(Reuters) – A Russian consortium leading a buyout of Yandex, often dubbed Russia’s Google, from its Dutch parent company Yandex NV said on Monday it has received bids from investors to exchange 43.9 million shares as part of the deal. Yandex is being bought by a consortium made up of senior Yandex Russian management, a […]
Qualifying child care providers in Tarrant County will have a 50% property tax exemption this year, half of the savings that providers in the Fort Worth city limits will see. The Tarrant County Commissioners Court voted unanimously for the exemption on Tuesday more than a month after the Fort Worth City Council passed a 100% […]
An imprisoned Monroe County elementary principal who sexually abused young boys at his school can begin receiving his state pension next year — possibly thousands of dollars a month for the rest of his life. Ashton could receive about 40 percent of an average salary of about $160,000, or about $64,000 a year. There are […]
A highly anticipated California initiative that would make changes to Proposition 47 became eligible this week to appear on state ballots in November. The Secretary of State’s Office announced on Tuesday the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act had enough valid signatures to go before voters during the general election. The measure needed at […]
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer in the U.S., but new research shows that fewer than one in five people who are eligible to get screened for the disease actually do so. And while people were more likely to be up to date with lung cancer screening as they got older, only one […]
Jun. 3—Shoppers across Ohio will get some extended financial relief this summer during the largest and longest sales tax holiday in state history. This year’s sales tax holiday — running for 10 days from midnight on July 30 to a minute before midnight on Aug. 8 — will feature a considerably longer list of purchases […]
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The UK government last week sent its first failed asylum seeker to Rwanda – the east African country Rishi Sunak says he wants to deport people to as a deterrent to those trying to cross the English Channel. Last month, the prime minister said the first plane of deportees will take off within 10-12 weeks […]
As Penn State grapples with a budget crisis, it is offering some of its faculty and staff at commonwealth campuses a “voluntary separation incentive program,” in which they can volunteer to leave the university with pay and benefits. The voluntary separation incentive program, or VSIP, will give eligible full-time faculty, staff and administrators the option […]
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government on Friday loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden administration of helping China. The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, giving automakers […]
Thousands of asylum seekers earmarked by the UK Home Office for deportation to Rwanda have lost contact with the department, a British government document suggests. Out of 5,700 people identified for removal, 2,145 “continue to report to the Home Office and can be located for detention”, the impact assessment says. The document, updated on the […]
Millions more Americans could become eligible for overtime pay. The Biden-Harris administration announced a final rule Tuesday that raises the minimum salary threshold to qualify for time-and-a-half pay after 40 hours of work in a week. Proponents say the new limit will mean lower-paid workers are fairly compensated for long hours, and business groups are […]