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☆ Publishers Clearing House to refund customers $18.5 million in FTC settlement for 'deceptive' practices
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The Publishers Clearing House offices in Jericho, New York on Jan. 30, 2019. Bill Perlman/Newsday RM via Getty Images)How 'dark patterns' can trap consumersSara Adair shows off the oversized check for $1 million her husband Mark received from the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol in South Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1, 2022. Dark patterns are a "manipulative" and unlawful design trick, examples of which include pre-checked boxes, hard to find and read disclosures, and confusing cancellation policies, the FTC said. When it included disclaimers or clarifying information, the text was in small, light font and overlooked by consumers, the FTC claimed. In addition to sweepstakes, PCH also sells merchandise and magazines.

Persons: Bill Perlman, Sara Adair, Mark, Craig F, Walker, Samuel Levine, PCH Organizations: Clearing, Newsday, Getty, Publishers, Boston Globe, FTC, Amazon, Consumer, Firms Locations: Jericho , New York, South Boston , Massachusetts, FTC's

☆ Overlooked No More: Dolores Alexander, Feminist Journalist and Activist
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Nina Siegal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. Dolores Alexander had a few distinct careers throughout her life. She was executive director of the National Organization for Women, working alongside its president and co-founder, Betty Friedan. And she was a founder of the organization Women Against Pornography. This was a women’s club.

Persons: Dolores Alexander, Betty Friedan, Mother Courage, Jill Ward, ” Lucy Komisar, ” Organizations: The New York Times, Newsday, National Organization for Women Locations: Times, United States, Manhattan’s meatpacking

☆ What to expect from work the next time faraway wildfires poison your commute
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

It may have helped Google to make a decision that many other East Coast employers did not that California-based companies have more experience with hazardous air quality issues. But one thing is certain: companies and workers should expect these wildfire-related air quality issues to return. The decisions companies make on these matters have significant legal and employee satisfaction ramifications, especially given the potential for future air quality issues. Air quality is becoming a broad employee health issue Between Covid, wildfires, radon and other environmental issues, there's been an increased awareness among employers and commercial real estate firms of the importance of air quality. Broadly speaking, companies need to be asking whether the systems they have in place are "adequate to ensure protection and safe air during very bad air quality events," he said.

Persons: David Dee Delgado, didn't, Eric Adams, Sedina Banks, Greenberg, Charles Simikian, Sara H, Dickinson Wright, it's, there's, Thomas Brugato, Nathan J, Oleson, Akin Gump, James Carbone Organizations: Summit, Vanderbilt, Getty, Google, New York, Safety, Health Administration, HR Partners, OSHA, Burling, Newsday Locations: Canada, New York, California, Asia, York, East, Maryland, Los Angeles, Washington, Covington, Islandia , New York

☆ Sam Zell, 81, Tycoon Whose Big Newspaper Venture Went Bust, Dies
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Robert D. Mcfadden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Nevertheless, in 2007, the Blackstone Group bought Mr. Zell’s firm — then known as Equity Office Properties Trust — for $39 billion. A Deal Comes With DebtLike many newspapers, the Tribune properties were hemorrhaging advertising revenues and readers to the internet. The company had been on the auction block for months when Mr. Zell — insisting that his interests were purely economic, not editorial — offered $34 a share in a complex transaction to take the company private under an employee stock-ownership plan. In that highly leveraged buyout, the debt was to be paid off almost entirely by cash generated by the company’s continuing operations. The new corporation was exempt from federal income taxes, and the debt was reduced by the sale of Newsday, the Cubs and Wrigley Field.

☆ Her son said his stepdad was sexually abusive. A judge gave the stepdad custody anyway. Then she found the photographs.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Olivia Gentile | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +58 min

Robert confronted Winenger with the allegations that November, and within weeks Winenger denied the claims in family court. In a family court hearing in Vista, California, on October 28, 2021, Commissioner Patti Ratekin chastised Jill Montes for allegedly alienating her kids from her ex-husband. From a list provided by the Delaware Family Court, Kelly chose a psychologist, William Northey. Their father cited the report in asking a Delaware family court judge to order the boys to change schools. Family Court of the State of Delaware, New Castle CountyCiting the email and a subsequent report, Michael pressed Ostroski to order the transfer.

