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Regulations can burden small businesses, but research shows they can also help them grow

Small businesses can benefit from following rules. Credit: Dragana Gordic / Shutterstock A couple of weeks before her short stint as prime minister ended, Liz Truss delivered on a pledge to tackle what some—including Truss—saw as red tape holding back "thousands of growing businesses" in the UK. The move focused on exempting small businesses from certain regulations to help stimulate growth. It involved expanding the…

Twitter’s ‘Massive’ Revenue Drop Adds to Firm’s Heavy Debt Burden After Elon Musk Takeover

Elon Musk's revelation that Twitter has suffered a "massive" revenue drop since he took over 10 days ago underscores the precarious nature of the social media company's finances after he saddled it with $13 billion (roughly Rs. 105 crore) in debt, credit experts say.Musk tweeted on Friday that Twitter was losing more than $4 million (roughly Rs. 33 crore) a day, largely because advertisers started fleeing once he took over. He has blamed civil rights activists pressuring advertisers, though many in the advertising…

The burden of long covid on Black Americans

Nevertheless, Horwitz, who is also a RECOVER principal investigator, believes the study will give a clearer view of the impact of long covid on Black people. Gregorio Millett, vice president and director for public policy for amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, agrees. Millett, who is an epidemiologist, coauthored the first research paper to point out that Black people were contracting covid-19 disproportionately in the US. He says there are enough Black participants “to conduct several comparative analyses with…

The Beasts of Burden launches on September 13

I’ll never be your Beasts of Burden A new entry in Square Enix and Alim’s Voice of Cards series is on the way. Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden is set to launch for PC, PlayStation 4, and Switch on September 13, 2022. Each entry is a role-playing game where everything is cards. Villages, overworld maps, enemies, and even dialogue windows are all portrayed as cards in a deck. The Beasts of Burden is the third in the series, following after The Isle Dragon Roars and The Forsaken Maiden. This is a standalone experience…

Man Who’s The ‘Face’ Behind Tom Cruise Deepfakes Talks About How Huge Of A Burden It’s Been–Even Around A-Listers Like Leonardo…

Tom Cruise has been thriving, as Top Gun: Maverick is still breaking records for Paramount. And while the star finds success, Miles Fisher, who's become famous for his Cruise deepfakes is getting considerable buzz a well. Of course, going viral for his uncanny recreations of the actor has helped raise his profile. But as Fisher now tells it, fooling people into thinking he’s Cruise has proved to be a burden, even around A-listers like Leonardo DiCaprio. Miles Fisher definitely seems appreciative of the attention and work…

Children will reclaim the burden of school meal debt as federal subsidies from COVID-19 end

Actions Schools are Prohibited from Taking Against Students Who Cannot Pay School Meal Debt. Credit: Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University As a federal program to serve meals to all US public school students during COVID-19 ends on June 30, the consequences of unpaid school meal debt will resurface for the millions of students nationwide facing food insecurity.…