Best Buy promises to hire more women, people of color

Best Buy Co. Inc. on Wednesday laid out a plan to boost diversity and inclusion among its workers and pledged at least $44 million for scholarships and other educational offerings for minority students. The Richfield, Minnesota-based retailer also promised it would fill one of every three new, non-hourly corporate positions with people of color, and one of three non-hourly field positions with women candidates. That follows a pledge made earlier this year to make minority workers a big part of…