Last summer, the case of James Damore shook Silicon Valley when Google fired him for penning an anti-diversity memo — a move the engineer said was because of his conservative political views. This summer, a group of employees at Facebook claims their company has its own problem respecting political diversity among its workforce. It’s not a coincidence that these incidents surfaced after Donald Trump became U.S. president. The billionaire real estate developer-turned-politician has made perceived…

Michelle Johnston Holthaus leads the global sales organization for chipmaker Intel Corp.

For some of us lucky ones, the weekend starts soon (as in, when we walk out the Five Things headquarters door later this afternoon). For luckier ones (judging by our Web traffic this week, that’s a lot of you), the weekend started much earlier. Whenever you’re weekending, we hope it’s a safe one. Here’s a howlingly entertaining version of Thursday’s Five Things. Owning it Who owned the summer? These 28 Oregonians did. They totally owned the summer. Smooth operator We caught up with Greenbrier’s…

One third of oncologist-authors, or 110 altogether, failed to completely disclose payments from the sponsor of the published clinical trial, researchers found.

The company makes a software product called FreightZip that is designed to make it easier for shippers to find available carriers in a transparent manner.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg plans to donate the 10 percent stake she has in SurveyMonkey Inc. to her family foundation. The plan was disclosed in the San Mateo online survey company’s IPO prospectus that was filed on Wednesday. “Ms. Sandberg plans to donate all shares beneficially owned by her (or the proceeds from the sale thereof) to the Sheryl Sandberg and Dave Goldberg Family Foundation as part of fulfilling their philanthropic commitment to the Giving Pledge,” SurveyMonkey…