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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new job for the longtime supporter who has led Walt Disney World’s government since his allies took it over

A key hearing over the future of Puerto Rico’s crumbling power company and its staggering $9 billion debt has begun following years of acrimonious talks between the U.S. territory’s government and creditors seeking to recover their investments

Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X Corp., saying they are entitled to a total of more than USD 128 million in unpaid severance payments. Twitter's former CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, Chief Legal Counsel Vijaya Gadde and General Counsel Sean Edgett claim in the lawsuit filed Monday that they were fired without a reason on the day in 2022 that Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter, which he later rebranded X. Because he didn't want to pay their severance, the executives say Musk «made up fake cause and appointed employees of his various companies to uphold his decision.»

Apps like Shaadi.com and BharatMatrimony.com were delisted by Google on Friday since they did not adhere to the tech giant’s billing policies. By Monday, these apps were restored on Google Play Store, but without their in-app payment options.

Sunshine Protection Act aims to establish daylight saving time as the permanent standard time. As of now, the Sunshine Protection Act, which proposes to establish daylight saving time as a permanent standard, has not passed a vote in the House. Consequently, clocks will still advance by one hour at 2 am on March 10, as per the report.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Five months into the fiscal year, congressional negotiators have unveiled the first tranche of bills to avert a partial government shutdown, with Republicans and Democrats touting the portions of the legislation that embraced their key priorities.

enforcement heads of state and central goods and services tax (GST) to settle tax cases linked to classification at its earliest. In her address at a conference of enforcement chief of the state and the central GST formations in New Delhi, she told officials to engage with stakeholders to understand their concerns, enhance compliance, streamline processes, and work collaboratively towards making the tax system more transparent and efficient. «Clarity on classification related issues should be looked into at the earliest through appropriate channels,» the Finance Ministry said in a statement quoting Sitaraman.

NEW DELHI : India is in talks with several countries including Guyana, Suriname and Namibia to source crude oil at a time when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies have decided to extend their production cuts. India will also source oil from Venezuela in lieu of stuck dividends worth $600 million, Union minister for petroleum and natural gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Monday. The country will comfortably navigate through any market volatility and supply crunch arising as a result of the OPEC cuts, he added.

By Laura Sanicola

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday asked GST officers to leverage technology to plug loopholes and provide better taxpayer services. Inaugurating the first-ever National Conference of Enforcement Chiefs of the State and Central GST Formations, Sitharaman advocated for sharing of the emerging best practices, emphasising the need for seamless coordination across states in the larger national interest. «The Union Finance Minister urged all the GST formations to leverage technology to plug the loopholes as well provide better taxpayer services,» an official statement issued after the meeting said. She also stressed that clarity on the classification of related issues should be looked into at the earliest through appropriate channels.

Connie MacIntosh was working as a social service worker in Pond Inlet, a tiny hamlet in Nunavut, when her phone rang.On the line was a representative from a company operating group homes for youth in southern Ontario, more than 3,000 kilometres away.She said the caller had a request: they wanted kids from Nunavut.“They would call up and go like, ‘We’ve got three empty beds,’” said MacIntosh, who was a supervisor for Nunavut’s Department of Family Services between 2012 and 2017 and is now retired.“Well, what do you expect me to do? Go out and apprehend three kids to send them to you?”A months-long Global News investigation has found that amid a backdrop of what workers describe as aggressive targeting and recruitment efforts, Nunavut was billed 53 per cent more per day, on average, for a child to live in an Ontario group home compared with what children’s aid societies in Ontario paid.The government of Nunavut is responsible for placing kids into group or foster care arrangements. Over the last four years, it spent millions sending its youth outside the territory.Despite that, Global’s investigation found that some kids and teens received inadequate care when sent south, according to internal government emails, group home inspections, and interviews with more than 45 former group home workers, former government staff and other Inuit child-welfare experts.“It’s more money.

NEW DELHI : India is in talks with several countries including Guyana, Suriname and Namibia to source crude oil after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies decided to extend production cuts. India will also source oil from Venezuela in lieu of stuck dividends worth $600 million, Union minister for petroleum and natural gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Monday. The country will comfortably navigate through any market volatility and supply crunch arising as a result of the OPEC cuts, he added.

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Nebraska’s top election official has ruled voters will get to decide whether to repeal a law that pays for private school tuition scholarships with taxpayer money

Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation that would legalize skill games, the slots-like betting machines that proliferated in businesses around the state before an on-again, off-again ban took effect

College athletes in Utah who are looking to profit off their name, likeness and image will have to seek written approval from their school for any business deal exceeding $600

Native American groups have struggled with mining interests over a decade over Oak Flat, a piece of national forest land in central Arizona

Google Play Store have started complying with the internet giant’s billing policies, founders and executives at Indian internet firms said the fight between them and Google is far from over. On the one hand, Indian companies have called for a “strategic response” from the government on what they claim to be monopolistic behaviour by the US tech major. On the other hand, Google has said its actions against the ten companies are only to make the ecosystem “fair” for a “vast majority” of developers who comply with its norms.

By Moira Warburton

Mint explains where things stand in India, and what the immediate future holds. It’s a charge that Google levies on companies that sell services through apps listed on its Play Store. Under the current rules, apps that earn up to $1 million from subscriptions or in-app purchases are charged 15% of the revenue as service fee, and those that earn more than that are charged 30%.

₹1,340 crore on Google and issued a cease and desist order to remove its monopolistic practices. India is not the only jurisdiction where Google’s Play Store is facing accusations of monopolistic practices. Last December, Google’s Play Store and billing service faced charges of being an illegal monopoly at a US district court.