(The Center Square) – Overlap and duplication cost taxpayers billions, according to a new report from a Congressional watchdog. The U.S. Government Accountability Office's annual report identified opportunities to save billions of dollars by reducing overlap, duplication and fragmentation across the federal government. The report outlines 112 measures that Congress and federal agencies could take to save money and improve government services. "This...
As Charles Barkley saw it, the New Orleans Pelicans were so dismal in their first-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder that they didn’t deserve an off-season vacation in Cancun. “We’re gonna send them to Galveston, where that dirty-ass water be washin’ up on the shore,” Barkley said on Inside the NBA, the long-running TNT studio show. One of his cohosts, fellow Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal, was in stitches. And for Barkley, that’s like a coach giving him the green light to keep...
According to Gallup, Generation Z is the gayest generation ever. While just 2% of baby boomers currently identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, and just 7.6% of all adults do the same, an eye-popping 22.3% of Gen Z claim an LGBT identity. The next highest number is millennials at just 9.8%. What is going […]
Questions remain around the disappearance of a man mixed up in one of the biggest gold scams in history.
Why The Dollar Will Lose Its Status As Global Reserve Currency Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, By the early 400s, the Roman Empire was coming apart at the seams and in desperate need of strong, competent leadership. In theory, Honorius should have been the right man for the job. Born into the royal household in Constantinople, Honorius had been groomed to rule, practically since birth, by the finest experts in the realm. So even as a young man, Honorius had...
The anti-graft agency said that the Nigerian local currency should be the
ARM Loses Leg After Downbeat Annual Revenue Forecast It was all looking good for a second or two as ARM Holdings released earnings with top- and bottom-lines beating expectations ARM HOLDINGS PLC 4Q TOTAL REV. $928M, EST. $880.4M ARM HOLDINGS PLC 4Q ADJ EPS 36C, EST. 30C So good, so far, then the chip designer said that sales will be $875 million to $925 million in the June quarter (which compares favorably with an average analyst estimate of $868 million). But then...
Despite a challenging environment with slowing demand in the $250-billion Indian IT industry, four smaller IT firms in the country have entered the billion-dollar revenue group over the last five quarters. They are L&T group's LTTS, Coforge, Persistent Systems, and Sonata Software. Many other mid-cap IT firms are also eyeing an entry into the billion-dollar club in the coming quarters while the above-mentioned four are chasing the next target of $2 billion, industry observers said. Firms such as...
Airlines won’t say how much they make from unused flight credits, but potential automatic refunds could hurt their massive windfall.
These are the UK's three richest and youngest tech entrepreneurs who have managed to turn an idea into a billion-dollar business.
Duncan Kerr, a designer who has been a part of Apple's journey since the late 1990s is now departing, marking another loss for the design team in a relatively short span of time. Jony Ive In February, Apple lost designer Bart Andre, who had been with the company since 1992. He was Apple's longest-serving industrial designer. On Wednesday, it was learned that Kerr would also be departing, though his plans are currently unknown. Kerr had worked at Apple since 1999 and was heavily...
Jelly Roll is feeling better than ever after finishing his first 5K, and