| Like so many young singles these days, users on the female-friendly dating app Bumble "want experiences." Now, the Austin, Texas-based company is opening a cafe and wine bar in New York's SoHo neighborhood. But as Bumble grows overseas and parent Rimberg considers an IPO, it's worth revisiting its tumultuous beginnings. Five years ago this month, Bumble co-founder Whitney Wolfe filed a sexual harassment and discrimination suit against ur-dating app Tinder, which she also co-founded. Wolfe alleged the company was a frat party filled with awful workplace behavior. The suit settled quickly, and Wolfe went on to help start Bumble, imbuing it with a mission to make online dating less yucky for women. Its new Soho venue is trying to smooth out those IRL encounters, starting with the menu. "No spaghetti," Bumble says. "Nothing that would be awkward on a first date." —Janet Paskin Did you see this? New abortion restrictions in the U.S. declare that life starts at conception, with an important exception, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
Switzerland's Supreme Court ordered track-and-field's global governing body to let Caster Semenya run.
Japan's major opposition parties are backing a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the world's third-biggest economy.
A gay Goldman Sachs vice president said the bank discriminated against him, then fired him when he complained.
Ahem, Hollywood: Generation Z women go to the movies more than their male counterparts.
The European Central Bank is launching a scholarship program for aspiring female economists, part of an ongoing diversity push. Massachusetts, Washington and Colorado are the best U.S. states for recent college graduates looking for work. We love charts Women made up 40% of new Fortune 500 directors in 2018, double the share in 2010. It's unprecedented progress—but it barely made a difference in the overall gender imbalance at the highest levels of corporate governance.  How to tow an iceberg As many as 2.1 billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water, and the U.N. said global water demand will outstrip supply by 40% come 2030. Meanwhile, Antarctic icebergs are melting at a rate of 100,000 per year—potentially generating enough fresh water to slake the world's thirst, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
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