Before Adena Friedman presented Nasdaq’s financial results on Wednesday’s quarterly earnings call, the stock exchange’s chief executive said the company was “horrified by the acts of terrorist violence” in Israel and denounced the “subsequent loss of innocent lives in Israel, Gaza and the wider region.” She echoed similar statements from CEOs at Goldman Sachs Group, BlackRock.
” Instacart, which announced a partnership with Israeli tech firm Fabric in 2021, declined to comment. At German healthcare giant Bayer, CEO Bill Anderson’s LinkedIn post condemning “acts of terror against civilians” was met with a barrage of comments taking umbrage against his statement of “solidarity with the people of Israel,” where Bayer has about 150 employees. Workers pushed back against a condemnation of violence that one sales specialist called “one-sided.