A local group is forming a non-profit organization in Pocatello to help with human trafficking. The organization is called ‘Operation Underground Railroad.’ Their mission is to go in and rescue women and children from human trafficking. They want to raise awareness and funds to be able to continue rescuing people. Susan […]
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Walsh’s campaign finance report shows a spending surge. Is he gearing up for a reelection fight?
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, who hasn’t said if he’s running for reelection next year, increased his campaign spending last month, including doling out more than $50,000 for consultants, new campaign finance data show. He continues to have significantly more cash in the bank than City Councilors Andrea Campbell and Michelle […]
Countries step up innovation efforts, using over 500 digital apps to fight COVID-19 | UN DESA
Countries step up innovation efforts, using over 500 digital apps to fight COVID-19 6 October 2020, New York From chatbots in Singapore to drones in Oman; from robotic medical assistants in Indonesia to virtual doctors in Brazil; while the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc across the world, governments have been […]
GSK Can’t Get High Court Review In Avandia Marketing Fight
Law360 (October 5, 2020, 5:17 PM EDT) — The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up an appeal by GlaxoSmithKline in its bid to overturn a Third Circuit decision forcing it to face a suit over the marketing of diabetes medication Avandia, the high court announced Monday. As is custom, […]
’Their fight is our fight’ the motto for Costumes for a Cause nonprofit
LONG BEACH, Miss. (WLOX) – Hundreds of jeeps paraded from Bay St. Louis to the Long Beach Harbor, supporting those battling breast cancer. © Provided by Biloxi-Gulfport WLOX Hundreds of jeeps paraded from Bay St. Louis to the Long Beach Harbor supporting individuals battling breast cancer. “Their fight is our […]
Could heatwave insurance be a new weapon in climate fight? | Economy News
As health workers carried out coronavirus tests in public squares in Washington, DC, in July, work had to be suspended as temperatures in the paved spaces soared to what felt like 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43C). The heat-wilted city of Phoenix in the US state of Arizona, meanwhile, has already seen […]
Greenville non-profit up for $25K grant to fight human trafficking
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA)–It’s a huge problem in the Upstate, and one that has traditionally been overlooked. “Human trafficking is happening every single day here in the Upstate, in your own neighborhood,” Zaina Greene, executive director of SWITCH, said. SWITCH is an Upstate non-profit that helps victims of human trafficking and […]
Prepare for a Fight Over This Fund Management Asset
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Just as the fund management industry’s much-anticipated consolidated wave seemed indefinitely stalled, there’s a European sale in the offing that could spark a bidding war. It offers a one-shot opportunity to amass customers and cash in an industry where size really does matter. Load Error First mooted more […]
Midlands Voices: How Nebraska innovation Is helping fight America’s fires | Columnists
These proposals stem from fear that drones made in China actually send data to China and, more specifically, the Chinese government. Of course, it’s right to be concerned about data security. We have to know the products we rely on are secure and safe. But recently, we’ve seen studies from […]
The Masters in Management’s fight for US recognition
Three years after graduating from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business Dana Lee is back for more. The 28-year-old American earned her masters in management (MiM) at Fuqua in 2017. Then, this summer, she enrolled in a new MBA at the business school in Durham, North Carolina. Launched in 2020, […]
TikTok ban news: China ‘prepared to fight’ Donald Trump over app branding US as ‘demented’ | World | News
China’s state-run Global Times criticised Donald Trump following a federal judge’s decision to grant a preliminary injunction on the TikTok, and its parent company ByteDance, ban in the US. The media outlet claimed America is “shamelessly robbing a Chinese company” in a recent article. It read: “The US is shamelessly robbing […]
How Innovation Is Helping Fight Global Hunger
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A Syrian woman pays for groceries using an iris scan at Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. Mohammed Batah/World Food Programme Almost 700 million people in the world don’t have enough food to eat. Climate change and human conflict are making the problem worse: in the last five years, some 60 […]
Finance Chiefs Call on Executives to Help Fight Poverty, Climate Change
Chief financial officers at companies including Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, Ford Motor Co. and Verizon Communications Inc. are calling on other executives to make sure their businesses help fight poverty and climate change. A group of CFOs on Monday published a framework to help guide companies’ decision-making in areas such as […]
Prop 21 renews old fight over rent control
Of all the proposed solutions to the state’s soaring housing costs, one has caused perhaps the most anxiety, anger and passion — rent control. In November, it’s back again. This time, it’s on the ballot as Proposition 21, a broad extension of rent control laws which could dramatically increase the number […]
Salary fight looms, despite deals on parental leave, health insurance
Despite significant progress toward the 2020-21 teacher contracts, negotiators for Brevard Public School and the Brevard Federation of Teachers union remain at loggerheads on salary hikes for district educators. SpaceX delay, teacher negotiations and Space Coast Town Centre: NI90 Click to expand UP NEXT Bargaining teams reached tentative agreements in a virtual session Wednesday on […]
France to Fight ‘Appalling’ Bridgestone Plant Closure: Finance Minister | Investing News
By Dominique Vidalon and Kiyoshi Takenaka PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) – The French government is looking into options to try to prevent the closure of a Bridgestone <5108.T> tyre plant in northern France by its Japanese owner, and save jobs, finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday. Bridgestone said on Wednesday […]
Blockchain Can Help in Fight Against COVID
Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso suggested blockchain would be key in the world’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic as the technology can be used for contact tracing while ensuring privacy. Aso gave the opening remarks for the Blockchain Global Governance Conference, also known as the FIN/SUM Blockchain & Business, on […]
If You’ve Been Beaten Up In The Job Search, It’s Time To Take Off The Gloves And Fight Back
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getty We were all raised to be nice, polite and considerate of others. As young children, our parents told us to watch what we say in public, not to purposely offend people and to always respect our elders. This was and still is good, sound advice. There are times, though, […]
NAB has launched Australia’s first interest-free credit card, in an effort to fight buy now, pay later competitors like Afterpay
NAB has launched an interest-free credit card. (Jeffrey Greenberg, Universal Images Group via Getty Images) In an Australian-first, NAB has launched an interest-free credit card allowing Australians to accumulate balances of up to $3,000. It comes as credit card use is in rapid decline, particularly amongst young people. The move […]
Barrick CEO faces stark test in fight for Papua New Guinea mine
By Jeff Lewis TORONTO (Reuters) – A standoff over a remote gold mine in Papua New Guinea threatens Barrick Gold Corp Chief Executive Mark Bristow’s streak of resolving thorny disputes with host governments, in the first major test he has faced outside his home patch of Africa. Barrick, the world’s […]