Florida area hit by Hurricane Ian still face $14bn loss

Eight months in the past, chef Michael Cellura had a restaurant job and had simply moved into a elaborate new camper dwelling on Fort Myers Seaside. Now, after Hurricane Ian swept all that away, he lives in his older Infiniti sedan with a 15-year-old long-haired chihuahua named Ginger. Like lots of of others, Cellura was left homeless…

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Congress to debate Biden-McCarthy debt-ceiling deal

An “settlement in precept” between President Joe Biden and Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy would elevate the nation’s authorized debt ceiling, however now Congress has solely days to approve a package deal that features spending cuts and would avert a doubtlessly disastrous U.S. default. The compromise introduced late Saturday dangers angering each Democratic and Republican lawmakers as…

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Biden, McCarthy reach debt ceiling ‘agreement in principle’

President Joe Biden and Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “settlement in precept” to boost the nation’s authorized debt ceiling late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to restrict federal spending and resolve a looming disaster forward of a June 5 deadline, the Home speaker stated. The deal would avert a catastrophic U.S. default, nevertheless…

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 DeSantis attacks Trump: ‘I don’t know what happened to Donald Trump’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis studiously prevented even mentioning Donald Trump’s title for months, as a substitute making veiled references to the “tradition of shedding” within the Republican celebration.  The veil is off.  Within the days following his announcement that he would problem Trump for the Republican nomination for president, DeSantis has accused him of “working…

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New York City bans height, weight discrimination

New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams signed laws Friday that may ban discrimination based mostly on physique measurement by including weight and peak to the listing of protected classes equivalent to race, intercourse and faith. “All of us deserve the identical entry to employment, housing and public lodging, no matter our look, and it shouldn’t…

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Small businesses turn to AI during labor shortage

Nearly two years after the time period Nice Resignation was coined, many firms are nonetheless struggling to rent sufficient employees amid a traditionally tight labor market. That’s very true for small enterprise homeowners, who’re more and more taking a web page from Silicon Valley by enlisting synthetic intelligence to get the job finished.   Foremost Road…

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Google pulls ‘Slavery Simulator’ game from app store

Google eliminated a sport titled Slavery Simulator from its app retailer following backlash from customers in Brazil. The app—developed by Malaysian cellular video games firm Magnus Video games—allowed gamers to behave out being an proprietor of enslaved folks, with the developer boasting in regards to the sport providing customers the prospect to “trade, purchase and…

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JPMorgan to cut 1,000 First Republic workers

JPMorgan Chase & Co. notified about 1,000 First Republic Financial institution workers that they aren’t being given jobs — even quickly — following its takeover of the failed lender. The largest US financial institution on Thursday supplied full-time or transitional roles to nearly 85% of the practically 7,000 workers nonetheless working at First Republic when…

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