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This is not a new story to Martha Burk. But she’s hopeful for a new ending. A Bloomberg article on Wednesday revealed a predicament for Augusta National Golf Club because of IBM’s new CEO, Ginni Rometty. In the past, CEOs of the Masters’ top three sponsors, IBM, AT&T and Exxon, have all received membership invitations from Augusta National. The club has never had a female member in its 80-plus year history, which prompted a series of protests led by Burk, a women’s rights advocate, in 2003. Rela…
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