarce. then for dr. roth and the scenario you discussed where the government, the employer and employee would contribute, how might that work in the individual market? >> so as to the question of why aren't there more hsa-qualified policies in the individual market, i don't think it was a priority as the aca was being rolled out. plans would have to meet not only the bonds or silver, in some cases gold requirements under the aca, but also be hsa qualified as well. over time it has gotten more challenging, partly because some of the regulatory requirements as to what types of coverage those plans have to offer. for example, for 2017 the requirements began to be added of covering things below the deductible that were not preventive care. let me just say qualified policy just cannot do th

however, accenture deloitte and ctia recently found that barriers remain to the deployment of broadband infrastructure. these reports have identified a number of impediments, including a lengthy and indefinite permitting process, or an unwillingness to grant reasonable access to polls or right-of-ways. in my home state of california, several cities require wireless providers to show gaps in service just to access the right-of-way. while one city is asking for excessive annual fees to access the right-of-ways. chairman pai, do these issues constitute obstacles to broadband deployment? chairman pai: thank you for the question, congresswoman. in many cases they do. if you're looking to build a new wireless network, especially if you're a smaller competitor, you need to be able to deploy that infrastructure in a timely or cost-effective way. if you face barriers like that, it can be an obstacle to you getting into the marketplace. rep. walters: what can the commission do to address these issues? chairman pai: part of it involves the authority granted to us by the communications act, section

an analysis by deloitte consulting estimated we need an investment much 130 to 150 billion in fiber infrastructure over the next five to seven years to meet our needs. so private investment is critical, but i fear we have put a kink in that investment pipeline with title 2. as i noted in my opening, we are seeing decreasing capital expenditures by our largest broadband providers. some of my colleagues contend otherwise based on different studies measuring different parameters. senator markey continu tended l week that no publicly traded ifc has reported to investors title 2 has negatively impact investment in networks. chairman pai, have you seen other information regarding the impact title 2 is having on broadband providers? >> thank you for the question, chairman blackburn. we have seen evidence raised that suggests concerns that these rules have impacted infrastructure investment. for example, with respect to the 12 largest facilities-based internet service providers in the united states, we have culled the 10 k's of those 12 isps, each of which is required under law to report to securities and