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Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Laurie Union (right) took over her family’s corrugated roofing company in 1992. Lauri Union After graduation, in 1992, Laurie Union took over her family’s corrugated roofing business, which was on the verge of bankruptcy.As president and CEO at age 27, she successfully turned the company around and sold it a few years later.Union shared five principles that he says helped save the declining business that bears his name. I never planned on joining the family business. My grandfather started a corrugated roofing company in North Carolina in 1946, and…
Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Elon Musk. Beata Saursel/Getty Images Eight former SpaceX employees are suing the company and Elon Musk.They say they were fired for speaking out about a hostile work environment.The lawsuit alleges that Musk treated women as “sexual objects” and used vulgar language. Eight former SpaceX employees have filed a lawsuit against the company and CEO Elon Musk, claiming they were wrongfully fired in 2022 for speaking out about a hostile work environment.The lawsuit, filed in California, alleges that employees wrote an open letter to SpaceX management expressing their concerns, after…
Mayor Adams has gone to extraordinary lengths over the years to personally appease the Rev. Lamore Whitehead after Whitehead was in a spat with the mayor’s top adviser, Ingrid Lewis Martin, and pressured him for financial and political help, according to a trove of text messages exchanged between the two men.Federal prosecutors seized the emails as part of their case against Whitehead, who described himself as a protégé of Adams and was convicted in March of defrauding people and banks, including falsely representing a businessman to the mayor as a government favor in 2022. The mayor was not accused of…
Kristaps Porzingis is the biggest X-factor remaining in the NBA Finals (Photo: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)If the Boston Celtics want to take a 3-0 lead in the NBA Finals, they’ll need to do it without Kristaps Porzingis.Celtics Porzingis ruled out for Game 3 He was ruled out of Wednesday’s game against the Dallas Mavericks with a left leg injury, described as a dislocated left posterior tibial tendon.Porzingis was visibly injured in the Celtics’ Game 2 win after a box-out collision with Mavericks center Derek Lively II, limping off the court. He was cautious the rest of the game and did not…
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging President Biden’s decision to close the southern border to nearly all migrants seeking asylum in the United States.The measure marks the first legal challenge to an order the Biden administration hopes will reduce the number of illegal border crossings and neutralize one of the president’s most serious political weaknesses.The ACLU said in a statement that the asylum ban, which took effect a week ago, violates legal protections for people seeking protection in the United States.Biden’s order would block migrants who cross the US-Mexico border without authorization from applying for asylum.…
MOURI Tech, an Irving-based global enterprise IT solutions provider, has acquired Vertisystem Inc., a California-based IT services company specializing in the gaming and hospitality industries. MOURI said the acquisition is part of its strategy to enhance its service offerings and expand its foothold in the gaming and hospitality industry, and will enable MOURI to expand its presence in the US and India, strengthening its global distribution capabilities. Anil Yellammaredi Anil Yelamreddy, CEO of MOURI Tech, said the company is “extremely pleased to welcome Vertisystem into the MOURI Tech family,” adding that the move will enhance its service offerings to customers.…
Pet owners await remains from now-closed Las Vegas business LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The owner of a now-closed pet cremation business where animals destined for cremation were dumped more than 100 miles away appears to be apologizing to customers whose orders were arriving months later. Last fall, 8 News Now investigators spoke with several people who had paid 1st Call Pet Cremation to dispose of their dog bodies and said they couldn’t believe the bodies they were given belonged to their beloved animals. Dozens of pets that owners had arranged to be cremated near Las Vegas were dumped more than…
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The historic quest for justice by the last two centenarian survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre likely ended Wednesday when the Oklahoma Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s dismissal of their lawsuit seeking compensation.The ruling likely represents the final legal check for Recy Benningfield Rundle, 109, and Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, who were children at the time and who, after years of remaining silent, have begun to speak publicly, including in testimony before a congressional committee, about the details of one of the worst racially-charged crimes in American history. Fletcher and Rundle argued that the destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood,…
A preliminary injunction has been issued to stop a golf cart repair and resale business operating out of a home in Sanibel Village. Sumter County Attorney Jennifer Ray informed commissioners Tuesday night that Judge Christy M. Healis granted a restraining order against Charles Abisari in Circuit Court earlier in the day. The injunction could mark the end of an eight-year effort to shut down the business. The county commission in February authorized Ray to seek a preliminary injunction. The county is also seeking a cease and desist order, a $50-a-day fine, damages and attorney’s fees. Abisari, who lives at 834…