Jeremy Hunt has ordered ministers to find over £2bn of savings to fund 6 per cent public sector pay rises this year, as he prepares to hold crunch talks with Rishi Sunak on the matter. The chancellor has warned that he will not borrow more money to fund pay rises for police officers, teachers, nurses
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ad astra? — We can leave the Solar System, but arriving anywhere is not happening soon What if we dropped interstellar ambitions and focused on understanding our home system? Paul Sutter – Jul 10, 2023 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / Home sweet home.SCIEPRO/Getty reader comments 26 with On August 25th, 2012, humanity became an interstellar
Hiring eased slightly in June as the US economy added 209,000 jobs, according to the US Labor Department. The latest figures shown in the Bureau of Labor Statistics June report, released Friday, mark a decrease from the robust 339,000 jobs that were gained in May. Unemployment was little changed month-over-month, from 3.6% from 3.7% —
This story was originally published on the Benzinga India Portal. Apple IncAAPL is reportedly discussing plans with Indianfinancial institutions and regulators to launch its Apple Card in the country. According to insiders, CEOTim Cookmet with HDFC BankChiefSashidhar Jagdishanduring his April visit to India. What Happened?As per aMoneyControl report, Apple has also held talks with the
“Flagrantly illegal” — Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI, Meta for being industrial-strength plagiarists AI models allegedly trained on books copied from popular pirate e-book sites. Ashley Belanger – Jul 10, 2023 7:42 pm UTC Enlarge / Comedian and author Sarah Silverman.Jason Kempin / Staff | Getty Images North America reader comments 307 with On Friday, the
The recent economic and social environment has increased the popularity of equity crowdfunding companies companies that connect companies and start-ups to potential funders with a wide range of investment appetites. Because the COVID-19 pandemic made it difficult for up-and-coming businesses to access traditional sources of funding such as bank loans, crowdfunding became an attractive alternative.
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Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Jul 11 2023 The public school system here had to scramble in 2018 when the local hospital, newly purchased, was converted to a tax-exempt nonprofit entity. The takeover by Tower Health meant the 219-bed Pottstown Hospital no longer had to pay federal and state taxes. It also no longer had
By Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. Jul 11 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in Antioxidants, researchers explored the antioxidant potential and extraction efficiency of active compounds from hemp leaves using different solvents and mixtures. Identifying cannabis varieties with superior antioxidant properties could produce antioxidant-rich leaves, promoting sustainability and minimizing waste. Study:
If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises including suicidal
As the second quarter comes to a close, its time to look at the performance of industry ETFs and the stocks that helped shape their respective sector returns. With the S&P 500 Index, as represented by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY , up 6% during this time, investors are eager to know which
inscrutable interiors — Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog Ultracold gases in the lab could help scientists better understand the universe. Katie McCormick – Jul 9, 2023 11:34 am UTC Enlarge / Spectral analysis indicates that silica is present in this supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ O. Krause (Steward Observatory) reader
Mark Zuckerbergs Twitter-like app Threads is reportedly set to launch on Thursday in a move that will escalate the Meta bosss growing feud with embattled tech billionaire Elon Musk. A listing for Threads within Apples App Store indicated that the app will be closely tied to Meta-owned Instagram, with users able to keep their same
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has tied Ankara’s approval of Sweden’s Nato bid to his country’s efforts to enter the EU, in a fresh blow to Stockholm’s attempt to join the military alliance. “I call out to those who have kept Turkey waiting at the EU door for more than 50 years, pave the way
The US and Germany are under intense pressure from other allies to show greater support for Ukraine’s eventual membership of Nato, just days before the military alliance’s leaders meet in Lithuania. Washington and Berlin have backed a form of words for the summit’s concluding statement that does not fully endorse a “pathway” to Nato membership,
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has ruled out big pre-election tax cuts this autumn, warning he must “double down” on inflation and would not “pump billions of pounds of additional demand” into the UK economy. “We will not countenance tax cuts if they make the battle against inflation harder,” Hunt told the Financial Times, admitting that meeting
The OECD helped persuade Australia to water down a law that would have required thousands of multinationals to publicly say where they pay tax. Two people familiar with the discussions told the Financial Times that the Paris-based organisation pressured Australia’s ruling Labor government to drop a crucial part of a new finance bill that would
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New York-based digital assets platformBakkt has decided to removethree major cryptocurrenciesSolana SOL/USD , Polygon MATIC/USD , and Cardano ADA/USD from its listings. This move comes not long after Bakkt acquired Apex Crypto, a trading infrastructure provider, for $155 million. Bakkt's General Counsel and Secretary, Marc DAnnunzio, told Fortune that the company has opted for a
As the second quarter comes to a close, its time to look at the performance of industry ETFs and the stocks that helped shape their respective sector returns. With the S&P 500 Index, as represented by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY , up 6% during this time, investors are eager to know which