We have a House of Representatives and an incoming Biden administration that supports the PRO Act-a nationalized version of California's job-killing Assembly Bill 5 (AB5)-as well as other states contemplating copy-cat legislation. The rule was specifically given as an example by the Biden-Harris transition team when it announced plans to issue a memo to take effect after noon on January 20 to hal... [Full Article...]
According to Pichai, only about 10% to 15% of its workers, whose work requires physically being in the office will be on-site in June. Software giant Microsoft is likely to extend work-from-home arrangements until next year in the wake of the ongoing pandemic. [Full Article...]
An EPA-rated range figure for the Standard Range hasn't been published but Tesla estimates the figure at 244 miles, versus 326 miles for the Long Range and 303 miles for the Performance. Tesla said almost two years ago that it planned to begin producing the standard-range version of the Model Y in spring 2021. As noted by the electric vehicle maker, the Model Y's seven-seat interior include... [Full Article...]
Today's results come from over 19,000 tests conducted in the past 24 hours. Queensland's Chief Health Officer, Dr Jeanette Young, said while the risks surrounding this case are low, they just want to be extra cautious. "We have 21 active cases", Ms Palaszczuk said this morning. Queensland's contact tracers have identified 147 close contacts of the hotel quarantine worker who travelled around B... [Full Article...]
The woman arrived into Victoria on the 26th of December from the UK. Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young said, "We're taking a very cautious approach with this case, now that we know for sure this person has the United Kingdom variant of the virus", she said. [Full Article...]
Members of the pro-Trump mob which stormed the Capitol on Wednesday should be barred from boarding flights in order to ensure passenger safety, a flight attendants' union has said. American and United said they were working closely with law enforcement. Now, even that has been banned for D.C. area flights. Southwest Airlines said it was monitoring events and expected customers to adhere to appli... [Full Article...]
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents fill out content forms before receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations at a temporary vaccination site in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. In terms of transport, bus travel has been halted and many flights have been cancelled. Shijiazhuang also closed its subway from Saturday morning to aid "prevention and control of the outbreak", authorities said, wi... [Full Article...]
The American Bankers Association is the voice of the nation's $21.2 trillion banking industry, which is composed of small, regional and large banks that together employ more than 2 million people, safeguard $17 trillion in deposits and extend almost $11 trillion in loans. [Full Article...]