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Mumbai, India, July 29, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Experian, a global leader in data and technology, has announced that it has been named to Everest Group’s prestigious list of “Top Employers for Tech Talent” in India (Top 25) and the US (Top 40) for the second consecutive year. The recognition comes after Experian India won the “Top 10 Best Mid-Sized Workplaces: 2024” award from Great Place to Work in June 2024, as well as Experian North America being named to Fortune’s “Top 100 Best Companies to Work for 2024” list for the fifth consecutive year.Everest Group, a renowned research firm known for…
(Update: Adds video and comments from homeless people) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Forest Service paving work that was scheduled to begin later this week on China Hat Road south of Bend has been postponed indefinitely due to high forest fire danger and the associated shutdown of all industrial activity in the Deschutes National Forest. If this actually happens, it could create homelessness in the areas affected by the project, as people living deep in the forest would have no way to safely get in and out. “Where are we going to go when the road’s been closed for four months?”…
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves made one thing clear during an audit of UK government spending on Monday: the new Labour government plans to frontload the bad news and repair and rebuild the economy, leaving as much time as possible before the next election in five years’ time. Reeves promised during the election campaign that he would always deal fairly with the British people, and he has wasted little time since taking office. Just over three weeks into his term, he said the outgoing Conservative government had left behind £21.9 billion in “unfunded and undisclosed” spending commitments, then outlined…
ATHENS — Coach Kirby Smart has added a new face to his roster of off-field analysts: former Georgia Tech defensive coordinator Andrew Thacker is now serving as an analyst.Tucker, whose X profile now includes the tag @Georgiafootball, worked at Georgia Tech from 2019-2023. He was the defensive coordinator under Geoff Collins and Brent Key. Georgia Tech fired Tucker after the 2023 season after he was stripped of his defensive coordinator duties during the season. Tucker was born in Cartersville, Georgia, and played collegiately at Furman University. This isn’t the first time Smart has hired a former coordinator from a rival…
ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves games are returning to Xfinity this week.The broadcast of games will resume this Thursday, Aug. 1, after a three-month hiatus due to a contract dispute between the owners of the Xfinity cable service and Bally Sports, the channel that broadcasts the Braves.”We appreciate Diamond Sports working with us to find a solution that returns the Bally Sports RSNs to Ultimate TV customers in a way that reflects the changing local sports video market,” Greg Rigdon, Comcast’s president of content acquisitions, said in a statement to The Associated Press. “We look forward to making these networks available…
NEW YORK — Twins games will be broadcast on Comcast’s cable system starting Thursday after Comcast and Diamond Sports Group reached agreement on a new deal, the parent company of Bally Sports North announced Monday. But there’s a catch: BSN will now be part of Comcast Xfinity’s “Ultimate TV” package and will no longer be available in the basic “Popular TV” package. The higher plan, which already includes sports channels like NFL Network and MLB Network, will cost $20 more per month, but Comcast will offer three months free for subscribers who upgrade. BSN programming, including Twins games and many…
Asian businessman drinking alcohol in a luxury car.Wei-Kuan Lin | Moment | Getty ImagesAsset managers told CNBC that China’s wealthy are currently adopting a “conservative” investment strategy, with their money flowing into international assets as China’s economy stagnates, dragged down by a struggling real estate sector.However, the country’s luxury real estate market remains a popular asset.”There has been a notable increase in transactions in Shanghai’s premium property sector,” said James MacDonald, head of China research at global real estate firm Savills, attributing this to recent policy easing by the government.China has relaxed some regulations on property purchasing, resulting in an…
Austin, Texas (Associated Press) President Joe Biden On Monday, he said “extremism” on the U.S. Supreme Court has eroded public confidence in the court and called for Congress to impose term limits and An enforceable code of ethics He called on the nine Supreme Court justices to urge lawmakers to ratify a constitutional amendment that would limit presidential immunity.With less than six months left in his term as president, Biden detailed the contours of his court proposal. Speech at the LBJ Presidential Library At a ceremony in Austin, Texas, marking the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, his call…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Earth regularly passes through streams of cometary debris that produce hundreds of meteor showers each year. forplayday/Getty Images One of the exciting celestial phenomena this summer will be the double meteor shower, which will peak on July 30th.The two meteor showers are very different from each other, with one being known for its fireballs.The double meteor shower can be seen in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Two meteor showers, the Delta Southern Aquarids and the Alpha Capricornids, are scheduled to peak at roughly the same time on Tuesday…
Amazon and the Better Business Bureau have teamed up to file lawsuits against alleged fake review brokers in an effort to put a stop to the practice and ensure shoppers have a trustworthy experience.To illustrate the problem, Troubleshooters once set up their own online businesses to see if they could buy and post fake reviews, which was surprisingly easy to do.Troubleshooters warned in 2018 that fake reviews had become a big problem.”I just submitted a file of 26,000 fake reviews two weeks ago,” said Jason Brown of ReviewFraud.org.Amazon announced that it had actively blocked more than 250 million suspected fake…