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(Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp. is boosting paid parental leave for in-store workers, part of management’s plan to boost employee morale and improve performance. Most Read from Bloomberg Starting in March, birth parents will receive 18 weeks of paid leave at 100% of their average pay, the company announced Monday. A parent who doesn’t give birth will get 12 weeks. Previously, the company offered retail workers six weeks of paid parental leave and as much as 12 weeks of unpaid leave. Paid parental leave remains rare in the US, with only 40% of employers surveyed by the Society for Human Resource…

Waymo will deploy its driverless cars in Japan and will test its technology in another country for the first time. According to CNBC, the company will begin testing its Jaguar I-PACE vehicles in Tokyo in early 2025 and expects to remain in the country for an “extended period.” During the vehicles’ experimental phase, which will last for several quarters, human drivers from the Japanese taxi company Nihon Kotsu will operate Waymo’s cars so that its technology can map the city. Particularly, they’re driving Waymo’s Jaguar I-PACEs through the streets of Shinjuku, Shibuya and Tokyo’s other key areas.The data gathered from…

Bitget announced they obtained a Bitcoin Service Provider license from El Salvador’s Central Reserve Bank.  The license allows Bitget to facilitate Bitcoin-to-fiat exchanges, Bitcoin (BTC) payments, and custody services in the country. With the BSP license, Bitget can now offer Bitcoin-focused services such as buying, selling, storing, and transferring BTC. This milestone is part of Bitget’s broader strategy to strengthen its regulatory standing and expand globally.  The company is also pursuing a Digital Assets Service Provider license from El Salvador’s National Commission of Digital Assets. This additional license would enable Bitget to offer services for other cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin in…

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has launched an effort to transform his SpaceX Starbase facility in Texas into an incorporated city, requesting county officials call an election to incorporate as the city of Starbase, Texas. The Daily Mail reports that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is on a mission to turn the site of his rocket company’s Texas headquarters into its own city. In a letter submitted to Cameron County officials on Thursday, SpaceX requested that the county call an election to enable the incorporation of the Starbase facility as the newest city in the Rio Grande Valley area, appropriately…

FTSE 100 Financial Times Stock Exchange Index United Kingdom UK England Investment Trading concept … [+] with chart and graphs.getty I like to joke that it is much harder to predict the future than the past. However, a future estimation is what you are looking for and if you read this in 2026 you will have an opportunity to marvel or laugh. Let’s start by looking at the current picture from the Covid pandemic crash: The FTSE 100 chart shows a steady rise from the Covid pandemic crashCredit: ADVFN It is a solid uptrend, if nowhere near the sort of…

Academy award-winning actor Halle Berry, who now serves as Chief Communications Officer for … [+] Pendulum. and Pendulum co-founder and CEO Colleen Cutcliffe, PhD, are seen here at IFM’s Annual Functional Medicine Conference at Bellagio Hotel & Casino on May 31, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Denise Truscello/Getty Images for Pendulum)Getty Images for Pendulum Four years ago, when Academy Award winning actor Halle Berry first experienced symptoms of perimenopause, her doctor misdiagnosed her in kind of, sort of a big, big way. Her doctor told Berry, who was 54 years of age at the time, that she had…

(Bloomberg) — The Bank of France cut its domestic growth outlook just days after President Emmanuel Macron named the country’s fourth prime minister in a year, with the central bank citing the political upheaval as a drag on household and business confidence. Most Read from Bloomberg The central bank now expects only a 0.9% expansion in 2025 instead of 1.2% it predicted in September. Bank officials also cut its 2026 forecast by 0.2 points to 1.3%. France’s deteriorating outlook adds to signals of the economic damage from a political crisis that began with snap elections in June and escalated this…

Moca Network Coin formed a “God candle” and surged to a record high after receiving several exchange listings on Monday. Moca Coin (MOCA) reached an all-time high of $0.4347, marking a 616% increase from its October low. This rally boosted its market cap to over $278 million and its fully diluted valuation to $1.6 billion. The surge followed Binance Futures’ announcement that it would list MOCA with up to 75x leverage. This listing is significant, as Binance, the largest crypto exchange globally, provides access to millions of users who can now trade the coin. Moca Coin was also listed on…

Fitness business expert Jessica Maurer explains how personal branding, niche expertise and emotional connections are the keys to success in the upcoming yearAs the fitness industry continues to grow and change year over year, so too should a fitness professional’s approach to marketing and promotion. With so many recent shifts in consumer priorities — particularly toward mental well-being and intuitive movement — alongside the swift advancements in technology and social media, there’s no shortage of new challenges and opportunities.To provide valuable insight on navigating this landscape, Athletech News turned to Jessica H. Maurer, a leading fitness business consultant and strategist.…

Actor Jamie Foxx poked fun at disgraced music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs during his new comedy special released on Tuesday. “I left them parties early, I was out by 9:00,” Foxx said. “Something don’t look right. It’s slippery in here.” In his Netflix comedy special, Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, the Django Unchained star said, “The internet tried to kill me,” referring to rumors that circulated online last year after he suffered a life-threatening stroke that landed him in the hospital, sending him through a long recovery journey. “The internet said that Puffy tried to kill me,” Foxx said during…