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☆ The US drinking age law could be a model for fixing the housing crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

So, they tend to use federal funding to reward housing policies they like. One example of the kind of bold federal law that some point to as a model has nothing to do with housing. In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, Harvard economist Edward Glaeser argued that the next administration should implement a housing construction law that follows the model of the Drinking Age Act. Metcalf, who also pointed to the drinking age law as a model for a housing mandate, conceded that the politics of it would be tricky. "The key question would be whether Congress has overstepped the blurry line between inducement and coercion," Hemel told Business Insider.

Persons: —, Ronald Reagan, Edward Glaeser, Glaeser, Ben Metcalf, Kamala Harris's, Metcalf, Daniel Hemel Organizations: Service, Business, Republican, New York Times, Harvard, Terner Center, Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley, Democratic, New York University, Hemel Locations: Washington

☆ Nelly Korda withdraws from tournament after being bitten by a dog
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —American golfer Nelly Korda has withdrawn from an upcoming tournament after being bitten by a dog, she said on Friday, marking the latest setback in her run of bad luck. “I regret to announce that I must withdraw from next week’s Ladies European Tour tournament in London,” Korda said on her Instagram story. “On Saturday in Seattle, I was bitten by a dog and need time to receive treatment and recover fully.”The world No. 1 apologized to fans and organizers for missing the LET Aramco Team Series tournament at Centurion Club in Hemel Hempstead, England, scheduled from June 28-30. Nelly Korda enjoyed a record-equaling start to the year.

Persons: Nelly Korda, “, ” Korda, Lindsey Wasson, Korda, I’m, ” Organizations: CNN, European, Aramco, Centurion Club, KPMG Women’s, ESPN Locations: American, London, Seattle, Hemel Hempstead, England

☆ I went to one of the first TikTok Live studios. Here's what it was like and what the livestreamers do.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewNoah Cameron Maydale and Francesca Batley do livestreaming on TikTok for a living. Maydale (who goes by @knowasound, or just Noah, on TikTok) and Batley, whose stage name is Fairie (@fairiefairie on TikTok), are two of the first creators to join a relatively new program started by TikTok agency GravitasQ. TikTok livestreaming in the UK has been growing faster than the company's ads business, company filings show. In-person live studios are a recent addition to TikTok's strategy and one that the company has been developing with select agencies. Here's what it looked like and what Fairie and Noah were doing there at the end of April.

Persons: —, Noah Cameron Maydale, Francesca Batley, @knowasound, Noah, TikTok, Dipesh Pattni, Pattni, Fairie, Emilia Harker, Sitesh, they'd, I'm, Fairie's, livestreamers, you've Organizations: Service, Business, Tesco Locations: livestreaming, Hemel Hempstead, London, Batley

☆ PGA Tour, LIV golf deal needs close DOJ scrutiny, senators say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Golf - The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational - Centurion Club, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Britain - June 11, 2022 South Africa's Charl Schwartzel of the Stinger team celebrates on the podium after winning The inaugural LIV Golf Invitational REUTERS/Paul Childs/File PhotoWASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden asked the Justice Department to open an antitrust investigation into the planned deal between the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf, saying they believe it would result in a monopoly over professional golf operations. The LIV Golf series is bankrolled by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund. The department has been investigating the PGA Tour for trying to keep its players from defecting to LIV. On Monday, Senator Richard Blumenthal asked the PGA Tour and LIV Golf for communications and records on their planned tie-up.

Persons: LIV, Paul Childs, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden, LIV Golf, General Merrick Garland, Jonathan Kanter, Richard Blumenthal, Jamal Khashoggi, David Shepardson, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Centurion Club, LIV Golf, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, U.S, Senators, Justice Department, PGA Tour, Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Critics, PGA, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Britain, Saudi, U.S, Saudi Arabian

☆ PGA Tour, LIV merger may lead to higher viewers and costs for golf sponsors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Sheila Dang | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The move ends a bitter legal battle between the organizations that has split the golf world and its top players. The organizations said on Tuesday they will work to allow a process for LIV Golf players to reapply for membership on the PGA Tour and DP World Tour. The potential for top players to compete on other tour events will help boost ratings, experts said. It is unclear how broadcasting rights for the TV networks that sell commercial time during golf events could change in the long term. The CW network, which airs LIV Golf in the U.S., said there is no change to the event schedule in 2023, while NBC Sports, which airs some PGA Tour events, said it was still learning about the announcement.

