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Griffin & Strong CEO Rodney Strong received the Parren J. Mitchell Crusader Award at ACCA's 40th National Training Institute. The award honors his decades of work in contract compliance and equitable procurement.
Dutch regulator fined Uber €825M for suspending drivers without human review. Uber calls fine 'disproportionate', will appeal. Only 126 drivers affected, company says.
A Colorado board will decide Aug. 27 whether Buc-ee's travel center qualifies as an allowed use under C-1 zoning. A favorable ruling would bypass public hearings.
India's food regulator issued 150 notices to Nestle, PepsiCo, Coke and others for false ads and labels, plus 20-plus to five-star hotels over calorie rules. Products were seized from multiple beverage and alcohol makers.
Agathos AEC, backed by Hunter Forest Capital, adds Tecton Architects to its platform, gaining a 50-person architecture firm with a strong New England presence and projects for General Dynamics Electric Boat.
Atlassian's go-to-market spend grew 35.8% against revenue growth of 26.0%, a sign that even bottom-up companies eventually need sales teams. The threshold for hiring has tripled to $100M ARR, but the sales build is still inevitable. Alpha Scores: CRM 63, TEAM 43.
Voice AI tools like Wispr Flow and ChatGPT voice mode are removing accuracy barriers. The productivity gain is shifting how people work. The question for markets is which public platforms capture that shift.
U.S.-Canada trade talks collapse, triggering 50% tariffs on $20B of Canadian exports. Retaliation promised. Section 338 dusted off for first time since 1949. Markets brace for impact.
Kochi airport operator CIAL says weather was fine as SpiceJet blames bad weather for disruptions; NCLT fines airline ₹7.5 lakh for last-minute settlement notice.
Real estate is flooded with celebrity agents and underqualified sellers. The same oversaturation hits stock analysis. Apple (AAPL) investors should look past fame and check the fundamentals.
At the Federation of Press Clubs conclave, N Ram said erosion of public trust and threats to press freedom are interconnected challenges facing journalism.
Devonte Duncan earns $159K in Brooklyn, pays $3,450 rent, a debt consolidation loan, and a Carvana loss. He saves 10% automatically. 'You can't save your way out of poverty,' he says.
Trump's 50% tariffs on Canadian goods took effect Saturday after talks collapsed. Canadian whisky brands like Crown Royal and hockey equipment are hit.
Levi Spires, a Syracuse Uber driver with 16,000 trips, explains three passenger behaviors that earn a one-star rating: making him wait, strong odors, and treating him like a robot.
BodyCodes replaces traditional women's sizing with personal body codes, aiming to eliminate the $250 billion annual return problem. Founder Cricket Lee's 26-year research underpins the system. First licensee OneJean launches premium denim.
DCGI Rajeev Raghuvanshi warns AI apps that bypass doctors break the prescription chain. The regulator calls a moving-target technology 'frightening' to oversee.
Founders can assess VP hires within 60 days using Lemkin's four-part test: hiring, metric improvement, workload relief, and team confidence. Partial passes are not enough.
A Tempus AI director sold 3,000 shares under a pre-set 10b5-1 plan days before a 24% rally. She still owns 34,981 shares and sits on the board overseeing a $1.5 billion acquisition.
Joymoti, a 53-year-old elephant, was airlifted to Vantara in Gujarat after July floods left her with maggot-infested wounds and blindness in one eye.
Returned to India with an old overseas bank account? A new disclosure window runs until Dec 31, with penalties up to 60% for unreported foreign assets.
Ten dividend stocks from a 65-stock model portfolio raised payouts more than 25% since 2023 while covering the dividend at least 1.5x with free cash flow. AbbVie yields 4.9%.
Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers is presiding over a trial that could reshape Meta's ad business. The Northern District of California judge also oversaw the Epic Games case, Musk v. Altman, and now leads the court as chief judge.
With 70% public support and a Sept. 15 floor vote, Armstrong argues the CLARITY Act would prevent FTX-style collapses and define US crypto rules.
Immigration authorities will stop stamping boarding passes from Sep 1. Passengers can use e-boarding passes on smartphones for clearance.
The EPFO's YouTube video argues that EPF's guaranteed returns and employer contributions make it a safer retirement bet than stock market investment.
Delhi recorded 1,777 H1N1 cases this year. Kerala reported 7,421 cases and 88 deaths. Health ministry urges vigilance as flu rises across India.
After a fall revealed severe arthritis, a 53-year-old writer confronts the caregiving reality of dating someone 24 years younger.
National average: 52% of income. In San Jose, families spend 83%. Redfin and Winnie break down where housing and childcare cost the most — and least.
A new analysis argues that regulations from banking to waste removal create state-enforced cartels, shielding incumbents from competition and raising costs for consumers.
The Wuxi Symphony Orchestra performed at the Ljubljana Festival on Aug. 20, receiving a standing ovation from the audience, a first for a Chinese orchestra in the festival's history.