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6 05, 2021

Employers Advised to Prepare for Pandemic’s Mental Health Fallout as Employees Return

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From casual Fridays to after-work drinks, those weekly rituals once taken for granted are returning as Americans head back to the office. And while masks, plexiglass and empty conference rooms will alter the cubescape, employers are nevertheless invested in getting …

6 05, 2021

Insurers Warn Canada’s Moving Too Slowly on Flood Mapping

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OTTAWA – Canada plans to focus its next budget on tackling climate change and its effects but the insurance industry, amid skyrocketing costs, is concerned the government will move too slowly on the key first step of mapping flood risks. …

5 05, 2021

Biden Labor Department Nixes Trump Rule Affecting Gig Workers

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The U.S. Department of Labor announced it is withdrawing a rule by the previous Trump Administration affecting independent contractors that was set to go into effect Friday. The Trump rule would have favored app-services firms like Uber, DashDoor and Instacart …

6 05, 2021

Biden Backs Patent Waiver for Covid-19 Vaccines

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President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies. Biden voiced his support for a temporary …

5 05, 2021

Crews Complete Transfer of Cargo on Tanker Off China Coast

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Cargo onboard a tanker that leaked oil off China has been removed and preparations are underway so the vessel can sail to a Chinese repair yard, the ship’s manager said on Wednesday. The A Symphony was anchored roughly 40 nautical …

5 05, 2021

Workers Refusing Covid Vaccine Could Lose Their Jobs

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Texas nurse Jennifer Bridges plans to go to work on June 7, like it’s any other day. The only difference is, when she gets there she expects to be fired. That day is the deadline her employer, Houston Methodist hospital, …

4 05, 2021

Gig Firms Know How to Fight to Save Their Business Model

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Uber, Lyft and other gig-economy companies face a new challenge from the Biden administration to their use of contract workers, but as they gear up for a fight in Washington they could turn to a lobbying playbook that helped them …

4 05, 2021

Rare Covid-19 Vaccine and Treatment Injury Victims Look to U.S. Fund

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High school senior Emma Burkey received her “one and done” Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on March 20, and within two weeks was in an induced coma following seizures and clotting in her brain. She’s making a slow recovery, having …

3 05, 2021

Chinese Insurtech Waterdrop Seeks $360M in New York IPO

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HONG KONG — Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc. aims to raise up to $360 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, company filings show. Waterdrop, which is backed by Tencent, will sell 30 …

3 05, 2021

Buffett Extols U.S. Economic Recovery, Laments SPACs, Shrugs Off Tax Hike

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Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is being lifted by a U.S. economy faring far better than he predicted early in the coronavirus pandemic, though investor euphoria is making it hard to deploy cash. Speaking at Berkshire’s …