• Bfsg LLC Sells 222 Shares of Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO)

    Bfsg LLC cut its stake in shares of Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO – Free Report) by 0.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 24,998 shares of the mining company’s stock after selling 222 shares during the period. Bfsg LLC’s […]

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    Nurses reach contract agreements with Wichita hospitals

    Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Union-represented nurses at two Ascension-owned hospitals in Wichita are agreeing to new contracts. National Nurses United said the nurses voted in favor of ratifying new two-year contracts after successfully winning protections

  • Sondheimer: Greatest legacy of 1984 Olympic Games is LA84 Foundation

    Driving past a San Fernando Valley middle school during lunchtime, the sports fields were buzzing with activity. Soccer balls were being kicked, basketballs were being dribbled, tetherballs were being socked. My previous three hours had been spent attending a conference sponsored by the LA84 Foundation in downtown Los Angeles, listening to speakers discuss the magic and importance of inclusion in sports. When competitions are open to anyone, whether you’re rich or poor, nerdy or athletic, a...

  • With Ludmilla's Historic Coachella Performance, "The Black Girl From Rio Won"

    On a routine grocery shopping trip, 12-year-old Ludmilla decided to become a singer. While accompanying her mom, a DVD of a Beyoncé performance that played in the store enchanted a young Ludmilla. She bought a copy of the DVD, watched it at home, and thought: “How can someone do all that at the same time? I want to do that!” Born and raised in the municipality of Duque de Caxias in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Ludmilla started her career by singing rhymes and sporadic lyrics over...

  • Avalanche Studios devs have reached a contract agreement in bid to unionize

    Late last year, over 100 employees of Avalanche Studios, the makers of Just Cause, announced an intent to unionize. The workers have officially ironed out a collective bargaining agreement with the Swedish labor unions Unionen and Engineers of Sweden. The agreement goes into effect during the second quarter of 2025. While specifics of the agreement remain unknown, Avalanche said that it “will help standardize frameworks around essential areas such as salaries, benefits, employee influence, and...

  • Sesame Workshop reaches tentative collective bargaining agreement with writers’ union

    The writers, who are represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, were threatening to picket outside of Sesame Workshop’s New York headquarters if a deal wasn’t reached.

  • Bayern Munich reach agreement with Tottenham Hotspur to sign Harry Kane

    Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane is fully focused on the Champions League bout against Arsenal FC When he was asked at the press conference before the game what his thoughts are on a potential return of current Germany national team coach Julian Nagelsmann, the Englishman said the following, as captured by @iMiaSanMia: “To be honest, I don’t know him too well, I don’t know the whole situation with the coach for next season. What I know is that Thomas is here until the end of the season. And...

  • Kevin McCarthy's trying to create a legacy, but he can’t give up Trump

    The least successful House speaker in history—the only one to be ousted—is taking time out of his revenge agenda to take a stab at rewriting history to somehow make himself the hero. That includes a Georgetown University event called “How Strong Is Our Democracy? With Kevin McCarthy.” Politico reports that despite that title, at “a time when both Democrats and Republicans—for very different reasons—warn that ‘democracy is on the ballot’ in 2024, he didn’t seem to have that level of concern about...

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    'Infrastructure for the next generation': Ontario, Ottawa reach agreement on Highway 413 project

    An agreement between the provincial and federal governments will see Premier Doug Ford’s flagship Highway 413 move forward with a joint working group dedicated to minimizing environmental impacts. In a statement released Monday, officials said that the two levels of government have agreed to a “collaborative process to assess and manage the issues around federal species at risk throughout Ontario’s planning of the project.” “This agreement shows Canada and Ontario’s ability to work...

  • Bally Sports reached up to $78 million settlement with San Diego Padres in confidential agreement

    The bankrupt regional sports channel network Bally Sports agreed last year to pay as much as $78.9 million to the San Diego Padres for ceasing payments on their contract, according to a copy of the then confidential agreement included as an exhibit in a motion for the federal judge overseeing the case to approve it.

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    Key surveillance tool could run out Friday as senators struggle to reach agreement to beat deadline

    By Ted Barrett, CNN A critical intelligence community surveillance tool could lapse temporarily Friday unless senators reach an agreement to speed passage of a bill that would renew the program for two years. That cooperation would be needed from Senate critics who have myriad of complaints about Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,

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    Key surveillance tool could run out Friday as senators struggle to reach agreement to beat deadline

    By Ted Barrett, CNN A critical intelligence community surveillance tool could lapse temporarily Friday unless senators reach an agreement to speed passage of a bill that would renew the program for two years. That cooperation would be needed from Senate critics who have myriad of complaints about Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act,