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☆ ‘Chowchilla’ details how 26 kids were buried alive in California – and how they escaped
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —In 1976, gunmen stormed a school bus carrying 26 children – ages 5 to 14 – and their bus driver in Chowchilla, California. The Dairyland Union School District bus carrying 26 children and their bus driver was found empty and abandoned in July 1976. The kidnappers ordered the children and their bus driver into a moving van hidden underground. Bus driver Edward Ray speaks to reporters in 1976. “Chowchilla children are heroes,” she said in the CNN Film.

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☆ Probe of OAS chief draws members' push for ethics reforms
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Matt Spetalnick | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The OAS Permanent Council approved the document by consensus, but Mexico took the opportunity to criticize Secretary General Luis Almagro, saying he should have resigned and could not be trusted. The findings of the probe, launched late last year following a whistleblower's complaint, were laid out in a 121-page report distributed to member-states on Monday. It was founded 75 years ago to promote regional cooperation, but in recent years has struggled with ideological divisions among its 34 members. The resolution called on OAS officers to present "proposals for the further updating of the Code of Ethics and the Staff Regulations of the Organization." Luz Elena Banos Rivas, Mexico's OAS ambassador and a frequent critic of Almagro, said he should have resigned after admitting to the relationship.

☆ Microsoft recognized its first labor union in the US after staff at $7.5 billion video game firm ZeniMax Studios voted to unionize
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Microsoft recognized its first US labor union, the Communications Workers of America said, Tuesday. Around 300 workers at Microsoft subsidiary ZeniMax Studios voted to unionize in December. Microsoft agreed to voluntarily recognize the union if workers voted to unionize in December, per Reuters. Union workers can petition to the National Labor Relations Board to force their employer to recognize their union, but the process is long and arduous. Microsoft and ZeniMax Studios did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

☆ My husband and I quit our jobs in Miami to secretly travel the world while working remotely. It's allowed us to pay off debt and improve our quality of life.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

It's allowed him and his husband to save money and pursue a more exciting lifestyle, he said. My husband and I quit our in-person jobs to accept remote positions and secretly moved to South America about four months ago. We use an external VPN router through which my work computer connects. Paying for VPN software itself wouldn't be sufficient, as the work computer would easily allow the company to see that the software had been installed. Our reasoning for wasting that much money on flights to pick up a work computer?

☆ 4 remote workers who've secretly worked from abroad without their employers knowing describe how they keep up the charade
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Insider spoke with four remote workers who traveled abroad without their employers' knowledge. This is so terrible," the marketing specialist replied. He's one of four remote workers interviewed by Insider who have secretly worked abroad without their employers' permission. The marketing specialist said these two best practices helped him maintain the ruse — during which, he says, he earned a pay bump and a promotion. "My general philosophy is it shouldn't matter where I'm working," he told Insider on a video call from Spain.

That has added pressure to grocery prices, putting a squeeze on wallets with no end in sight. California's drought conditions, on top of Hurricane Ian ravaging citrus and tomato crops in Florida, are likely to push food costs even higher. Cameron also grows processing tomatoes, onions, garlic and more than a dozen other crops near Fresno, California. The most recent drought in California began in 2020, worsening when California's Central Valley faced its driest January and February in recorded history. Cameron said tomato prices face a similar hike, resulting in a 50% increase in cost to canners and processors from 2021 to 2023.

Pentru comparație, în perioada anilor 2015-2016, firma a câştigat doar puţin peste trei milioane de lei din contracte cu statul. Cel mai bănos client al Proterra grup este Agenția Servicii Publice. La licitația care s-a desfășurat în aprilie 2018 Proterra Grup a avut un singur concurent. Astfel, SRL Proterra Grup a fost fondată în martie 2011 de către SRL Terra Grup & CO, care la rândul său, a fost fondată tot în 2011, doar că în luna septembrie. Menționăm că omul de afaceri Iurii Luncașu, persoană de încredere a lui Vlad Plahotniuc, și-a pierdut viața după ce s-ar fi împușcat în regiunea capului.

Persons: Iurie Luncașu, METRO Cash, Plahotniuc ., Vladimir Plahotniuc, Vlad Plahotniuc Organizations: Ministerul Sănătății, Muncii, Protecției Sociale, Banca Națională a Moldovei, Terra Group, Aeroportul, BC, Moldtelecom SA, METRO, Moldova, Luncaşu Locations: Republica Moldova, Chişinău, BC Moldova, Moldova, Timiș, Chișinău, Sciez, Franţa

„După o lungă perioada de reflecție, am înțeles că eu nu sunt pentru politică și ea nu este pentru mine. Sunt de părere că un partid în opoziție are nevoie de cineva cu un alt profil și temperament și cu mai multă experiență în politică. În august 2014, firma soţiei ex-guvernatorului a obţinut un contract în valoare de 2,88 milioane de lei pentru servicii de organizare şi desfăşurare a Festivalului „Ziua Vinului 2014”. În noiembrie 2014, „Anodilia” SRL a câştigat licitaţia organizată de Ministerul Agriculturii şi Industriei Alimentare (MAIA) pentru servicii de elaborare a concepţiei şi realizarea regiei sărbătorii Ziua lucrătorului din agricultură şi industria prelucrătoare. Contractul, în valoare de 183 mii de lei, a revenit firmei familiei Drăguţanu în urma unei licitaţii la care a participat un singur agent economic, câştigătorul.

Persons: Le, Otilia Drăguțanu, Anatolie Palade, Moldovei, Drăguţanu Organizations: PD, Femeilor, SRL, Berlizzo Group, Băncii, Oficiul, Viei, Agriculturii, Industriei Alimentare, Economiei Locations: BNM, Moldova, Communications, Vinului, Chişinău, instituţie, MAIA

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