NOVEMBER 11, 2023
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At Penn Quarter Sports Tavern in downtown DC, customers will see not one, but two surcharges on the bill.
The first is a 6% service fee to offset rising wages due to the “DC Minimum Wage Act” or Initiative 82, which is incrementally raising the tipped minimum wage to more than $17 an hour. ...
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
The Madras High Court has directed Tamil Nadu Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to provide the basis of the research behind his contentious speech about eliminating elements of Sanatana Dharma. These comments were made by Justice Anitha Sumanth during a hearing of petitions questioning why Udhayanidhi, HRCW Minister Sekar Babu, and MP A Raja continue to hold office...
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
US State Secretary Antony Blinken in India
New Delhi: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin arrived in India on Thursday for the 5th India-US 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, a key platform for advancing the bilateral and global cooperation between the two countries.
The US delegation was welcomed by the Ministry of...
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Professor Jeremy Siegel believes the labor market is softening, and employees are working harder in a bid not to get laid off. - Scott Mlyn—CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Not so long ago economists were largely convinced employees were the most powerful players in the labor market.
A stuttering economy, rampant inflation and a handful of mass layoffs...
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Nearly 7% of for-sale homes in the U.S. posted a price drop during the four weeks ending Oct. 29, which is the highest portion since Redfin started tracking this data in 2012. - Getty Images
There's something frozen about this housing market. "Zoom towns" like Boise and Austin aside, home prices nationwide have just refused to drop....
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. - Efrem Lukatsky, AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said former President Donald Trump is welcome to visit the war-torn nation of Ukraine as it defends itself against Russia’s invasion.
Zelenskyy in an interview...
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
Dr. Bill Dorfman, a 64-year-old cosmetic dentist in Southern California, prides himself on looking years younger, a characteristic he attributes to good genes and a daily workout regimen.
Three days a week he focuses on abs and cardio, the other days are for lifting light weights at high reps.
Dorfman says he got serious about exercise following a lull...
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell may have a cooling housing market on his hands. - hen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images
In our upside-down economy, where good news for ordinary people means bad news for financial markets, worries about an overheated labor market pushed 10-year Treasury yields to their highest level in 16 years in October. That...
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
UAW local 862 members strike outside of Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. - Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal
Hiring slowed sharply in October as employers added 150,000 jobs, signaling that high interest rates and inflation may be taking a widening toll on payroll growth.
The auto workers strike also dampened employment gains last month...
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Palestinians search for casualties at the site of Israeli strikes in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, October 31, 2023. - Anas al-Shareef/Reuters
An Israeli strike targeting a Hamas commander in the densely populated Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza has left catastrophic damage and killed a large number of people, according to eyewitnesses and medics...
