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☆ A flurry of new rules from the Biden administration attempt to ban noncompetes, boost overtime pay, and increase refunds for delayed flights
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe Biden administration this week pushed out a slate of rules it says are meant to boost competitiveness and put more money into workers' pockets. There are already challenges to at least one of the rules — but together they could land overtime pay for millions more workers, ban noncompetes that prevent workers from moving into jobs in similar industries, and help people get automatic refunds for delayed or canceled flights. More workers eligible for overtime payUnder the Department of Labor's new rule, many workers who make under $43,888 will be eligible for overtime pay effective July 1. A ban on noncompetes that keep workers from taking new jobsPerhaps the most sweeping action for workers came from the Federal Trade Commission, which finalized a rule to ban noncompetes in most cases. Will a ban on noncompetes, new overtime thresholds, or airline refunds affect your life?

Persons: —, Biden, Lael Brainard, That's, it's, Judy Conti, Pete Buttigieg, Brainard, Aaron, Ryan, John Smith, Suzanne Clark, Jeremy Merkelson, Davis Wright Tremaine, Merkelson, Elizabeth Wilkins, Wilkins Organizations: Service, Business, National Economic Council, Department of, National Employment Law, of Transportation, Federal Trade Commission, . Upjohn Institute, Employment Research, of Commerce, Texas Association of Business, Federal Trade, Chamber of Commerce, FTC

☆ Judge Blocks Trump’s Lawyers From Naming Witnesses in Documents Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Alan Feuer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a 24-page ruling, the judge, Aileen M. Cannon, told Mr. Trump’s lawyers to refer to the witnesses in their filing with a pseudonym or a categorical description — say, John Smith or F.B.I. The special counsel, Jack Smith, had expressed a deep concern over witness safety, an issue that has touched on several of Mr. Trump’s criminal cases. Judge Cannon’s decision, reversing her initial ruling on the matter, was noteworthy, if only for the way it hewed to standard practice. After making a series of unorthodox rulings and allowing the case to become bogged down by a logjam of unresolved legal issues, the judge has come under intense scrutiny. Each of her decisions has been studied closely by legal experts for any indication of how she plans to proceed with other matters.

Persons: Donald J, Trump’s, Aileen M, Cannon, John Smith, Jack Smith, ”, Trump, “, Cannon’s Organizations: “ Trump

☆ I worked at a popular hotel chain for 3 years. Here are 10 common mistakes I saw guests make.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Dani Quesnel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewI worked at a hotel chain that was always busy — during peak tourist season, we were sold out most nights. Companies like Marriott, Hilton, Choice Hotels, and IHG have thousands of hotels worldwide that you can earn points to redeem for free hotel rooms and gift cards at popular retailers. AdvertisementTrying to use someone else's credit cardYou need a credit card to check in, and it should ideally be your own. Monkey Business Images/ShutterstockHotels only allow you to use someone else's credit card if the card owner has provided the hotel with a credit-card-authorization form. AdvertisementShowing up without a credit card or IDHaving an ID is crucial for a smooth check-in process.

Persons: —, you've, I've, That's, Marriott, Justin Sullivan, there's, I'm, John Smith's, John Smith, they've Organizations: Service, Business, Companies, Marriott, Hilton, Choice, Getty Locations: It's

☆ My name is so common my husband even dated someone with the same name before meeting me
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Emily Grosvenor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Call it the John Smithification of naming: What was once a distinctive, literary-leaning name with nuanced shades of meaning has started to feel common and empty. AdvertisementEmily may mean “industrious, eager, ” but what I took from her is that to be an Emily (Emily Ratjakowski excluded) is to be a rule follower — at least publicly. AdvertisementMy husband dated an Emily before meBut once I joined the media world, they were everywhere — on all the magazine mastheads, in my ear as NPR reporters, sitting behind news desks, getting nominated for Oscars (Emma Stone is actually Emily, by the way). So, I’ve tasked myself with identifying a plural form for that moment when I discover several Emilys in one room.