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☆ Opinion: Harry Belafonte lived in – and transformed – two worlds
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Opinion Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Gene Seymour Jeremy Freeman/CNNBut history, as it often does, had other ideas for Belafonte, who died April 25 at 96, having lived a long, full life as both entertainer and activist. The times he lived in paved a smoother way for him than the one faced by his mentor and hero Paul Robeson. On the other hand, there was, relatively speaking, only so much Belafonte could do on the entertainment side. Here, as elsewhere in Belafonte’s life, the activism and the entertainment sides of his public life worked in tandem to buttress, offset and enhance the other. Join us on Twitter and FacebookAnd in a gratifying sense, the push-pull of history’s demands worked in Belafonte’s favor as a screen actor.

☆ Opinion: I’m betting on Cousin Greg. But I’m not a serious person
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

By now, we should be used to HBO’s series pulling the rug out from beneath our expectations. Still, as more than one pundit observed of Logan’s death, this one shocked more than merely surprised. Not me, though I do miss Brian Cox already because few actors anywhere are as adroit at playing dyspeptic sociopaths. It would be at the very least ironic if “Greg the Egg,” the minion’s minion, stumbled into power as if he tripped on a sidewalk. I’ll say no more on this except to suggest that you all try to remember who in the end won that “Game of Thrones.” It’s not inevitable.

☆ Exonerated 'Central Park 5' member mimics Trump's 1980s ad that called for the return of the death penalty
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One of the "Central Park Five" mimicked a 1989 full-page ad that Trump placed calling for the death penalty. In the mock ad, posted on Twitter, Salaam referred to Trump's recent indictment and arrest. In the ad, which was posted on Twitter, Yusef Salaam mocked Trump's recent indictment and arrest while imitating the statement Trump advertised in multiple New York newspapers. Salaam was one of five Black and Latino teenagers who were wrongly convicted of the assault and rape of a young white woman in Central Park. Salaam, however, said he ultimately wished Trump "no harm," even though the former president had "effectively called for my death and the death of four other innocent children."

☆ Cars leased in 2020 are worth an average $4,000 more than expected. These models have fared the best
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Sarah O'Brien | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images3.3 million cars were leased in 2020An estimated 3.3 million leases were originated in 2020, according to Edmunds. "February 2023 trade-in equity is still more than double the pre-pandemic level," said Thomas King, president of the data and analytics division at J.D. Leased models that have the most extra valueAmong cars leased in 2020, the Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class has the highest dollar difference between current trade-in value ($62,257) and its originally estimated residual value ($50,942). The Toyota Sienna has a trade-in value ($30,207) that's $8,741 (or 41%) higher than the $21,465 residual value. If you want to try capitalizing on the positive equity as a trade-in or for cash, start by finding what your vehicle is worth.

☆ Rep. George Santos barricaded himself in his district office as angry constituents stood outside demanding his resignation: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. George Santos hid from constituents who tried to deliver a petition to him on Wednesday. A staffer told the group that Santos was in the building but added that he refused to meet with a "mob," according to the paper. Santos' office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last week, they traveled to Capitol Hill to call for the expulsion of their congressman, according to The Jerusalem Post. In January, it emerged that constituents' calls to his office were being routed to another GOP congressman, as Newsday first reported.

☆ 78% of voters in Republican Rep. George Santos' district want him to resign: poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An overwhelming number of Rep. George Santos' own constituents want the Republican to resign. According to a new poll, 78% of voters in Santos' district want him to step down. According to a newly released Newsday/Siena College Poll, 78% of voters in Santos' district who responded to the survey want him to step down. The view was broadly supported by 71% of Republican respondents, 72% of independents, and 89% of Democrats. The poll comes after fellow New York House Republicans and some influential conservatives in the state previously called on Santos to resign.

