(White House updates numbers of evacuees) By Idrees Ali and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – The United States has enlisted the help of six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington seeks to step up the pace of departures of Americans and at-risk Afghans from Kabul. The Pentagon said on Sunday it called up 18 civilian aircraft from United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air and others to carry people from temporary locations… Source link
Read More »The sneaky tax move Democrats are planning
U.S. President Donald Trump (L) congratulates Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) during an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Democrats swallowed the tax cuts for businesses and high earners that President Trump and his fellow Republicans passed unilaterally in 2017. They… Source link
Read More »Britney Spears’ latest conservatorship move keeps ‘prison sentence’
Britney Spears is once again asking the courts to replace her father as conservator of her estate — but at least one expert thinks the latest filing is hardly in the pop star’s long-term interest. On Monday, Britney’s newly appointed lawyer, Mathew Rosengart, filed a petition to remove Jamie Spears from his position as sole conservator of the pop star’s reported $60 million estate. Rosengart — a former prosecutor and prominent Hollywood lawyer whose A-list clients include Ben Affleck… Source link
Read More »El Salvador Move Could Strain Bitcoin Blockchain, JPMorgan Says
(Bloomberg) — El Salvador’s declaration of Bitcoin as legal tender could create challenges for both the country and the cryptocurrency, according to a team from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bitcoin trading volumes commonly exceed $40 billion to $50 billion per day, but most of that is internalized by major exchanges, said a group from JPMorgan including Steve Palacio, Joshua Younger and Veronica Mejia Bustamante, in a report Thursday. A large portion of Bitcoin is locked up in illiquid entities,… Source link
Read More »Google will show employees how their pay may change if they move offices
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Read More »‘Extremely cruel move:’ Jobless workers brace for early end to unemployment benefits in 25 states
On Saturday, the $380 in weekly jobless benefits Robyn Gregorieff and her husband had depended on for basic needs is getting slashed by 79%, leaving the couple with just $80 a week to live on. She would have been entitled to the larger amount until September if her home state of Alaska didn’t cancel federal unemployment programs early due to mounting concerns over labor shortages. “It makes no sense because the federal government is paying that,” the 43-year-old Gregorieff told Yahoo… Source link
Read More »Biden administration move for disabled borrowers was ‘the bare minimum,’ advocacy group says
Advocacy groups are calling on the Education Department (ED) to forgive $8 billion in student debt held by nearly 518,000 borrowers who are totally and permanently disabled. The groups sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Friday morning, stating that the department’s existing regulations “unnecessarily prevent qualifying borrowers from accessing and maintaining loan cancellation.” ED confirmed to Yahoo Finance that the agency received the letter and did not provide additional… Source link
Read More »Sabres reportedly want to ‘move on’ from Jack Eichel
If there was any modicum of hope left in Buffalo for Sabres captain Jack Eichel to be still on their team next season, it should be gone by now. Amidst uncertain reports on what their intention this offseason is, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman appeared on Buffalo’s WGR 550 to further solidify the likelihood of a trade this summer. Eichel, 24, has five years remaining on his contract at a cap hit of $10 million. The one true kicker is that he will be earning a no-move clause after next… Source link
Read More »Time to Move Back to the Sidelines, Says Analyst
TipRanks Billionaire George Soros Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Some investors achieve legendary status, rising far above their peers on a combination of luck and success. Perhaps no one exemplifies this more than George Soros, the Holocaust survivor who, after the war, earned a doctorate from the London School of Economics and went into the banking industry to make his mark. He was wildly successful. The hedge fund he founded, Soros Fund Management, earned an average annualized… Source link
Read More »Judge in Texas lawsuit against Google refuses to move case to California
A Texas judge hearing a state antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google denied on Thursday a request for the case to be moved to California, where the company is fighting similar lawsuits. Google had asked for the case to be moved for several reasons, including that its headquarters is in California, as are many of the witnesses who would likely be called. read more Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, however, disagreed that that… Source link
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