DES MOINES, Iowa—Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items—bacon—hard to…
Bacon May Disappear in California as Pig Rules Take Effect
August 2, 2021
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Bill Gates, Melinda French Officially Divorced
The divorce between Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, cofounders of one of the world’s largest private charitable foundations, was finalized on Monday, a court document showed. The couple filed for divorce on May 3 after 27 years of marriage, but pledged to continue their philanthropic work together. The Gateses said at the time that…
Infrastructure Bill Includes Provision to Study Job Loss Impact of Keystone XL Cancellation
The newly unveiled 2,702-page bipartisan infrastructure bill includes a provision to study the job loss and impacts on consumer energy costs of President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the Keystone XL pipeline project permit. Section 40434 of the bipartisan package (pdf), which senators released on Sunday, calls on Jennifer Granholm, the Secretary of the U.S. Department…
Government Raising Debt by ‘Enormous Amount’ Will Cause More Inflation: Expert
Barbara Kolm, founder and director of the Austrian Economics Center, a think tank, told The Epoch Times’ “Crossroads” that the Biden administration’s massive spending plans are bound to drive inflation higher. Asked whether she believes some economists are right to be concerned that the government’s spending plans, which now amount to some $4.5 trillion, will push…
Victorian Micro-Businesses and Start-Ups Are ‘Falling Through the Cracks’: Council of Small Business
Victorian start-ups and micro-businesses not registered for GST are being excluded from the Victorian government’s support payments amid overwhelming pleas for assistance. According to the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia, rules around the Business Assistance Package were “inequitable and unfair,” especially with businesses not registered for GST but “suffering proportionately” with other GST-registered…
Australia Bankrolls $68M Fiji Airport, Amid Pacific Competition With Beijing
August 2, 2021
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Australia will provide $68 million to Fiji to assist with airport upgrades amid a wider influence push into the South Pacific region against Beijing’s encroaching hegemony. The government-backed Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) will partner with ANZ Bank to support infrastructure upgrades to increase passenger capacity at Nadi International Airport to help…
Australian Oil and Gas Giants to Merge Amid Climate Change Pressure
August 2, 2021
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Australian fossil fuel giants Oil Search and Santos are close to a merger that will create a $21 billion entity and a new entrant to the top 20 largest oil and gas companies globally. The merger talks come as the resource industry undergoes a major shift amid mounting pressure from the climate change movement. Santos,…
Zoom Reaches $85 Million Settlement Over User Privacy, ‘Zoombombing’
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal data with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn, and letting hackers disrupt Zoom meetings in a practice called “Zoombombing.” A preliminary settlement filed on Saturday afternoon requires approval by U.S….
The One Principle That Can Help You Transform Your Organization
By Aytekin Tank One of the movies we’ve become overly familiar with over the course of this pandemic is Groundhog Day—the one where, Phil, a self-absorbed TV weatherman, finds himself trapped in a time loop, reliving the same day over and over again. We’ve all been living this film; we’ve all been looking for a way out….
3 Questions That Will Change Your Mindset from Busy to Strategic
By Jessica Foutty Just about every time I ask someone how they are doing, they reply with something akin to, “Busy, but good.” There’s so much that demands our attention, from ads to scrolling through social media to work calls to family activities. While I realize everyone is fractionally or wholly overcommitted, with me being…
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