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. Embattled Republican Rep. George Santos of New York will not serve on the two House committees to which he was recently assigned until the investigations into his conduct have concluded, his office said Tuesday. Santos' decision to recuse himself from the two panels marks one of the first tangible repercussions he has faced since admitting he fabricated key details about his biography. And the voters in Santos' district aren't keen on keeping him around, either, according to a new poll released Tuesday morning. The pollster surveyed 653 voters from Santos' district between Jan. 23 and last Thursday.

☆ We visited stores like Walmart and Home Depot to see how they are tackling the industry's $95 billion shoplifting problem. We found an alarming amount of locked up items with security cameras watching
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Ben Tobin | Dominick Reuter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

And organized retail crime has skyrocketed and exacerbated retailers' problems, according to theft prevention experts. Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney, during a press conference in the law library at the Suffolk County Courthouse on March 16, 2022, announces the indictments of four New Jersey residents who stole thousands of dollars worth of purses from retail store Balenciaga in East Hampton, New York. James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty Images

☆ Calls from George Santos' constituents were forwarded to a different GOP congressman's office
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Constituent calls to George Santos' local office were redirected to another GOP Congressman. A representative at Santos' office told Insider they don't know why the calls were being forwarded. GOP officials and Santos' constituents have called for him to resign amid his fabricated resume. A Facebook user posted on Wednesday that their call to Santos' constituent office in Douglaston, New York, was forwarded to the office of Nick LaLota in Huntington, New York. "Unfortunately, this is not George Santos' office — or fortunately, depending on your perspective," Adam Saccardi, LaLota's director of constituent services, told Newsday.

☆ Hasbro delays new Dungeons & Dragons licensing rules following fan backlash
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

CNBC obtained copies of Hasbro's reformed licensing agreements — open game license 1.1 and an FAQ section for OGL 2.0. Leaders in the Dungeons & Dragons community greeted the news of the delay with cautious optimism. The attempt to create a new game license comes as Wizards of the Coast looks capitalize on a surge in popularity of Dungeons & Dragons. Chaotic neutralThe reworking of Hasbro's open game license is not an unexpected move for the business, MKM's Handler said. There were growing concerns that the community would fracture if publishers were forced to move away from the Dungeons & Dragons game mechanics to develop their own gaming systems.

George Santos, the congressman-elect from New York who's admitted to "embellishing" his résumé, is being investigated by a New York prosecutor. "The numerous fabrications and inconsistencies associated with Congressman-Elect Santos are nothing short of stunning. He said his work included “specialty consulting” for “high net worth individuals.” Santos' company was dissolved in September, which Santos told Semafor was the result of his accountant's turning in late paperwork. In an interview Monday with the New York Post, Santos acknowledged having fabricated details about his background, saying: “My sins here are embellishing my resume. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was ‘Jew-ish,’” he said.

☆ Congressman-elect George Santos faces increasing calls to resign
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Congressman-elect George Santos is facing increasing calls to resign following admissions that he fabricated parts of his resumé, including information about his education and employment history. “I’m not saying I’m not guilty of that.”Congressman-elect George Santos speaks during a press conference in Baldwin, N.Y. on Nov. 9, 2022. NBC News attempted to reach George Santos overnight but has not yet received a response. Public employment records only show one employer for Santos’ mother: Imports by Rose, a company based in Queens that shuttered in 1994. When asked about Santos’ claims regarding his mother, Santos’ attorney, Joseph Murray, referred NBC News to Kevin Connors, whom Murray said would be handling Santos’ press inquiries.

☆ Noom sells psychology-driven weight loss — but former employees say they were unprepared for and overwhelmed by users' eating disorders, depression, and trauma
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Before joining Noom, users fill out a questionnaire asking about what diet programs or mental health apps they've used in the past. Very overly optimistic and happy, doesn't acknowledge what I'm really saying," one Noom user wrote on Reddit. Some of the coaches Insider interviewed said they were interacting with Noom users within two weeks of starting. Emotional bandwidthRachel Clair was hired as a Noom coach in 2018, at a time when the coaching staff grew from 60 to about 200. Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty ImagesIn October, 500 more Noom coaches were abruptly called into a virtual meeting and laid off.