Persons: —, Emily, “, It’s, John Smithification, I’ve, Susan, Emily Jean, ”, Karen, Emilys, Emily Dickinson, Emily Bartlett, Beverly Cleary’s, Emily Post’s, Emily Ratjakowski, Emily Good, Goods, Emma Stone, Smith ”, Em Henderson, Charitably, you’re Organizations: Service, LinkedIn, Facebook Locations: United States, America

☆ US, EU Discuss Russia Sanctions Ahead of Ukraine War's Second Anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

"Many of us are prepared to roll out quite robust anniversary packages," the official told Reuters, but declined to provide details. The new sanctions would come as the U.S. and its allies look to maintain pressure on Russia with U.S. military aid to Ukraine increasingly in doubt. "All delegations expressed their support to the proposed package, except one who requested a bit more time to analyze the content of the proposals," said an EU official, pointing to Hungary. The official said, however, the new EU sanctions would blacklist almost 200 people and entities. "The Russia sanctions program is both an extraordinary success and an extraordinary failure, depending upon one's point of view," said Smith.

Persons: Daphne Psaledakis, Gabriela Baczynska WASHINGTON, Joe Biden's, John Smith, Smith, Gabriela Baczynska, Don Durfee Organizations: Reuters, Kyiv, Republican, Representatives, Washington, EU, Wednesday, Russia, U.S . Treasury Department’s, Foreign Assets Control Locations: BRUSSELS, U.S, Russia, Brussels, Ukraine, Washington, EU, Hungary, Moscow, Lincoln

☆ The 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith' reboot is nothing like the original movie — and that's what makes it must-watch television
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

If you were among the many who wondered why anyone would make a "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" reboot, this time without Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, when the project was announced in 2021, you'd be forgiven. "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," co-created by Donald Glover and Francesca Sloane (who previously worked with Glover on "Atlanta") remixes the film's premise. AdvertisementThis central relationship is the true hook of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," a show that's more about cultivating intimacy and vulnerability than it is espionage. While a previous iteration of the series starred "Fleabag's" Phoebe Waller-Bridge alongside Glover, it's hard to imagine "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" without Erskine. All eight episodes of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" are streaming now on Prime Video.

Persons: Smith, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, you'd, Pitt, Jolie, Donald Glover, Francesca Sloane, Glover, John, Jane Smith, Maya Erskine, Jane, David Lee, Erskine's Jane, Glover's John Smith, they've, Sarah Paulson, Michaela Coel, Paul Dano, Toby, Ron Perlman, Fleabag's, Phoebe Waller, it's, Erskine, Glover's John, Erskine elucidates, David Fleming's unnerving Organizations: Service, Business, New, New York City Locations: New York City, New York

☆ ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ TV series gets release date
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Amazon has announced that the eight-episode series “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” will release on Feb. 2, 2024. Glover also stars in the series as John Smith and Maya Erskine as Jane Smith. “In this version of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, two lonely strangers land jobs working for a mysterious spy agency that offers them a glorious life of espionage, wealth, world travels, and a dream brownstone in Manhattan,” the release states. New identities in an arranged marriage as Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Smith.

Persons: Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Smith, Donald Glover, Francesca Sloane, Glover, John Smith, Maya Erskine, Jane Smith, “, John, Jane, ” Glover, ”, ’ ” Pitt Organizations: CNN, Amazon, Entertainment Locations: Manhattan

☆ Your Room Is Ready. Don’t Mind the Picket Line.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Jill Cowan | Seth Gilbert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Oscar Orellana, 30, paused in the shade of the InterContinental and waved back at one of the drivers who honked while passing by. For six years, Mr. Orellana has worked in the housekeeping department at the hotel, where he ensures that linens are stocked on each floor. His parents, too, long worked in hotel housekeeping; his father was picketing at a nearby Ritz-Carlton, he said. “I used to see my parents, and they loved their job, which made me want to go into the hotel world, and I love my job,” he said. They also felt caught in an awkward social position during a time when they just wanted to relax.

Persons: Oscar Orellana, Orellana, “, ”, they’re, John Smith Organizations: InterContinental, Ritz, Carlton Locations: Long Beach, Santa Monica, San Bernardino

☆ Takeaways From the Impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs | J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Representative Ann Johnson, a Democrat and former prosecutor, laid into Mr. Paxton from the floor on Saturday, saying he had broken laws that could lead to jail time. She also described what she said were senior members of Mr. Paxton’s staff whose integrity had compelled them to speak up about his behavior. She said one employee observed Mr. Paxton requesting expensive renovations to his home that would be taken care of by his friend and donor. When he continued to be paid by Mr. Paxton, she said, the man returned the money to Mr. Paxton’s campaign. After the impeachment vote, Mr. Trump personally vilified Mr. Phelan.

