• Student Amputates His Legs To Get £1M Insurance Payout; Only Gets £5611 and Has To Pay It Back

    A 23-year-old student in Taiwan was arrested on suspicion of insurance fraud after trying to receive a payout of £1 million.Zhang, whose first name is unknown, attempted to pull off a scam that involved him having his legs amputated from an alleged motorbike incident in the cold. The scheme took place during one night in Taiwan in January 2023.Had everything played out the way that Zhang intended, he would have been able to scam his way to a large payout after getting treated for supposed...

  • How Matt Rodin Nails THAT Song in a Queer Company

    Matt Rodin stars as a commitment-phobic groom-to-be in the new touring production of a gender-swapped "Company."

  • Vodacom to let South African staff go

    Vodacom Group reportedly plotted to cut jobs from its domestic operation in a bid to lower costs, though the company stated the move also related to a shift towards a more technology-oriented approach.

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    Best Solar Panel Installation Companies in South Carolina

    If you live in the Palmetto State, the state solar tax credit will go a long way toward making a solar panel system more affordable for you.

  • Minimum pay part of Labor's bid to 'get wages moving'

    Unions and business groups are at loggerheads over the annual wage review, as the federal government’s full position on pay rises for the lowest paid workers is set to be unveiled. The Fair Work Commission’s annual review impacting the bank balances of millions of workers on minimum and award wages is under way, with the […]

  • Ransomware: lessons all companies can learn from the British Library attack

    In October 2023, the British Library suffered "one of the worst cyber incidents in British history," as described by Ciaran Martin, ex-CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). What lessons can other organisations learn from the ransomware attack? in my article on the Exponential-e blog.

  • Millions of workers to get £160 pay rise within weeks

    The National Living Wage is going up from April 7, with the lowest-paid workers set to benefit from the increase in the minimum wage

  • Companies reluctant to pay extra to confirm suppliers' sustainability claims

    Many companies proclaiming ethical credentials resist paying a premium to test their suppliers' sustainability claims, new research suggests.

  • Donald Trump Tried to Get Bond From Company He Misled About Finances

    Donald Trump asked one of the entities he was found liable of deceiving to help cover his New York civil fraud bond.According to a court filing by the former president's legal team on Monday, Trump has asked a number of sureties to back the $464 million bond needed to appeal Judge Arthur Engoron's ruling that found him, his two adult sons and others associated with the Trump Organization liable of fraud. The lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Trump and his...

  • Hailey Bieber’s Glazed Donut Nails Are Back: How to Get Them

    It’s no secret that Hailey Bieber takes her beauty inspiration from food. Over the past couple of years, mouth-watering names like cinnamon cookie butter hair and strawberry girl makeup have made the rounds on TikTok and Instagram. Now, the 27-year-old model’s glazed donut nails are back — and thanks to her nail artist, fans can easily replicate them. Manicurist Zola Ganzorigt (whose other clients include Kendall Jenner, Sydney Sweeney and Vanessa Hudgens) posted an Instagram photo of...

  • Amazon's senior employees may not get a cash pay raise this year

    Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday its senior employees, whose compensation includes more stock-related awards than cash, may not receive a cash pay raise this year. For this year's compensation cycle, we are prioritizing cash base pay increases for employees whose compensation is weighted more heavily in base pay as opposed to stock, an Amazon spokesperson said in an emailed statement. Some of these top employees' compensation, however, will meaningfully exceed that of last year due to growth...

  • Mike Lindell's MyPillow fails to pay rent, gets evicted from warehouse

    Mike Lindell's MyPillow is getting evicted from one of its Minnesota warehouses, the Star Tribune, a local Minnesota newspaper, reported on Tuesday."MyPillow has more or less vacated, but we'd like to do this by the book," the landlord's attorney, Sara Filo, said during an eviction court hearing on Tuesday, per Star Tribune."At this point, there's a representation that no further payment is going to be made under this lease, so we'd like to go ahead with finding a new tenant," Filo...