☆ Ex-NYPD officer guilty of murder in freezing death of 8-year-old son
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Michael Valva was found guilty of four counts of child endangerment and faces a maximum potential sentence of 25 years to life. Thomas Valva died in January 2020, the day after sleeping in the garage in the family’s Long Island home in temperatures that dropped under 20 degrees. A medical examiner ruled the boy’s death a homicide and found that hypothermia was a major contributing factor. According to prosecutors, the boys spent 16 consecutive hours in the freezing garage leading up to the 8-year-old’s death, Newsday reported. The child endangerment counts stemmed from the beating and starving of both boys.

☆ Home purchase cancellations are above 15% for the second straight month. It's important to know the financial repercussions
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Sarah O'Brien | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's equal to 15.2% of home contracts initiated during the month and similar to the 15.5% canceled in July. If you're considering joining the ranks of those who walk away from a deal in progress, it's important to know whether it will cost you to do so. The amount is usually 1% to 5% of the purchase price but can run as high as 10% depending on the local market. There also can be affordability issues causing buyers to walk away, especially in new construction, said Al Bingham, a mortgage loan officer with Momentum Loans in Sandy, Utah. Buyers "are willing to walk away even if they can qualify because the house payments have gone up," Bingham said.

☆ Япония дополнительно выделит на Олимпиаду почти 2 млрд долларов
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-01 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

В эту сумму не входят расходы на мероприятия по борьбе с распространением коронавирусной инфекции, сообщает Sputnik. Оргкомитет летних Олимпийских игр в Токио, которые перенесли на 2021 год в связи с пандемией COVID-19, принял решение дополнительно выделить на их проведение около 200 миллиардов йен (1,9 миллиарда долларов), сообщает газета Yomiuri. В эту сумму не входят расходы на мероприятия по борьбе с распространением коронавирусной инфекции. Напомним, в марте Международный олимпийский комитет (МОК) и оргкомитет Игр в Токио на фоне распространения коронавируса приняли решение перенести летнюю Олимпиаду в Токио на 2021 год. Как заявил в ноябре премьер-министр Есихидэ Суга в ходе встречи с президентом Международного олимпийского комитета Томасом Бахом, Япония решительно настроена провести Олимпиаду летом 2021 года.

Persons: Есихидэ Суга, Томас Бах Organizations: Sputnik, Yomiuri, Международный олимпийский комитет (МОК), Международный олимпийский комитет Locations: Токио, Япония

☆ (foto) De Ziua Internațională a Elefantului, vă propunem o listă cu titluri de cărți în care apare simbolul mamiferului
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-12 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Elefantul este animalul care a devenit simbol reprezentativ în numeroase legende și element cognitiv al budismului. În arta feng-shui-ului însă, aduce noroc, iar în mitologie și religie este un simbol al onoarei. #3 „Povestea cu elefantul vizirului” de Ivo AndricLa Travnik se instalează noul vizir, un tiran anonim însetat de sânge. Povestea cu elefantul vizirului, care dă și titlul volumului, nu este doar o parabolă despre rădăcina răutății omenești, ci o întreagă istorie a suferinței popoarelor iugoslave aflate sub stăpânire otomană. #5 „Cum am împușcat un elefant” de George Orwell„Cum am împușcat un elefant” reunește o sumă de eseuri literare ce oferă cititorilor o perspectivă cuprinzătoare asupra vieții și operei lui George Orwell.

Persons: elefantului, Sara Gruen, Diamond, Jacob Jankowski, Jacob, Jose Saramago, Solomon, João al III - lea, Maximilian, Ivo Andric, Curând, Murakami, George Orwell, Orwell, Diana Adamek, Yoko Ogawa Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Poliției Imperiale Indiene Locations: Statele Unite, New York Times, Los Angeles, Austriei, Travnik, Birmania, Transilvania

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