#Joe Biden to nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary

#Joe Biden to nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary

“#Joe Biden to nominate Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary” President-Elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen to become the next Treasury Secretary, sources told The Post. If confirmed, the 74-year-old Yellen will be the first woman to run the Treasury Department, and also the first person ever to hold the…

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#Japan committed ‘abuse’ by jailing Carlos Ghosn: UN panel

#Japan committed ‘abuse’ by jailing Carlos Ghosn: UN panel

“#Japan committed ‘abuse’ by jailing Carlos Ghosn: UN panel” A United Nations human rights panel says Japan committed an “extrajudicial abuse of process” by arresting ex-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn multiple times to keep him in jail for months. The UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued the finding in a 17-page report…

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#Hybrid cars emitting much more CO2 than advertised

#Hybrid cars emitting much more CO2 than advertised

“#Hybrid cars emitting much more CO2 than advertised” Top auto brands are getting smoked by environmental analysts who have found that their carbon emissions are much higher than what carmakers had reported. The European group Transport and Environment (T&E), which campaigns for renewable energy in transportation, found three top-selling plug-in hybrid SUVs — BMW’s X5,…

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#Employers start sending workers shopping for health coverage

#Employers start sending workers shopping for health coverage

“#Employers start sending workers shopping for health coverage” Instead of offering one or more options, some companies are turning health insurance shopping over to employees. A federal rule change last year stoked this new approach. It allows employers to reimburse workers for coverage they bought without paying a tax penalty. The concept sends employees to…

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#Elizabeth Holmes texts show Theranos bosses panicking: feds

#Elizabeth Holmes texts show Theranos bosses panicking: feds

“#Elizabeth Holmes texts show Theranos bosses panicking: feds” Panicked text messages between the two top executives at Theranos showed they knew how much trouble the blood-testing startup was in before it collapsed, prosecutors say. In a trove of texts, iMessages and Skype chats, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, her top lieutenant and…

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