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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 that have been using its returns software and reverse logistics services. The company says it will cont...
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. As of now, only 15% of state taxpayers qualify for a $10,000 deduction, and very few of them reside...
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 change. The issue of climate change has still not gone away, no matter how hard we try to ignore it....
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 and his girlfriend, Stephanie Martinez. Giovanny Sanchez and Martinez had three sons together. Giovan...