Plateau govt releases N300m monthly to settle pension arrears — HoS Plateau State Government has released the sum of Three Hundred Million Naira (N300,000,000.00) monthly to settle arrears of pensions, gratuities, and death benefits from 1986 to date.The State Head of ... 04/23/2024 - 3:31 am | View Link
Public pension funding reaches 2-year high — Milliman The overall estimated funding ratio of the 100 largest U.S. public pension plans improved to 79.7% at the end of March, a two-year high, according to the Milliman 100 Public Pension Funding index. 04/22/2024 - 6:06 am | View Link
Can my company pension contributions for my husband and daughter? QUESTION: I run my own company, with my husband and daughter helping me out during busy periods. I heard that the pension allowance has been done away with, can my company make pension contributions ... 04/15/2024 - 5:53 am | View Link
Lawmakers in Peru pass latest pension withdrawal proposal Peru's Congress approved a controversial proposal on Thursday that will allow savers to tap pension accounts that the country's financial regulator estimated could force fund administrators to sell ... 04/12/2024 - 8:18 am | View Link
Five migrants including a child have died while attempting to cross the English channel, French authorities said on Tuesday. The news comes hours after the U. K. passed a controversial bill that would allow the government to deport some migrants who enter the country illegally to Rwanda.
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The deaths took place after an overcrowded boat carrying around 110 people set out to cross the busy shipping lane from France to England.
It’s common to meet the idea of intuition with an eye roll. We tend to value reason over everything else, using expressions like “think before you act,” “think twice,” and “look before you leap.” We don’t trust intuition. In fact, we believe it’s flawed and magical thinking, either vaguely crazy or downright stupid.
Israel’s war in Gaza has roiled college campuses across America, as students have set up encampments and rallied against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, sparking free speech debates and creating sharp divisions with members of government, alumni, donors, other students, and some faculty amid accusations of antisemitism.
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Emerging as one of the most prominent and controversial figureheads of the opposition to pro-Palestinian protesters is Columbia Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai, who is Jewish and Israeli American and has recently found himself barred from parts of Columbia’s New York campus amid the latest flareup in tensions.
PEN America has canceled its prestigious 2024 awards ceremony after nearly half the writers nominated for a prize withdrew their work in protest of the organization’s stance on the war in Gaza.
The group, which is dedicated to free expression, announced on Monday the cancellation of the April 29 awards in New York City.
A white family in Atlanta, Georgia today has 46 times as much wealth as a Black family; a racial wealth gap that is exactly the same as it was nationally in 1863 when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ending the era of legalized enslavement. Over forty years of neoliberal economic policy have profoundly exacerbated income and wealth inequality especially across racial lines.
The U. S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a case on whether Idaho can enforce its near-total abortion ban in medical emergency situations under a federal law that requires most hospitals to treat patients with life-threatening conditions.
The case marks the second abortion-related challenge to come before the Justices this term, following the Court’s decision in Dobbs v.