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It is difficult these days, if not impossible, to find a bank that does not have an official policy or target to boost diversity and inclusion. By pushing them out of their comfort zones, could the pandemic help finally turn these aspirations into reality?

PayPal acquires returns logistics business, Happy Returns PayPal announced today it’s acquiring Happy Returns, a returns solution provider that offers online shoppers access to easier ways to send back unwanted merchandise to retailers without having to box it up and ship it themselves. The company today offers a network of more than 2,600 drop-off returns locations in the U.S., including those in over 1,200 metros and in every U.S. state. It also has relationships with hundreds of brands tha...

Last Tuesday the Rockland County Legislature worked toward reducing taxes and creating more job opportunities for the more vulnerable residents of the county. The budget and finance committee began their regular assembly by moving to urge Congress to repeal the cap on state and local tax deduction (SALT.) This tax law most affects states like New York with higher tax burdens on property, and within those states, most affects residents who qualify to itemize the highest number of tax deductions....

Readers letters The blossom in Golders Hill Park. Picture: Dr Bruce Lloyd - Credit: Dr Bruce Lloyd Climate change has not gone away Dania Saed, Year 11, Parliament Hill School, writes: 2020: the year that shook the world.  One year on and we are still in the midst of one of the greatest global crises the world has faced in history. Whilst Covid dominated the headlines, our attention turned away from other just as equally urgent issues that are silently taking their toll on the world. Climate c...

Giovanny Edgar Sanchez, a 48-year-old man who served 11 years in prison for the shooting of Scott Sittler, a 19-year-old in Santa Ana in 1994, is once again behind bars as he faces an upgraded murder charge after a past victim died after suffering for 15 years, according to the FBI. Giovanny Sanchez, his brother Erwin Johnny Sanchez and their friend Daniel Paul Cruz reportedly attacked Sittler because they thought that he was causing problems with the relationship between Giovanny Sanchez an...

Montefiore Nyack Hospital workers get COVID-19 vaccine News 12 Staff Updated on:Dec 22, 2020, 5:34pm EST Health care workers at Montefiore Nyack Hospital in West Nyack began receiving their first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Tuesday. There was a buzz at the hospital Tuesday that doctors say has been missing for most of 2020. Over 900 staff at the hospital will be vaccinated in the coming week. Montefiore Nyack CEO Dr. Mark Geller says staff who have face-to-face contact with COVID-...

By Frank Jackman 17 Dec 2020 European banks passed a real-life stress test in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic threatened to topple the economy. The experience has improved the standing of subordinated debt, which is becoming more important for issuers and investors alike. Frank Jackman reports. Bank subordinated bonds went through a rollercoaster ride in 2020. A global pandemic has put the instruments through their first system-wide stress since the 2008 financial crisis, when the asset clas...