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GE pension freeze: General Electric freezing pension plan for 20,000 U.S. employees
General Electric is freezing the pensions of 20,000 U.S. salaried workers to reduce billions in future pension obligations and trim debt. About 700 employees in its supplemental pension program, geared toward executives, will also have their pension benefits frozen. The company said the change won’t impact already retired GE workers. General Electric announced it will freeze …
Ukraine Prosecutor General Announces Audit of Cases Including Firm Linked to Hunter Biden
In a press conference on Friday, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Ruslan Riaboshapka reportedly announced his office is undertaking an audit of all cases closed or settled under his predecessor including investigations into the oil and gas company Burisma and the firm’s owner Mykola Zlochevskiy. It appears this is part of a general review of …
What China told the world at the UN General Assembly
Just days before the 70th birthday of contemporary China, the Chinese Foreign Minister struck a reflective tone on China’s rise from poverty to become the UN’s second-biggest funder. He also listed his country’s stance on several controversial issues around the world. Here are the top lines: Wang emphasized a point that he has repeated throughout …
Live updates: President Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly
President Trump spelled out a staunchly nationalist platform as he opened his third address to the United Nations, relaying a skeptical view of globalism at the world’s foremost multilateral body. “The free world must embrace its national foundations. It must not attempt to erase them or replace them,” Trump said as he began his address. …
ARC announces funding for chemical remediation technology
A plasma bubble column. “Plasma is a highly reactive cocktail of oxygen species which has the potential to effectively breakdown PFAS, chemicals which have polluted water sources,” said Professor Cullen. “The project aims to develop a new class of plasma water treatment reactor that can degrade PFAS simply and economically, that will be scaled and …
Trump To Address U.N. General Assembly : NPR
President Trump speaks before the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2018. He’ll address the assembly for the third time this week amid concerns about the role of U.S. leadership in the world. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption John Moore/Getty Images President Trump speaks before the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2018. …
600 Meetings and a World of Conflict: What to Expect at the U.N. General Assembly
The annual United Nations General Assembly will unfold this week against a backdrop of crises — from the warming planet to economic uncertainty to flaring conflicts that threaten to further entangle the United States in the volatile Middle East. Trade wars, migration, energy supplies, climate change and the eradication of poverty underpin the basic themes …
General Motors should tell the UAW to take a hike
General Motors’ leadership shouldn’t budge in its negotiations with the United Automobile Workers union representing its employees. As with most unions, UAW have little interest in the high rhetoric of fairness they spout. They simply care about extracting maximum resources without regard to broader economic factors. But GM workers are already getting a great deal …
United Auto Workers votes for a nationwide strike against General Motors
The United Auto Workers union, which represents approximately 49,000 General Motors employees, called for a nationwide strike Sunday against the Detroit-based vehicle manufacturer. The union said the strike was scheduled to start at midnight Monday unless an agreement could be reached in negotiations with GM. But talks were not expected to continue Sunday evening. It …
GM strike: UAW says it will strike General Motors at midnight
As union officials met in Detroit Sunday morning, the union issued a new strike threat. “If GM (GM)refuses to give even an inch to help hard-working UAW members and their families then we’ll see them on the picket lines tonight,” said the statement. There remained “significant differences between the parties on wages, health care benefits, …
