Federal law requires only unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child, but companies including Netflix, Adobe and Microsoft have recently increased their benefits. In a note to employees sent Thursday, Starbucks Corp. said birth moms will be eligible for six weeks of paid leave at 100 percent of their average pay starting Oct. 1. Last month, Ikea's U.S. division said it would offer employees up to four months of paid parental leave.
IBM notched its 19th consecutive quarter of falling revenue, year on year, as it struggles to offset declines in older businesses with sales in younger ones that are growing at a rapid clip.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man who ran to help an Iowa couple during the deadly Florida airport shooting this month attended the funeral for the man who was killed.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man who ran to help an Iowa couple during the deadly Florida airport shooting this month attended the funeral for the man who was killed.
ARMONK (ANP) - IBM heeft de winst in het vierde kwartaal licht zien stijgen ten opzichte van een jaar eerder. Het Amerikaanse technologieconcern profiteerde onder meer van een sterke vraag naar clouddiensten, maakte het donderdag bekend.
He grants the most commutations in a single day ever.
(AP) — LSU coach Ed Orgeron says he has dismissed sophomore nose guard Travonte Valentine for violating team rules. Valentine arrived at LSU in 2014 as a highly touted defensive tackle.
B.C. had more overdoses in 2016 than any year on record as fentanyl cast a wide net across the province
Health codes bar dogs from taprooms, but the city is trying to change that.
“I am very disturbed,” director Lasse Hallstrom tweeted.
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NSW police in Monaro have now taken the lead from ACT police in joint efforts to find missing Canberran, Joel Koppie who was last seen on New Year's Day in Braidwood.
BOSTON — When Edwin Encarnacion became a free agent this offseason, Indians manager Terry Francona didn’t allow himself to daydream about adding the former Blue Jays slugger to his roster. “I didn’t think there was a chance to even talk to Edwin,” Francona said on Thursday in his first comments since the AL champs signed
NEW YORK (AP) — Western Union has agreed to pay $586 million to the U.S. government to pay back victims of fraud that the money transfer company failed to protect.
NEW YORK (AP) — Western Union has agreed to pay $586 million to the U.S. government to pay back victims of fraud that the money transfer company failed to protect.
NEW YORK (AP) — Western Union has agreed to pay $586 million to the U.S. government to pay back victims of fraud that the money transfer company failed to protect. In one such scam, fraudsters would contact people to trick them into thinking they won a foreign lottery and asked them to send money through Western Union to retrieve their prize.
Will Donald Trump make the Cabinet great again?
Recent reports suggest that once in office, the president-elect may delegate a great deal of policymaking authority to his 15 Cabinet secretaries, rather than managing things hands on or through White House staff.
Trump is planning to give his Cabinet “unusually wide latitude,” Politico’s Josh Dawsey and Andrew Restuccia reported earlier this month, citing sources close to the transition. They added that Trump’s own role would likely... Читать дальше...
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly had a rather difficult time persuading A-list musicians to perform at his inauguration festivities.
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The NHL on Thursday announced the format of the six events that will make up the All-Star Skills Competition, which will be held on Jan. 28 at Staples Center. Before the competition, NHL legends are to face celebrities in a friendly game called the All-Star Celebrity Shootout, which will honor...
Business has been so robust at Legoland California’s first on-site hotel that the park started construction this week on a second. This one will have castle towers; rooms themed with knights, princesses and wizards; and a slide in the lobby.
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Experts agree the most dramatic improvements can be made with a paintbrush.
Teori Zavascki listed as being on board plane, which could undermine investigation
The Packers didn’t have a change in status for any of their injured wide receivers during Thursday’s practice. Jordy Nelson was on the field for the second straight day, but media in Green Bay report that he wasn’t wearing pads while going through drills with his teammates. Nelson said on Wednesday that the team was still waiting…
BOSTON (AP) — When Edwin Encarnacion became a free agent this offseason, Indians manager Terry Francona didn't allow himself to daydream about adding the former Blue Jays slugger to his roster.