Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), the only African-American Republican senator, talks to reporters following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill June 09, 2020 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the Republican leading a group of GOP senators on police reform amid […]
Archives for June 2020
Sudan to introduce direct cash payments to its neediest citizens
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan will begin rolling out an experimental programme of direct cash transfers to its neediest citizens next week as it tries to wean the country off costly subsidies. Khartoum has been struggling to reorganise its floundering economy. Inflation has been running at nearly 100% and the currency tumbling as the government prints […]
Frank Partnoy on the hidden systemic risk of leveraged loans
Frank Partnoy is a UC Berkely law professor and an expert on securities law. He wrote one of my favorite stock market books ever, The Match King, about one of the biggest corporate frauds of all time, which I wrote about here. Partnoy has a new article in The Atlantic this week looking at a […]
Contractor or Temp? Getting Worker Classifications Right from the Start
Ready to fill a talent gap for a short-term need or project? I’m glad that your business is growing! First things first: Make sure you understand worker classification before you publish that job posting. Terms like independent contractor, contract employee, and temp often get used interchangeably, but in fact, there are differences. These differences center […]
Accounting Clerk – HS diploma or | Top Jobs | heraldmailmedia.com – Herald-Mail Media
Accounting Clerk – HS diploma or foreign equiv., 2 yrs of exp., & lgl. rt. to work perm. in US req’d; assist & complete AP invoice trans. in time; enters expenses & invoices to the company acct’g syst.; ensures invoices have proper approval & coding; reconciles vendor invoices; maintains electronic attach. of invoices in acct’g […]
Man’s death after police shooting outside Wendy’s in Atlanta sparks investigation and protests
Protestors gather on University Ave near a Wendy’s restaurant, Saturday, June 13, 2020 in Atlanta. Steve Schaefer | Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP The death of a 27-year-old man who died following a police shooting Friday night in the parking lot of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta has sparked an investigation and protests. The shooting occurred […]
Colombian businessman close to Venezuela’s Maduro arrested
(Reuters) – Authorities in Cape Verde have arrested Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman close to socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro who was charged by the United States with alleged money laundering, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Saturday. Department of Justice spokeswoman Nicole Navas Oxman said in a statement that Saab was arrested pursuant […]
Jio Platforms to raise another Rs 6,441.3 crore by selling stakes to TPG, L Catterton
Jio Platforms is set to raise another Rs 6,441.3 crore by selling a combined 1.32% to US private equity firms TPG and L Catterton. These are the eighth and ninth investors, respectively, to announce picking up stake in the Reliance Industries‘ (RIL) telecom and digital business in seven weeks. While TPG is set to invest […]
50 Small Business Ideas Low Investment High Profit
Small Business Ideas Low Investment High Profit – I know you want to be your own boss and you are searching for small business ideas with low investment and high-profit margin. Don’t worry here is a list of 50 Small Business Ideas that will help you in making a selection. Starting up an own business […]
Eight East Central University accounting students selected for scholarships – Theadanews
Oklahoma City — The Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants announced its Educational Foundation selected eight accounting students from East Central University in Ada to receive scholarships. The OSCPA student members who were selected to receive scholarships are: Tylor Arnold of Pryor, Amber Elston of Ada, who was selected to receive the Beale Family Scholarship, Raechel […]