☆ Fight still ahead for Texas' Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Republican Texas Gov. "Free Ken Paxton," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, warning that if House Republicans proceeded with the impeachment, "I will fight you." "The ugly spectacle in the Texas House today confirmed the outrageous impeachment plot against me was never meant to be fair or just," Paxton said. The impeachment accuses Paxton of attempting to interfere in foreclosure lawsuits and issuing legal opinions to benefit Paul. "But for Paxton's own request for a taxpayer-funded settlement over his wrongful conduct, Paxton would not be facing impeachment," the panel said.

LUBBOCK, Texas, May 27 (Reuters) - The Texas House on Saturday voted to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton, a conservative firebrand and ally of former President Donald Trump who has been accused by his fellow Republicans of abuse of office. The Texas Senate is in recess until 1 p.m. CDT (1800 GMT) on Sunday, according to its website. "I look forward to a quick resolution in the Texas Senate, where I have full confidence the process will be fair and just," he said. "Attorney General Paxton continuously and blatantly violated laws, rules, policies and procedures," Representative David Spiller said ahead of the vote. The five-member Texas House General Investigating Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that Paxton be impeached and removed from office.

☆ UPS and FedEx are shrinking as packages evaporate. Automation could make the changes permanent.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Revenue in the first quarter was down 6% and package volume was down by 5.4%. Both UPS and FedEx are downshifting and planning futures with smaller, more efficient networks. But beyond initial cuts, UPS and FedEx are leaning into technology upgrades to shrink strategically and emerge from the doldrums more efficient. The company has already begun the combination of Ground and Express, which will involve closing Express facilities and moving those operations into nearby Ground buildings. These networks have long acted as a moat around UPS and FedEx — making entering the delivery space so expensive it was rarely attempted.

☆ FedEx is on the cusp of a seismic shift — and it will forever change the company as we know it
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

"We will be consolidating our operating companies into one unified organization," FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam told investors Wednesday. The shift will make FedEx's operational strategies more like competitors UPS and DHL. Regulatory risk brings up an old questionThere may also be some risks coming to the new, integrated FedEx from outside the company. In a stark difference between UPS and FedEx, UPS falls under the National Labor Relations Act and FedEx Express under the Railway Labor Act. Betting the future on slower servicesThe third risk analysts raised was market share.

☆ FedEx is rolling out the biggest transformation in its 50-year history. The potential reward is huge, but so are the risks.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Emma Cosgrove | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The move to integrate FedEx Ground, its outsourced package delivery arm, with the FedEx Express overnight air delivery business was announced almost a year after activist investor D.E. FedEx Express is already handling FedEx Ground's pickup and deliveries in Alaska and Hawaii - fueling concerns that Ground contractors in the lower 48 states could be let go. John Smith will become president and CEO of U.S. and Canada ground operations at FedEx Express and assume leadership of surface operations across the FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight businesses from April 16. FedEx Freight will continue to provide freight transportation services as a standalone company under the Federal Express Corp banner, the company added. Shares in FedEx, which also announced a 10% dividend boost on Wednesday, were up about 2% in mid-morning trade.

☆ FedEx to fold operating divisions into one organization in cost-cutting push
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FedEx had come under criticism from investors last year for its subpar performance compared to UPS, which has a unionized workforce. In response, FedEx outlined extensive plans to cut costs, including parking planes and reducing headcount. The phased transition announced Wednesday will ultimately bring FedEx Express, FedEx Ground, FedEx Services and other FedEx operating companies into Federal Express Corporation and will be headed by present Chief Executive Officer Raj Subramaniam, the company said. John Smith will become president and CEO of U.S. and Canada Ground Operations at FedEx Express and assume leadership of surface operations across the FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight businesses, effective April 16. FedEx Freight will continue to provide freight transportation services as a stand-alone company under the Federal Express Corp banner, the company added.

