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Actor’s union has released a detailed list of their proposals and the studios/producers’ counteroffers, revealing just how far off the two sides are On July 13, Fran Drescher, star of The Nanny and president of SAG-AFTRA, outlined the actor’s union’s strike plans during a fiery speech in front of media cameras.    “I cannot believe it, quite frankly, how far apart we are on so many things. It is disgusting. Shame on them. They stand on the wrong side of history,” she said.…

Several Republican representatives have proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act to try to stop the Pentagon’s electrification. The proposals sound so mind-bogglingly dumb that they look like they were written by 19th-century Luddites or the fossil fuel industry itself. With the US military operating a fleet of hundreds of thousands of vehicles, including tactical vehicles, it makes the Pentagon the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world. The…

The government's plan to overhaul the judicial system is harming investor confidence and pushing high-tech firms to relocate abroad, Israel's state-backed agency that supports high-tech companies said on Monday. A survey by the Israel Innovation Authority found 80% of startups established so far this year were opened outside Israel and that companies also intend to register their future intellectual property overseas - which would result in a severe blow to Israel's tax coffers. Israel's high-tech sector employs 10% of…

Amazon.com Inc faces 18 shareholder proposals, beating its 2022 record of 15, as environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused investors push for more changes in ecommerce giant, Amazon's proxy statement released on Thursday shows. The proposals include a request to change Amazon's executive compensation package, an audit to ensure that its technologies are not used for human rights violations, and additional reporting of Amazon's animal welfare standards.Shareholders need at least 53% of votes to win, but the…

No. of jobs cut: 27,101 | Retail segment saw 2% cutAmazon.com Inc faces 18 shareholder proposals, beating its 2022 record of 15, as environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused investors push for more changes in e-commerce giant, Amazon's proxy statement released on Thursday shows. The proposals include a request to change Amazon's executive compensation package, an audit to ensure that its technologies are not used for human rights violations, and additional reporting of Amazon's animal welfare standards.…

<!----> The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last night announced new proposed federal vehicle emissions standards which it said would “accelerate the ongoing transition to a clean vehicles future and tackle the climate crisis”. Depending on how manufacturers chose to meet the standards, EPA…

Credit: Juice Verve/Shutterstock Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has brought forward a planned review into sex education in English schools. This is in response to concerns raised by Conservative MP Miriam Cates over sex education that is "age-inappropriate, extreme, sexualizing and inaccurate" being taught in schools. Nearly 50…

Laxman Narasimhan, incoming Starbucks CEO, Sept. 7, 2022.CNBCStarbucks investors will vote Thursday on whether the coffee giant is respecting its workers' rights and if its board is doing enough to plan for executive transitions.The shareholder meeting is the first under new CEO Laxman Narasimhan, who took the reins from Howard Schultz on Monday, nearly two weeks earlier than expected. Narasimhan's ascension comes at a time when Starbucks is facing scrutiny from all angles.Next week, Sen. Bernie Sanders is slated to grill…

Hon Hai Precision Industry (Foxconn) on Monday said it will be in close contact with Karnataka and Telangana to take its electronic manufacturing projects in the two states forward, pledging its commitment to work on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) it signed with the two state governments last week. In separate letters to Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Foxconn chairman Young Liu said he will "ensure successful grounding of the 'Project Elephant' in…

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