Category: News
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Storm over Sh200bn Treasury budget cuts amid blackmail claims
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Treasury Minister Njuguna Ndongo on Thursday sparked a storm in Parliament over his warning of Sh200 billion in budget cuts if MPs scrapped a handful of tax increases proposed in the Finance Bill, with lawmakers accusing him of blackmail. The threat of budget cuts came before the Finance Bill was…
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Storm over Sh200bn Treasury budget cuts amid blackmail claims
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Treasury Minister Njuguna Ndongo on Thursday sparked a storm in Parliament over his warning of Sh200 billion in budget cuts if MPs scrapped a handful of tax increases proposed in the Finance Bill, with lawmakers accusing him of blackmail. The threat of budget cuts came before the Finance Bill was…
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Code First Girls Teaches Tech Skills to Over 200,000 Women for Free
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Code First Girls, the UK’s largest provider of free coding education for women, has announced a major milestone: teaching more than 200,000 women to code. Last year alone, the organization provided more than 80,000 educational opportunities, a stark contrast to the 18,000 women enrolled in computer science degrees across the…
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UK fans wonder if Taylor Swift will say ‘So long, London’ after Eras Tour
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Breadcrumb links BMN Business Article writer: Associated Press Lisa Liv Posted on June 21, 2024 • 4 minutes read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. Article content LONDON (AP) — Taylor Swift’s fans are having fun analyzing the…
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Armenia mulls procuring IAI missiles – report
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Armenia, which is distancing itself from Russia, is looking for new sources to purchase advanced defense systems and is considering purchasing the Israeli Barak 8 air defense system (MR-SAM), a surface-to-air missile produced by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). ), Bulgarian military reports. The MR-SAM was a product of Israeli-Indian cooperation.…
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Nearly half of Dell’s full-time workforce in the U.S. has rejected returning to the office. They’d rather work from home than get promoted
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Even months after the technology company Dale The company has pushed its strict return-to-office policy that bars completely remote employees from promotions, and its workers still refuse to return to in-person work. Nearly 50% of Dell’s full-time U.S. workforce and a third of international employees have continued to work remotely,…
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Exxon-Hess arbitration panel incomplete, stalling Hess sale to Chevron – Reuters
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images News An arbitration panel could approve or block the $53 billion sale of Hess (New York Stock Exchange: HSSE) to Chevron (CVX) It remains incomplete Three months after the case was filed, delaying a decision on whether Exxon Mobil (XOM) would invest.Reuters reported on Thursday that the…
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France-based singer teams up with Benga artiste in homage song to Kenya’s Paris Olympics team
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Marking the celebration of World Music Day on Friday, the musical synergy between Kenya and France will be unveiled in Nairobi tonight (21 June 2024). Singer, songwriter and guitarist Shepton Winyo and Edward Kamau, a Kenyan-born, France-based singer, guitarist and producer, will premiere their collaboration, “Running for Gold”, a song…
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Building a management team – why people are the key to success
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“The company is the people.” This statement is one of many made by Richard Branson during his career that put employees front and center. He, like many serial entrepreneurs, believes that people are the greatest asset of any business, and in order to scale and execute an ambitious growth strategy,…
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Sheinbaum Picks Ebrard as Economy Chief, Sparking Peso Rally
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Breadcrumb links BMN Business Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum appointed former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard to lead the country’s economy ministry, a move that eased pressure on the peso as traders welcomed a choice seen as more market-friendly than potential alternatives. Article writer: Bloomberg News Maya Averbuch and Michael O’Boyle Posted…
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Shekel shrugs off volatility despite ongoing war
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The foreign exchange market in Israel has witnessed severe fluctuations over the past eighteen months, due to political uncertainty in Israel and then the war. The shekel, whose value had already fallen dramatically during disputes over judicial reform, weakened further as a result of the war, trading at one point…
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Topcon Receives Recertification as Great Place to Work for U.S., Adds Spain, Netherlands By Investing.com
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LIVERMORE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Topcon Positioning Systems has announced it has been re-certified as a Great Place to Work® in the United States and has added this award to its locations in Spain and the Netherlands. The award is based entirely on what current employees say about their experience working at the…
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Nikola’s Stock Is Slumping. Its Board Made a Grim Decision.
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Electric truck maker shares Nicola (Nasdaq: NKLA) Shares were trading sharply lower Thursday morning, after the company said in a regulatory filing that it would conduct a 1-for-30 reverse stock split next week. As of 10:30 a.m. ET, Nikola shares were down approximately 23.3% from Wednesday’s closing price. Electric truck…
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Mortgage rates drop for 3rd consecutive week on expectations of Fed rate cut
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June. November 20, 2024 at 12:17 PM ETXHP, ETP, MPPSPMB, CCM, VMBS, CMBS, LMBS, NAIL, JMBS, HOMZ, MTGP, JHMB, OWNSby: mary christine joy, SA News Editor Donnell shoe Mortgage rates fell for the third straight week on market expectations of future Fed rate cuts, according to a Freddie Mac primary…
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Louisiana governor signs law requiring Ten Commandments posters in all public classrooms
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Louisiana has become the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor. Legislation signed into law Wednesday by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry requires the Poster-sized Ten Commandments to…
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JSS interns, suppliers and MPs major losers in Treasury’s spending cuts
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The government has postponed plans to convert the employment terms of 46,000 junior high school (JSS) trainees to permanent, pensionable terms, as the Treasury rationalized the budget after a parliamentary committee dropped some controversial clauses in the finance bill. Part of the standby plan If the National Assembly does not…
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Plug Receives Industry Certification for its High-Powered Stationary System
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This section is Partnership content provided The content in this section is provided by GlobeNewswire for the purposes of press release distribution on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by Globe Newswire Breadcrumb links Globe Newswire Article writer: Posted on June 20, 2024 • 3 minutes…