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Dan R. Krauss/Getty Images Shareholders are calling for Starbucks to change its family leave policy. On Monday, a group of shareholders led by Zevin Asset Management filed a resolution to express concern with the company’s “unequal paid parental leave policy.” While Starbucks’ corporate offices have extensive maternity and paternity leave policies, these policies do not include […]
June’s deficit was revised higher from -£6.28 billion to -£5.67 billion, helping to produce a surplus above the £0.2 billion that had been forecast. Excluding banking groups, the public sector recorded a surplus of £0.184 billion against forecasts of a -£1 billion deficit. The last time a surplus was recorded was in July 2002. Disappointing […]
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has condemned racism and bigotry amid criticism of President Donald Trump’s reaction to the violence in Charlottesville. Sessions made the comments during a speech against sanctuary cities. “In no way can we accept or apologize for racism, bigotry, hatred or violence,” Sessions said Wednesday, referring to the violence in Charlottesville […]
Consistency, which has plagued Canadian pole vaulter Shawn Barber throughout the season, was a problem again in Tuesday’s men’s final at the track and field world championships. The 23-year-old Toronto resident failed to defend his 2015 world title (5.90 metres) and finished eighth after missing all three attempts at 5.75 at London Stadium. Barber cleared […]
Broadcaster Sharon Thomas was caught on air unawares as she waited to be given a cue by the crew to go on air and start her news bulletin. But it seemed that no one realised that they were all on air as Sharon stood waiting to be counted in. She was seen looking at nervously […]
(credit: Getty Images | DonNichols) A class-action complaint against Comcast can move forward after a federal judge rejected a Comcast motion to dismiss it. The lawsuit, filed in October 2016 in US District Court in Northern California, accuses Comcast of falsely advertising low prices and then using poorly disclosed fees to increase the amount paid by cable […]
Published time: 28 Jul, 2017 05:37 Edited time: 28 Jul, 2017 05:57 The US Senate has not supported a “skinny” repeal of the previous administration’s healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), widely known as Obamacare. The repeal failed by a narrow margin of 59-49. At least three Republicans voted “no,” including John McCain, Susan […]
Cruise ships are made to withstand some adverse conditions, from thunderstorms to torrential rain. Yet one ship was seen to be struggling through the waves after one of its engines reportedly failed. It is a scary moment as the video captures the helpless ship being taken by the waves. It shows just how violent nature […]
United saw off MLS outfit LA Galaxy 5-2 in the first match of their pre-season tour of the US. Mourinho made wholesale changes at half-time in order to give his squad 45 minutes of action each. New signings Romelu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof began on the bench as United led 3-0 at the break. Marcus […]
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