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☆ Department of Justice opens probe of Globe Life, American Income Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Susan Antilla | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The U.S. Department of Justice has subpoenaed Globe Life Inc. and its subsidiary American Income Life seeking documents related to one of its top life insurance agencies — the Pittsburgh-based Arias Organization. Globe Life executives made no mention of the DOJ probe during a quarterly earnings call on February 8. In October, insurance regulators in Pennsylvania fined American Income Life $130,000 for engaging in deceptive consumer practices. "We do not believe the litigation will be material to Globe Life's overall results or American Income Life's agency operations," he said. Darden told the analysts that "as soon as American Income became aware of" the allegations, AIL hired an outside investigator to look into the matter.

Persons: Arias, Renee Zinsky, Michael Russin, Joel Scarborough, Globe's, Trina Orlando, Cathy Seifert, Seifert, Scarborough, Simon Arias, Natalie Price, AIL, Warren Buffett's Berkshire, James Darden, Darden, Zinsky, Janet Hendrick, Phillips Murrah, Kathryn D, Terry, Liz Rita, Susan Antilla Organizations: U.S . Department of Justice, Inc, Organization, News, Business, BI, CFRA Research, Securities and Exchange Commission, Globe, DOJ, Scarborough, US, Office, Western, Western District of Pennsylvania, Arias Agencies, The, Justice, Warren, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, Commission, Department of Justice, AIL, Income, Zinsky, Law Locations: Pittsburgh, Scarborough, Western District, Pennsylvania, Dallas, Globe, Denver, AIL, susan.antilla1@gmail.com

☆ Biden's Cabinet is sticking around, bucking the turnover trend of his predecessors
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Peter Nicholas | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Carol-Lee-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

By early 2019, Trump had cycled through seven of 15 Cabinet secretaries and was on his third chief of staff. A White House official said Mayorkas would fight any such attempt and has no wish to step down. The durability of Biden’s Cabinet is something of a surprise. Going back decades, presidents have steadily concentrated power in the White House, at the Cabinet’s expense, historians say. Some Cabinet secretaries have felt marginalized as presidents stocked the West Wing with trusted advisers and usurped the prerogatives of Cabinet members who had thought they were brought in to run things.

☆ How Long Until Christmas? Check the Beef Jerky Advent Calendar
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Around 10 a.m. each day in December, Emma Lord goes into her New York City kitchen and, brimming with anticipation, plucks a one-ounce jam jar with a gingham-print lid from a tiny cardboard window. Will today’s flavor be strawberry-rhubarb? Or dragonfruit? Could it be honey? “The honey day is always an extremely controversial day for me,” said Ms. Lord, who along with tens of thousands of other Yuletide preserves enthusiasts counts down the days to Christmas each year with food-maker Bonne Maman’s Advent calendar.

☆ Fashion in the Metaverse: What Avatars Are Wearing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Natalia Modenova and Daria Shapovalova want to help you get dressed—for the metaverse. In 2020 the two founded DressX, an online retailer that sells digital fashion for avatars and images. Since then they launched a special collection in collaboration with Coca-Cola . In July, DressX became the first digital-only fashion company to provide apparel for Meta ‘s new avatar-fashion marketplace, alongside luxury brands like Prada and Balenciaga.

Employees at General Motors Co. balked at a request to return to the office. At Meta Platforms bosses are asking workers to get more done with fewer resources. Some CEOs say things are so tense that handing out modest raises can spark a backlash in an era of rising inflation. The workplace is in the middle of an unusual collision between what bosses and workers want. Employees feel empowered after two years of changing their work habits and leverage gained in a tight labor market.

☆ Didn’t Realize Your New Koi Can Live to 80? Call Fish Rescue.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kevin Varilek figured the police officer who pulled him over thought he was transporting drugs. There were 150-quart coolers in the bed of his pickup with suspicious looking hoses leading to an oxygen canister in the cab. Mr. Varilek told the officer he was transporting live fish. When the officer popped open one of the coolers, he found himself looking at a bunch of orange and white koi. “You weren’t joking,” the surprised officer said.

☆ The Dreaded Performance Review Makes a Comeback
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Kathryn Dill | Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Executives at some major companies have delivered a clear message to managers this summer: Identify the underperformers and show them the exit. Companies took an approach of benign neglect to monitoring employee performance during Covid-19—such as dropping formal evaluations and goal-setting conversations. It hardly seemed fair, the thinking went, to grade someone who had to juggle work with increased responsibilities at home. Skipping reviews also gave managers time to devote to other crises, for instance, filling talent gaps as millions of U.S. workers jumped jobs.

The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade creates new challenges for employers and health insurers covering abortion services, especially whether and how to pay for travel to states where the procedure remains available. Companies including Starbucks Corp., Uber Technologies Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have said they would reimburse travel for medical services including abortion. Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.’s Grubhub and Dick’s Sporting Goods said they would provide up to $4,000 to cover expenses traveling for services not available in their home state.

Lots of Americans decided during the pandemic they could do without the security of a regular check. Some say the path has been rewarding but challenging.

☆ Cum au transformat-o pe o asistentă medicală cele 8 luni petrecute într-un spital Covid
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

În întreaga țară au fost înregistrate mai mult de 12,5 milioane de cazuri și 258.000 de decese. Fotografiile ei ilustrează dimensiunea efortului pe care l-a depus în această perioadă și cum și-a pus amprenta asupra chipului ei. A pus pe rețeaua socială două imagini, alături de mesajul: „Așa a început ... așa continui”. Kathryn lucrează trei ture a câte 12 ore și jumătate, după care are trei zile libere. Spitalul în care lucrează se luptă în prezent cu un alt val de pacienți cu Covid, după creșterea anterioară din iulie.

Persons: Kathryn Locations: Statul Tennessee

☆ Cum au transformat-o pe o asistentă medicală cele 8 luni petrecute într-un spital COVID
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-24 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O asistentă din Tennessee a postat pe o rețea socială fotografii cu ea făcute la 8 luni distanță, pentru a ilustra impactul pe care l-a avut această perioadă petrecută în prima linie de luptă anti-COVID-19. Statul Tennessee a înregistrat peste 338.000 de cazuri de coronavirus și 4.254 de decese. Fotografiile ei ilustrează dimensiunea efortului pe care l-a depus în această perioadă și cum și-a pus amprenta asupra chipului ei, scrie digi24.ro. A pus pe rețeaua socială două imagini, alături de mesajul: „Așa a început ... așa continui”. Kathryn lucrează trei ture a câte 12 ore și jumătate, după care are trei zile libere.

Persons: Kathryn Organizations: Statul Locations: Tennessee, Statul Tennessee

☆ How Rupert Murdoch’s Empire of Influence Remade the World
▼ + stars: | 2019-04-03 | by ( Jonathan Mahler | Jim Rutenberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +61 min

Murdoch family, 1987: Lachlan, James, Anna and Rupert. The second season of HBO’s “Succession,” whose fictional media family, the Roys, bears a striking resemblance to the Murdochs, airs this summer. ‘A press dictatorship’To understand how the Murdoch empire works, it is essential to return to its origins. The bigger Murdoch’s empire became, the more power he had to clear away obstacles to further its expansion. Like his father, Lachlan considered the idea of meddling with such an important profit driver a form of madness.

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