Animals How to Watch the Puppy Bowl 2023 If you’re having a ruff day, turn on the annual Puppy Bowl to have a ball. Sunday’s three-hour matchup will have you fur-getting all about the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs as the players from Team Ruff and Team Fluff compete for the Wayfair “Lombarky” trophy. Puppy Bowl XIX definitely deserves a round […]
Animals Paws in the Park Fundraiser Helps Animals Find Homes Thousands of people and pets packed into Lake Eola Park for Pet Alliance of Greater Orlando’s 29th annual Paws in the Park. 9 Family Connection is a sponsor of Saturday’s event. This event is one of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the nonprofit, which aims to keep animals off the streets and find […]
Blog NYC Ending COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers. The vaccine mandate, which led to the firing of hundreds of city workers who declined to […]
Blog Meta Layoffs Meta layoffs: CEO Mark Zuckerberg hints at more job cuts, middle managers at stake, say reports After firing 11,000 employees in November last year, Meta layoffs are planning for more layoff as Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now put middle managers at the company on notice, said reports. During a meeting with the […]
Blog Philips to Cut 13% of Jobs Philips to cut 13% of jobs in safety and profitability drive Dutch health technology company Philips will scrap another 6,000 jobs worldwide as it tries to restore its profitability and improve the safety of its products following a recall of respiratory devices that knocked off 70% of its market value. Half of the job cuts […]
Blog Walmart Hikes Minimum Employee Wage Despite layoffs in the tech industry, Walmart recently announced it would increase hourly employee pay again. This move highlights the continued tightness of the front-line labour market. The retail behemoth, which is the largest private employer in the United States, revealed on Tuesday that it is boosting the minimum wage for store employees to $14 […]
Blog What Is the Average Social Security Benefit at Age 62? Your retirement benefit amount depends on how much you’ve earned over your lifetime at jobs for which you paid Social Security taxes — and the age at which you claim. You can claim Social Security benefits as early as age 62, but you’ll only receive your full benefit amount if you wait to claim until […]
Blog Getty Images Sues AI Art Generator Getty Images announced it’s suing Stability AI, makers of the AI art tool Stable Diffusion, over alleged copyright violations. “It is Getty Images’ position that Stability AI unlawfully copied and processed millions of images protected by copyright and the associated metadata owned or represented by Getty Images absent a license to benefit Stability AI’s commercial […]
Blog Party City Files For Bankruptcy Party City files for bankruptcy with plans to restructure mounting debt Retailer Party City has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, toppled by a heavy debt load. Party City has secured a $150 million bankruptcy loan and will seek approval to use half of those funds to immediately pay wages and vendors, among other expenses. […]
Blog Nurses in New York City to Strike Thousands of nurses in New York City to strike in pursuit of fair contract Strike date at seven hospitals set for 9 January after 98.8% vote in favor, with wages, staff ratios and health insurance key issues At least 12,000 nurses at seven hospitals in New York City are threatening to strike after their union […]