Business

2d ago

Note that while most studies conclude that the effects of minimum wage are small, many actually conclude that higher minimum wages create jobs. 1

In fact, there's a pretty clear and simple reason why this could happen. 1It's called "monopsony power". 1

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In other words, a $15 federal minimum wage just might be pretty safe after all. 1

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Business

Comment

8d ago

from Nytimes

Fauci Suggests Theaters Could Reopen 'Some Time in the Fall'

"If everything goes right, this is will occur some time in the fall of 2021," Dr. Fauci said, "so that by the time we get to the early to mid-fall, you can have people feeling safe performing onstage as well as people in the audience." 2

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In response, Dr. Fauci urged them to do more research on the ventilation quality of their theaters and to explore how improving air flow might affect transmission. 1

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micshasan

6d ago

from Forbes

DoorDash IPO Could Make CEO Tony Xu And Cofounders Billionaires

Food delivery app DoorDash is going public, and if all goes according to plan, its CEO, Tony Xu, and two other cofounders will all become billionaires. 1

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DoorDash is backed by SoftBank Vision Fund, venture capital firm Sequoia and the private equity arm of the Singapore government and has been pushing for an IPO for years. 1

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The Street will be laser-focused on this deal." 1

C_BellaCreative

7d ago

from Washington Post

Analysis | Trump Has Been Impeached Again. Here's What Happens Next

There, in one of the more unusual spectacles in American politics, the 100 members are sworn in as the jury in a trial, with "impeachment managers" functioning as prosecutors. 1

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That's because no president impeached by the House has ever been convicted by the Senate, much less after leaving office. 1

AngelaPerea

16d ago

from Project Casting

Georgia Requires Audits for Movie and TV Film Tax Credits

(Update June 27, 2020) House Bill 1037, sponsored by Rep. Matt Dollar, R-Marietta, requires all productions located in Georgia to undergo mandatory audits by the Georgia Department of Revenue or third-party auditors chosen by the state. 2It will also place additional restrictions on how film companies could transfer or sell unused tax credits to other businesses. 1

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micshasan

13d ago

from Theproducersperspective

The Producer's Perspective. A Broadway Blog by Ken Davenport

Leaders around there world were laughing at us. 1

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Every member of Congress has an obligation to use the resources they have to better their district . . . and therefore their state . . . and therefore their country . . . and therefore the world. 1Those who waste time not only don't help, they hurt devastate. 1

Oh, and at the same time, they can also incite violence. 1

C_BellaCreative

14d ago

from TribLIVE.com

Ethane cracker plant in Beaver County about 70% complete, Shell executive says

Officials have said it will employ about 600 full-time workers, and hundreds of other jobs could be created by spinoff companies related to the plastics industry. 1

C_BellaCreative

14d ago

from The Tribune-Democrat

WATCH VIDEO | 'Sitting on gold': President touts region's energy production in western Pa. stop

The president's remark referred to reservoirs of shale natural gas in Beaver County and throughout the Appalachian region that Trump said account for about a third of the country's natural gas supply. 1

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"It was the Trump administration who made it possible, no one else. 1Without us, you would have never have been able to do this," Trump said. 1

C_BellaCreative

17d ago

from Wired

Opinion: Timnit Gebru's Exit From Google Exposes a Crisis in AI

Take facial-recognition technologies, for instance, which have been shown to "recognize" darker skinned people less frequently than those with lighter skin. 1

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We have only to look to Big Tobacco and Big Oil for troubling templates that expose just how much influence over the public understanding of complex scientific issues large companies can exert when knowledge creation is left in their hands. 1

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