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Days after hundreds of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees were laid off, former CDC officials are warning it has left the agency more unprepared to keep Americans healthy and safe.While 1,300 CDC employees initially received reduction-in-force notices on Friday, about 700 were later notified their terminations were revoked, union officials said. Some of the RIF notices had been sent to CDC employees due to a coding error, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said. But, about 600 staff members remained terminated.In a press conference Wednesday, the former CDC officials, who resigned earlier this year in protest after what they described as…
It’s to keep older workers in the labour force longer and bolster a shrinking workforce[HONG KONG] China has increased the maximum hiring age for some civil service positions for the first time in three decades, from 35 to 38, a move that aims to keep older workers in the labour force longer and bolster a shrinking workforce.Authorities announced the revision on Tuesday ahead of the opening of applications for the national civil service exam on Wednesday (Oct 15). Candidates should be between 18 and 38 years of age to apply, while the age limit for those with master’s or doctoral…
[SINGAPORE] Shares on the Singapore bourse edged up on Wednesday (Oct 15), as the three local banks all finished the trading day higher.The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.3 per cent, or 13.9 points, to 4,368.42. Across the broader market, advancers outnumbered decliners 402 to 187, after 1.5 billion shares worth S$1.4 billion changed hands.Keppel was the STI’s top gainer, climbing 3.2 per cent or S$0.29 to S$9.30.Genting Singapore remained the most actively traded STI counter by volume for a second straight day, with 48.2 million shares worth S$35.2 million changing hands. The counter closed 0.7 per cent or…
When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades.More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of oil gushed out, blackening beaches for 150 miles (240 kilometers) from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles, polluting a biologically rich habitat for endangered whales and sea turtles, killing scores of pelicans, seals and dolphins, and decimating the fishing industry.Plains All American Pipeline in 2022 agreed to a $230 million settlement with fishers and coastal property owners without admitting liability. Federal inspectors found that the Houston-based company failed to quickly detect the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Election Commission is trying to figure out how a contract for new machines for voting for $28 million ended up costing the agency $4 million more.The investigation into buying the 3,200 ballot scanners in 2024 has led to the firing of the head of the election agency and the second in command and cost a third staffer his job. And it isn’t the only problem. with the Election Commission, Chairman Dennis Shedd said at Wednesday’s monthly meeting.There was a recording device hidden in the room before the commissioners met behind…
Washington — The Trump administration will continue paying FBI agents despite the ongoing government shutdown that has frozen paychecks for nearly all federal workers, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday.”You’ve found a way to get these individuals paid during a government shutdown,” Patel said to President Trump during an unrelated Oval Office event. “On behalf of the FBI, it’s a great debt that we owe you.”Patel did not specify the source of the funds that would be used to pay the agents.The announcement follows recent moves by the administration to ensure members of the military receive paychecks this week despite…
Bank of America was sued Wednesday over its alleged financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein, with the lawsuit claiming the financial giant facilitated and also benefited from his alleged sex trafficking venture. The lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of a Jane Doe, alleges Epstein committed his crimes “through access to funding and financial support from both individuals and institutions, including Bank of America.” Epstein died in 2019 in jail while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges.”Egregiously, Bank of America had a plethora of information regarding Epstein’s sex trafficking operation but chose profit over protecting the victims,” the…
U.S. Bancorp said on Wednesday it had formed a new unit focused on digital assets and money movement to speed up development as well as grow the revenue from emerging digital products and services.Jamie Walker, a U.S. Bancorp veteran of more than 20 years, will lead the new unit.WHY IT’S IMPORTANTThe goal of the new organization is to develop digital products and make more money from the growing areas in finance such as stablecoin issuance, cryptocurrency custody, asset tokenization and digital money movement. KEY QUOTE”Clients increasingly want to understand how digital assets can help them safely move money, store deposits…
Maybank says prediction markets are suggesting that a Trump-Xi meeting is ‘78% likely’ before the end of October[SINGAPORE] Just as Asian markets shuttered at the end of last week, trade tensions between China and the US revved up again.US President Donald Trump said that he would impose a fresh 100 per cent tariff on China. Set to go into effect from Nov 1, it will apply on top of existing levies and export controls on “any and all critical software”.US tariffs on imports from China this year had reached a high of 145 per cent, leading to China retaliating with…
ANDOVER, Mass., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — TransMedics Group, Inc. (“TransMedics”) (Nasdaq: TMDX), a medical technology company that is transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage lung, heart and liver failure, today announced that it will release financial results for the third quarter 2025 after market close on Wednesday, October 29, 2025. The TransMedics management team will host a corresponding conference call beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT. Investors interested in listening to the conference call may do so by dialing (844) 676-6010 for domestic callers or (412) 634-6944 for international callers and ask to be joined…