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10 Downright Crazy Excuses for Calling in Sick
inc - 15 Oct 2015 06:05
Here are this year's ten most ludicrous reasons given when workers called in sick.
Flash Memory Giant SanDisk In Sale Talks With Rivals Micron And Western Digital
Tech Times - 15 Oct 2015 06:21
SanDisk entered talks about a corporate acquisition with competitors Western Digital and Micron. Rumors about the merge of the three memory drive producers shook the stock markets, causing the shares of all companies to ...
VW customers demand answers and compensation over emissions scandal
The Guardian - 15 Oct 2015 07:00
Carmaker facing hefty bill as Which? finds owners are worried about environmental impact of their vehicles and expect cash payouts Nine out of 10 Volkswagen drivers in Britain affected by the diesel emissions scandal bel...
Kentucky's unemployment rate falls to 5 percent
Miami Herald - 15 Oct 2015 23:36
Kentucky's unemployment rate fell to 5 percent in September for the first time in 14 years. …
Ivanka Trump On Candidate Trump's Impact On Business, Making A Family Business Work And More
Forbes - 15 Oct 2015 18:02
Ivanka Trump's business interests range from hotels and real estate to fashion, fragrance and fine jewelry. She talks about how the Trumps make their family business work and how Donald Trump's presidential campaign is i...
Papa John's Stores To Dish Up Half A Million Dollars In Wage Theft Case
The Huffington Post - 15 Oct 2015 18:00
Four current and former Papa John's franchisees have agreed to pay out nearly $500,000 to New York workers in order to settle a wage theft investigation, New York's attorney general and the U.S. Labor Department announce...
US Stocks Advance; Citigroup Gains on Strong Earnings
ABC News - 15 Oct 2015 17:48
US stocks gain as financial stocks climb; Hospital stocks slump after HCA warns on earnings
Health Tech Startup Theranos Struggles With Blood Test Devices
The Huffington Post - 15 Oct 2015 17:44
Theranos has struggled behind the scenes to turn the excitement over its technology into reality. At the end of 2014, the lab instrument developed as the linchpin of its strategy handled just a small fraction of the test...
More Workers Calling In Sick When They're Well
NBC News - 15 Oct 2015 17:24
Managers best be on the lookout: 38 percent of employees called in sick when they were feeling fine in the past year, the highest level since 2005.
U.S. Treasurys Again Call the Global Bond-Market Tune
Wall Street Journal - 15 Oct 2015 17:19
Moves in German yields dominated bond markets last year. Now, Treasurys are back in charge.
No Social Security Benefits Or Tax Hike For 2016, But Medicare Premiums Could Soar For Some
Forbes - 15 Oct 2015 17:17
About 30% of Medicare recipients could face premium increases of as much as 52% , even as 70% of Medicare beneficiaries will have their premiums held to the same $104.90 per person a month they paid in 2015.
McDonald's serves up rising UK profits despite troubles in the US
The Guardian - 15 Oct 2015 17:15
Turnover for the fast food chain's UK operation increased by £67.5m to £1.4bn in 2014, despite declining revenues back home in America McDonald's might be slipping up in the US, its home market, but in the UK the fast ...
What Walmart's Slump Could Mean for Holiday Shoppers
ABC News - 15 Oct 2015 17:14
Walmart shares tumbled in a brutal selloff Wednesday that caused a domino effect across Wall Street, taking many other major retailers with it.
Richard Branson: How Dyslexia Made Me a Better Businessman
Time - 15 Oct 2015 17:06
He says he learned to use it to his advantage
Microsoft offers up to $200 for your PC or $300 for your Mac when you buy a new Windows 10 computer
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2015 16:30
Microsoft wants to buy your old computer. The company has launched a new promotion called Easy Trade Up, where you essentially get money for your current PC or Mac (up to six years old) when you buy a new Windows 10 comp...
Why L.A. Fashion Week gets no buzz
L.A. Times - 15 Oct 2015 15:00Lebanon's Game Cooks studio launches PolyBlast mobile arcade game
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2015 14:00
EXCLUSIVE: PolyBlast, a mobile arcade-puzzle game from a rare game studio in Lebanon, is debuting on the app stores today. That’s no small achievement as PolyBlast comes from one of the unlikeliest places for game deve...
Three City Link Directors Charged Over Collapse
Sky News - 15 Oct 2015 08:01
The men are accused of failing to follow proper procedures in the wake of the company's failure last Christmas.
Should we pay off our mortgage in full?
The Guardian - 15 Oct 2015 08:00
We will soon be in a position to repay the capital sum on the house but have heard that keeping a small amount outstanding is sensible Q Quite by accident when tidying paperwork I noticed that I have critical illness cov...
Counting the real cost of amending a Ryanair 'budget' flight
The Guardian - 15 Oct 2015 08:00
What at first seemed like a cheap deal finally cost us £910 for two to Spain I needed to amend a booking for a Ryanair flight online and was prepared to pay the £43.99 price difference. I then checked my bank balance a...
Retail stores closing at lowest rate in five years
The Guardian - 15 Oct 2015 07:00
PwC figures show that while shops are still being shuttered the pace has declined to a level not seen since 2010 The pace of retail store closures across the UK has plummeted to the lowest level for five years, according...
Hong Kong Leads Asian Shares Higher
Wall Street Journal - 15 Oct 2015 06:49
Shares in Hong Kong led the region higher Thursday amid fresh signs of reform for Chinese state-owned firms.