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Kena Betancur/VIEWpress/Getty Images A working paper, as first reported by The New York Times, looks at minimum wage raises at major retailers. The authors find "substantial spillovers" from the companies' voluntary minimum wage increases. This includes other firms increasing their wages to the amounts announced at these large companies. In recent years, big companies like Amazon have publicly increased the minimum wage they pay workers. And it turns out those moves can lead to nearby businesses also bumping up their pay, according to a recent working paper.  "I...

'No indication' AstraZeneca shot causes clots, EU agency says CNN 4 days ago © Reuters CDC releases illustration of the Coronavirus. After virtually all of western Europe temporarily suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, the continent's top medicines regulator struck out against safety concerns around the shot, saying there is "no indication" that it causes blood clots and that its lifesaving benefits outweigh the risk of any potential side effects. The backing from Emer Cooke, executive director of the European Medicines Agency, came after France, Spain, Germany, ...

Wicked Local First Parish Church in Weston, U.U., is pleased to announce that Robert Kuttner, journalist, university professor and author of 12 books on contemporary issues, will present a virtual talk on “Pathways Toward a More Just Economy: Can We Join Ethics and Economics?” on Sunday, March 14 at 4 p.m. Professor Kuttner currently teaches classes on “Globalization and Democracy” and the “Political Economy of the American Welfare State” at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Former teaching posts include Boston University, the Universit...

Changes in Portraiture on Ancient Roman Coinage   Over the roughly one thousand years that followed the overthrew of the last king in 509 BCE, Rome underwent many cultural revolutions. Some of the most notable changes include the rise of the Triumvirates and the overthrow of the Republic, the increasingly autocratic nature of the subsequent Empire, and the barbarization of the army and late Roman society – all of which resulted eventually in the decline and dismantling of many imperial structures. As discussed in previous articles, coins serve three main functions: the basic monetary and...

Obituary: Stephen M. Rose FALMOUTH - Stephen M. Rose died on March 2, 2021, after celebrating his 81st birthday a few days prior. He was ... Share Stephen M. Rose FALMOUTH – Stephen M. Rose died on March 2, 2021, after celebrating his 81st birthday a few days prior. He was lovingly cared for by the staff at Gosnell Memorial Hospice House.He was born in Des Moines, Iowa and with his parents, Sidney and Ann Rose, moved to Cleveland. He married Wilma Webber of Portland in 1961.He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Marjorie Pettinato and her husband Robert Pettinato, Jr. and son, Evan Rose. ...