Persons: LIV, Paul Childs, Neal Pilson, I've, Michael Goldman, LIV Golf, Patrick Rishe, St . Louis, Pilson, Jamal Khashoggi, Goldman, Sheila Dang, Dawn Chmielewski, Lisa Richwine, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Centurion Club, LIV Golf, REUTERS, PGA, Pilson Communications, CBS Sports, National Golf Foundation, CBS, CW, LIV, NBC Sports, Nexstar Media Group, Comcast, University of San, Washington University, Brands, Public Investment Fund, Saudi, Washington Post, Thomson Locations: Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Britain, Saudi, United States, U.S, University of San Francisco, St ., Saudi Arabia, Dallas, Los Angeles

☆ Amazon raises hourly pay for UK workers by 50 pence; union mulls more strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The pay rise comes less than a week after hundreds of workers at an Amazon warehouse in Coventry in central England staged the latest walkout in a dispute over pay this year. "We're listening to Amazon workers and the message is very clear: this new pay rate is an insult," said Amanda Gearing, senior organiser of GMB, the union which represents more than 500 Amazon workers. The union had said the Amazon Coventry workers are demanding 15 pounds an hour to cope with a cost-of-living crisis that has sparked strikes across sectors in Britain over the last several months. The new increase, which will depend on locations and start from April, comes after Amazon last year raised UK hourly wages by 50 pence to between 10.50 and 11.45 pounds per hour. "Over the past seven months, our minimum pay has risen by 10% and by more than 37% since 2018," Amazon said in a statement.

☆ Amazon plans to shut three UK warehouses, impacting 1,200 jobs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O) plans to shut three warehouses in Britain in a move that will impact 1,200 jobs, but workers will be given the chance to transfer to other units, the online retail giant said on Tuesday. Those employees will be given the chance to move jobs internally, said Amazon, with those from the first two sites moving to other warehouses nearby. Amazon says it operates 30 large warehouses across the United Kingdom. Amazon said it planned to open two new warehouses in central and north east England over the next three years, a move it said will create 2,500 new jobs. The planned closing of the British warehouses are not part of the wider restructuring which mainly covers non-warehouse roles in e-commerce and human resources.

☆ Amazon plans to close three UK warehouses, impacting 1,200 workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Workers work inside an Amazon.co.uk fulfillment centre in Hemel Hempstead, north of London, on November 25, 2015. LONDON — Amazon confirmed Tuesday that it has launched a consultation to close three U.K. warehouses, where it employs a combined 1,200 people. The company plans to open two new fulfilment centers in the U.K. over the next three years, in Peddimore and Stockton-on-Tees, adding 2,500 jobs. The Amazon spokesperson added that the U.K. site closures were not part of the 18,000 job cuts that the company announced last week. "Hard-up Amazon workers can't suddenly be expected to up sticks and move to a different fulfilment centre which may be many miles away," he said, accusing the firm of failing to provide a stable employment model.

☆ LIV Golf players urge OWGR chairman to grant ranking points
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"To maintain trust, we urge you – as one of the true statesmen of sports - to act appropriately to include, on a retroactive basis, the results of LIV Golf events in OWGR's ranking calculations," the players wrote. According to the OWGR website, the ranking points breakdown is derived from each tournament's total field rating and points are awarded players who make the cut and complete an event, subject to their finishing position in the tournament. LIV Golf's 54-hole events do not have a cut. LIV Golf, which last weekend had 12 major champions in the field, has lured some of the game's biggest names away from the PGA Tour with the promise of guaranteed, big-money paydays and a reduced schedule. Critics say LIV Golf, which is bankrolled by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, amounts to blatant "sportswashing" by a nation trying to improve its reputation in light of its history of human rights abuses.

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