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Waste Of The Day: $79M To Not Work
Waste Of The Day: $79M To Not Work
Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations,
Contractors working for the State of Illinois took a 470,000-hour paid lunch break on taxpayers' dime.
A company hired during the Covid-19 pandemic to fill staffing shortages at hospitals and long-term care facilities spent more than a third of its time on "standdown," a contract provision that paid them to be on-site and available in case they were needed.
The contractor, Favorite Healthcare Staffing, was supposed to notify the state any time its employees were on standdown for more...
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Getty Images Soars After Securing "Display Agreement" With OpenAI
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Getty Images shares jumped 141% in New York premarket trading after the company announced a "display agreement" with OpenAI.
The timing could not have been better for Getty, whose stock had been languishing this year, down roughly 55% before the announcement.
For a company in need of a sentiment boost, the new partnership with OpenAI, which allows Getty content to be displayed in ChatGPT visual responses and gives users richer, higher-quality, properly licensed imagery, is reviving investor sentiment.
About 17% of Getty's float is...
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Jul 1, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Meanwhile In The UK, You Simply Will Not Believe This...
Meanwhile In The UK, You Simply Will Not Believe This...
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,
A convicted predator who helped destroy the lives of vulnerable girls as young as 13 is days away from freedom in Britain, while Pakistan refuses to take him and archaic rules shield him from removal.
Shabir Ahmed's case lays bare how legal technicalities, political cowardice, and a refusal to enforce borders have turned the country into a revolving door for the most dangerous offenders.
Ahmed, now 73, arrived in the UK long before 1973 as a...
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Feb 25, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
US Imposes New Iran Sanctions Ahead of Geneva Talks
The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed new Iran-related sanctions, a day before US and Iranian officials will meet for another round of talks in Geneva amid the major US military buildup in the Middle East. The Treasury Department said that it imposed sanctions on more than 30 sanctions on individuals, entities, and vessels accused of […]
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