Verizon on Friday announced that it is ending corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals as it faces a probe by the Trump administration and scrutiny of a proposed acquisition.

Verizon’s pending $20 billion purchase of Frontier Communications is getting a once-over by the CPUC in part due to changes ...

Verizon has become the latest big company to end policies around diversity, equity and inclusion, or "DEI," in order to keep the U.S. government happy.. It seems to have worked: on Friday, the ...

Verizon said in a letter to Carr seen by Reuters the company was removing its “Diversity and Inclusion” website and removing references to DEI from employee training and making other changes ...

Verizon’s decision is an example of how the private sector is responding to explicit pressure from the Trump administration to stamp out DEI programs. In February, the newly appointed chair of ...

Verizon Chief Legal Officer Vandana Venkatesh wrote in a May 15 letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr that DEI policies "could be associated with discrimination." "Verizon has been evaluating its ...

The Federal Communications Commission said Friday it was approving Verizon Communications's VZ.N$20 billion deal to acquire fiber-optic internet providers Frontier Communications FYBR.O after the ...

Verizon agrees to end DEI policies to acquire Frontier Communications for $20 billion, complying with FCC requirements in a changing landscape. Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

FCC Approves Verizon’s $20 Billion Frontier Deal After Telco Committed to Eliminating DEI, Agency’s GOP Chairman Says Skydance-Paramount deal approval remains pending at the commission ...

Verizon has now made the decision to cut its DEI programs, seemingly in response to FCC chair Brendan Carr’s investigation into its diversity practices.In a letter to the agency obtained by ...

The Verizon logo is displayed on the exterior of a Verizon store. The FCC approved its $20 billion deal to buy Frontier Communications, a day after Verizon told the U.S. regulator that it would ...