House passes bill to raise minimum marriage age to 18, sending it to governor The New Hampshire House passed a bill Thursday raising the legal age of marriage to 18, sending the legislation to Gov. Chris Sununu’s desk after years of advocacy. Senate Bill 359, which passed ... 05/2/2024 - 11:32 am | View Link
U.S. Dept. Of Labor Raises Salary Minimums Starting July 2024 Here we go again — maybe. On April 23, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule that — if it sticks this time — will increase the standard salary threshold for overtime exemptions, thereby ... 05/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Map: Where teachers are being paid the least, according to new report Nowhere was the average teacher salary higher than in California. There, according to the NEA, the average teacher is making more than $95,100 annually. That's up almost $7,000 from the previous ... 05/1/2024 - 3:10 am | View Link
Workers Struggles: The Americas Non contract teachers in Sao Paulo, Brazil strike against privatization while a strike vote by Canadian rail workers at CPKC and CN is set to conclude May 1. 04/29/2024 - 2:43 pm | View Link
DOL Issues New Rule Raising Minimum Salary Thresholds for Overtime Exemptions The employees who meet the duties tests and must receive a minimum salary to qualify as exempt are referred to below as “covered employees.” The 2024 Rule raises the minimum salary threshold for ... 04/29/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
iPhone sales may be slow, but Apple’s CEO argues the company is primed to seize the AI moment.
After announcing March quarter revenues reflecting weak iPhone sales, Apple CEO Tim Cook seemed eager to assure analysts that his company is working hard to integrate AI into its products and services. On Thursday, he mentioned “AI” in various contexts early and often in his opening comments during Apple’s call going over the financial results.
Despite the company’s high valuation and low revenue, Trump Media is asking House Republicans to go after short sellers.
Investors in Trump Media could use some Dramamine. The holding company of Donald Trump’s Truth Social has seen its stock take a roller-coaster ride in its short time on the market, with fluctuations ranging from around $66 to $22 in just one month’s time.
The money raised by climate tech startups last year was more than a third of all funds raised by startups in Africa in 2023.
When Ademola Adesina founded a startup to provide solar and battery-based power subscription packages to individuals and businesses in Nigeria in 2015, it was a lot harder to raise money than it is today.
The agency barred Pioneer’s former CEO from Exxon’s board on allegations that he attempted to collude with OPEC to raise oil prices.
On Thursday U. S. regulators gave the go-ahead to Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources, but barred Pioneer’s former CEO from Exxon’s board on allegations that he attempted to collude with OPEC to raise oil prices.
While sales of the blockbuster drug nearly doubled, the results still fell short of analysts’ expectations as the company faces competition from Eli Lilly.
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the creator of Ozempic and Wegovy, announced a shocking statistic Thursday: Over 25,000 people begin Wegovy each week. The number is five times larger than the numbers from December—about 5,000 new users a week.
The type of work AI was used for the most included marketing tasks, customer service chatbots, getting computers to understand human languages, text and data analytics, and voice recognition.
The rate of businesses in the U. S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way, according to a new paper from U.