| Homeland Security shutdown looms
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 A three-week extension of Department of Homeland Security funding has failed in the House by a vote of 203-224 after Speaker Boehner tried to get more votes. Ed Schultz and Rep. Tim Ryan discuss. Read more
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| Tokyo 2020 to save $1bn with three venue changes
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| Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 are to move or alter three venues, saving around a billion dollars, with more changes and savings to come, the International Olympic Committee's Sports Director Christophe Dubi said on Friday.
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People walk past Olympic ring structures, which are part of booths at a photo exhibition on the history of Japanese participation in the previous Olympic games and its journey to the 2020 Olympics, at a commercial building in Tokyo's business district September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino
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| Wages Rise at Restaurants as Labor Market Tightens
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 Wage growth is breaking out in an unexpected corner of the U.S. economy: the nation's restaurants and bars. Food-service employment has surged since the recession ended nearly six years ago, growing twice as fast as overall payrolls.
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| B2B Meets The Cloud: The Evolution of Payments
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| It has been 34 years since the first online B2B transaction was completed – and much has changed since then. In a time when payment companies are under tremendous pressure to produce more with fewer resources, many are jumping the traditional payments ship and switching over to electronic payments. On Thursday, March 26 at 1 p.m. EST, MPD CEO Karen Webster and Rhonda Rogers, VP of Payment Services for AvidXchange, will take part in a live digital discussion on the journey from paper checks to automation in the B2B space, and unveil the power of cloud-based payment solutions on a company's bottom line. In this digital discussion, you will also learn: • How the cloud-based payment solutions are driving cost efficiencies • How the process of check automation improves businesses' visibility, control, budgeting and audit processes • What companies need to understand and ask themselves before making the shift to electronic payments To register for this live digital discussion, please click the button below. ...
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| Woman critically burned trying to put out house fire
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 A woman was hospitalized with critical burns today after she escaped a house fire but apparently went back inside to try to put out the blaze with a garden hose, Las Vegas Fire & Rescue officials said. The woman ...
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| U.S. Presses China on Technology Rules
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 U.S. officials and business groups are objecting to a draft Chinese antiterrorism law that they say will serve as a new way for Beijing to acquire proprietary information or nudge foreign technology companies out of the vast market.
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