☆ Google stacks its legal team with former DOJ employees as it faces antitrust cases
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +13 min

Former DOJ employees make up both its in-house team and members of outside counsel firms it employs. Google also uses four different outside counsel firms loaded with nearly 20 former DOJ officials, many of whom worked in the Antitrust Division at various times. The DOJ made the accusation in a legal filing after Epic Games raised the concern in its own antitrust litigation against Google. Those firms collectively have around 20 former DOJ employees on their staff, many of them working in antitrust. For example, DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter previously worked for clients including Microsoft and Yelp which have complained of Google's allegedly anticompetitive behavior.

☆ Leaked email shows that Twitter employees must send Elon Musk weekly updates of everything they've worked on to 'innovate rapidly'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Twitter CEO and billionaire Elon Musk directly oversees its engineering department. Everyone doing technical work is now expected to send a weekly update on what they've accomplished. This will help Twitter "innovate rapidly on software," according to a leaked email. Twitter's remaining employees are now expected to keep its CEO Elon Musk up to date on everything they work on each week. "In order to innovate rapidly on software, it is critical to understand what everyone is working on and who is coding what," the email said.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 3 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Peloton's stock has been trading well below the IPO price of $29 per share, at one point dropping as low as $8.22. Prior to founding Peloton, Foley was president at Barnes & Noble, overseeing its e-commerce business. "I would say that it took about five years for the really smart money to start getting involved," Foley told Insider in 2018. The ad, featuring a woman whose husband gifts her a Peloton bike for Christmas, was viewed as being sexist and playing into outdated standards of beauty. Public outrage over the ad sent Peloton's stock plunging 9%, wiping out $942 million in market value in a single day.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 4 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

"Where the Crawdads Sing" is directed by Olivia Newman ("First Match") and written by Lucy Alibar ("Beasts of the Southern Wild"). After purchasing "Where the Crawdads Sing," you'll be able to stream it whenever you want with no restrictions. Is 'Where the Crawdads Sing' available on Blu-ray? What is 'Where the Crawdads Sing' based on? "Where the Crawdads Sing" is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name written by author Delia Owens.

☆ Inside the little-known tool that gives JPMorgan Chase the power to collect data about everything its employees do at work
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-27 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

Insider learned about the WADU system through interviews and leaked internal documents that explain what kinds of data it captures. Though the use of Palantir was reportedly for security purposes, JPMorgan employees who spoke to Bloomberg said the situation quickly escalated. When companies are opaque about how they use employee data, the consequences can be detrimental — from harming employee "engagement" to eroding their "mental health," Garr said. Companies that fail to do this run the risk of cultivating the kind of mistrust that JPMorgan employees claim is running rampant through their ranks. "It does not sit well with me, what they're doing," said the US-based staffer with direct knowledge of the WADU system.

☆ 10 lucruri neștiute despre cea mai cunoscută tragedie maritimă din istorie
▼ + stars: | 2015-04-15 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +12 min

Titanic a fost cel mai mare pachebot din lume în momentul plecării sale în călătoria inaugurală, din Southampton, Anglia, cu destinaţia New York, pe 10 aprilie 1912. Căpitanul picase examenul de navigaţieEdward John Smith, căpitanul Titanicului, a fost „victima” a numeroase mituri, în ultimii 103 ani. Când nava a început să se scufunde, a decis să înfrunte moartea cu demnitate. În realitate, pasagera Elizabeth Shutes a fost atât de deranjată de mirosul gheţii, încât nu a putut dormi. Un alt „ingredient” pentru dezastru a fost fenomenul de refracţie a luminii.

Persons: Titanic, James Cameron, Edward Lawrence, Charles Lightoller, pachebotul, William T ., William T . Stead, Stead, alţii, Edward John Smith, Mulţi, . Căpitanul Smith, Smith, Smith îşi, Hosono, Kate Florence Philips, Henry Morley, Kate, . Morley, îşi, Kate . Cuplul, Titanicul, Morley, Ellen, Worcester şi Ellen, Henry ., Beverley Farmer, Deborah Allen, Louise Patton, Robert Hitchins, Patton, Elizabeth Shutes, Elizabeth, Margaret Graham . Elizabeth, SS Carpathia, Celine Dion, Tim Maltin, Maltin Organizations: White Star Line, Majestic, Titanic, Worcester News, Stat, SS Locations: Southampton, Anglia, New York, Atlantic, pierzanie, Europa, Japonia, Titanic, Worcester, California, Worcester şi, britanici, Texas, Concordia, Costa Concordia

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