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More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap

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Uneven caring responsibilities combined with a lack of flexible work options have prevented women from staying in senior positions, research suggests Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More part-time bosses and “co-CEOs” could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s gender pay gap, the federal government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency says. WGEA warned resistance to gender equality was growing and urged employers to make management more flexible to reduce the gender pay gap, where women earn $0.79 for every $1 a man makes on average. Continue reading...

Directly affected

  • SNIRF Senior

    Named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • LMT Lockheed Martin

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • RTX RTX

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • NOC Northrop Grumman

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • GD General Dynamics

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • ITA iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense

    A fund of aerospace and defense companies

  • BA Boeing

    Defense and aerospace orders move with conflict spending

  • LHX L3Harris

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • HII Huntington Ingalls

    Shipyards benefit when naval spending rises

  • XAR SPDR SERIES TRUST

    Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia.

  • ARR ARMOUR RESIDENTIAL REIT INC COM NEW

    GA selected ARR as a RELATED security because its curated list / industry / sector context matches this event (curated-list=part). This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article.

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
SNIRF———————
LMT———————
RTX———————
NOC———————
GD+0.12%-1.46%—+1.14%+0.35%+0.99%+1.70%
ITA+0.06%-1.47%—-0.28%-1.26%-1.17%+0.09%
BA+1.20%-1.13%—-0.50%-2.05%-3.08%-0.90%
LHX———————
HII+0.73%-1.48%—-0.20%-2.61%-0.05%+1.02%
XAR———————
ARR-0.44%-2.21%—+1.18%+0.00%+0.22%+0.52%

Uneven caring responsibilities combined with a lack of flexible work options have prevented women from staying in senior positions, research suggests Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast More part-time bosses and “c…

Source: The Guardian

The price since 12 Oct 2026: IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap,” IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is +1.74%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -1.47% over the same days, a +3.21% difference versus the market. industrial stocks (XLI) is -1.14%, a +2.89% difference versus that group of stocks.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
Armour Residential REIT (ARR)that day+1.18%final price
Armour Residential REIT (ARR)the next day0.00%final price
Armour Residential REIT (ARR)two days later+0.22%final price
Armour Residential REIT (ARR)three days later+0.52%final price
Armour Residential REIT (ARR)three days earlier-2.21%final price
Armour Residential REIT (ARR)five days earlier-0.44%final price
BAthat day-0.50%final price
BAthe next day-2.05%final price
BAtwo days later-3.08%final price
BAthree days later-0.90%final price
BAthree days earlier-1.13%final price
BAfive days earlier+1.20%final price
GDthat day+1.14%final price
GDthe next day+0.35%final price
GDtwo days later+0.99%final price
GDthree days later+1.70%final price
GDthree days earlier-1.46%final price
GDfive days earlier+0.12%final price
HIIthat day-0.20%final price
HIIthe next day-2.61%final price
HIItwo days later-0.05%final price
HIIthree days later+1.02%final price
HIIthree days earlier-1.48%final price
HIIfive days earlier+0.73%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)that day-0.28%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)the next day-1.26%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)two days later-1.17%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)three days later+0.09%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)three days earlier-1.47%final price
IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)five days earlier+0.06%final price
ITA
SPY
XLI

Who reported a IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) trade near this story

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

The Taiwan Strait count beside this story

Taiwan Strait has 48 linked stories in the last 7 days and 48 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap.” The recent pace is rising.

Who gains and who pays if Taiwan Strait stays in the story

Companies mentioned with this story

  • ITA IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

    IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • XAR Spdr Series Trust

    Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap.” Reason on file: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

  • ARR Armour Residential REIT

    In “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap,” Armour Residential REIT (ARR) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ARR as a RELATED security because its curated list / industry / sector context matches this event (curated-list=part). This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CNX CNX Resources

    In “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap,” CNX Resources (CNX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CNX as a RELATED security because its curated list / industry / sector context matches this event (curated-list=part). This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • COYA Coya Therapeutics

    Coya Therapeutics (COYA) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap.” Reason on file: GA selected COYA as a RELATED security because its curated list / industry / sector context matches this event (curated-list=part). This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • DASH DoorDash

    DoorDash (DASH) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 12 Oct 2026 story “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap.” Reason on file: GA selected DASH as a RELATED security because its curated list / industry / sector context matches this event (curated-list=part). This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • DIOD Diodes Inc /Del/

    In “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap,” Diodes Inc /Del/ (DIOD) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected DIOD as a RELATED security because its curated list / industry / sector context matches this event (curated-list=part). This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • CYTK Cytokinetics

    For “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap,” Cytokinetics (CYTK) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CYTK as a RELATED security because its curated list / industry / sector context matches this event (curated-list=part). This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

From Taiwan Strait to IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is the company in “More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap,” the 12 Oct 2026 Taiwan Strait story.

IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA) is on the page because Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Spdr Series Trust (XAR) is here too. Its reason reads: Material security escalation can alter defense demand expectations and risk premia

Dates and price levels for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

ARR traded between 12.28 and 15.05 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 12.29. ITA traded between 201.08 and 217.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 207.60. XAR traded between 216.28 and 245.40 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 223.20.

A simple score for IShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA)

46 out of 100

“More part-time bosses and co-CEOs could keep women in leadership and narrow Australia’s pay gap” scores 46 out of 100. The score uses 1 sources, and 11 linked companies.