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...When he wrote on his website, “I believe in the United States of America. I believe in a strong national defence....
...Milrem in February announced that United Arab Emirates state-owned conglomerate EDGE Group had agreed to purchase a majority share in the company....
...The row between EU and US politicians over subsidies linked to Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is deepening as governors across America try to lure European clean energy businesses to their states....
...So long as the contractor provides these verifications, “the statute does not prohibit a state agency from contracting” with one of the 10 financial groups, the state added....
...While negotiations for such sales take months, and the recent flurry may not be a direct consequence of the Ukraine war or tensions over Taiwan, top US defence contractors are united in saying that they...
...“We do not export any products made in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region to the United States,” said a spokesperson for Muji owner Ryohin Keikaku, referring to the region’s official name....
...Three-generation households are more common in Asia and Africa than the rest of the world, according to the United Nations....
...On Friday, a superior court judge in Alameda County said Proposition 22, which allows gig workers to remain independent contractors, was “unenforceable” under state law....
...Workers will have a minimum earnings guarantee of at least 120 per cent of the state’s hourly minimum wage, although the time during which drivers are waiting to be matched with a rider will not be counted...
...A California ballot initiative, Proposition 22, this week overturned a state assembly law seeking to give the likes of Uber drivers the legal status of employees rather than independent contractors....
...California voters’ decision to let Uber and other gig economy companies continue to treat their workers as independent contractors has dealt a crushing blow to campaigners and legislators and paved the way...
...Both Biden and Harris are supporting opposition to Proposition 22, the California ballot measure backed by DoorDash, Lyft and Uber to define rideshare and delivery drivers as contractors rather than employees...
...The ride-share companies had threatened to suspend their services across the entire state had the midnight Thursday deadline been kept in place....
...How else to explain asset prices that currently assume a V-shaped recovery, even as we seem to be witnessing a second wave of infections in several US states?...
...The state attorney-general Xavier Becerra, backed by city attorneys in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, on Wednesday filed a request for a preliminary injunction in their lawsuit against the gig...
...contractors....
...But he has long displayed the same hatred of being told what to do that fuels the gun-toting protesters who stormed Michigan’s state house to protest anti-coronavirus measures....
...The driver changes mark the latest response to California’s Assembly Bill 5, a state law which came into effect at the beginning of the year....
...The law threatens to change the employment status of on-demand workers from independent contractors to employees, which advocates say would bring added benefits but critics say would kill the very flexibility...
...“When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total,” Mr Trump said at the daily White House coronavirus briefing....
...who are currently treated as contractors....
...The upward swing of a “V” dip in growth after a hurricane comes from the rebuilding that puts contractors back to work....
...Still, the uncertainty around the bill ahead of Tuesday’s vote was enough for investors to send Uber and Lyft shares to record lows last week as it became clear the bill could prompt other states to follow...
...The legislation gained approval in the Democrat-led state assembly on Wednesday, after its passage in the state Senate a day earlier....
...Carsten Spohr, the group’s chief executive told staff in a video statement: “Instead of 70 daily flights to the United States, we will only be offering a dramatically reduced flight schedule with only four...
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