President Donald Trump’s promised $5,000 “dividend” for all U.S. adults would not be paid for with taxpayer dollars, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Thursday. “It’s not tax money,” Lutnick told NBC News in a wide-ranging interview at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, where he discussed the attacks and a variety of economic issues….
Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, as conflict in the Middle East widens. Iraq said it had fired a military commander and launched an investigation after admitting the drone attack on its neighbour’s East-West pipeline had originated in one of its provinces bordering Iran….
Being the friendly boss sounds like a good idea. You want your team to feel comfortable around you, speak openly and know that you’re not the kind of manager who pulls rank at every opportunity.But Hemant Wadhwani says his own experience taught him that there can be a downside to being too relaxed with the…
The Trump administration reached a record number of immigration-related arrests over the last three months, even as the dramatic increase did not mirror the militarized spectacle seen at the start of the year. The tactics over the summer instead focused on street arrests and working with local jails and local law enforcement, with sweeps hitting…
There is a particular kind of confusion that comes with liking someone who seems to like you back, but never actually does anything about it. They talk to you often. They remember things you mentioned in passing. They somehow manage to be around you quite a lot. But when it comes to actually saying something,…
Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) said Friday that it’s investigating a data breach, making it the second organization that hosts Americans’ driver’s license information to be hacked this month. The Florida announcement comes on the heels of another incident, in which a vendor that scans Americans’ driver’s licenses for private companies,…
By the time Mingma G reached the next camp on K2, his team had not heard from the Broad Peak climbers. They didn’t panic because climbers often turn off the radio to save battery life. But something was bothering him. One of the Broad Peak climbers, Wang Zhong, was a close friend and a client….
The Philippine Coast Guard says it has recovered 30 bodies from the wreckage of a ferry that caught fire this week, bringing the total death toll to 35. More than 130 people were on board the MV June Aster when the blaze erupted on Wednesday as it neared its destination at the tourist hotspot of…
Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, delivers a keynote address during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Oracle founder Larry Ellison has entered into a trading plan that would allow him to sell up to 50 million of…
In 2012, Maria Jones-Elliott, a 34-year-old mother from Glenmore, Ireland, was expecting twins with her husband, Chris. The couple, who already had two children, Olivia and Jack, were preparing to welcome their daughters when the pregnancy took an extraordinary turn. As reported by ITV News, Maria went into labour unexpectedly at around 24 weeks, nearly…
