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  • White House launches broad new regulatory effort, as Harris prepares to unveil economic plan

    08/12/2024 3:48:54 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 21 replies
    CNBC ^ | August 12, 2024 | by Josephine Rozzelle
    The Biden Administration on Monday unveiled a new, multi-agency regulatory initiative to target corporate practices that officials claim are designed to waste consumers’ time and needlessly burden them with red tape, in order to maximize profits. “I think we can all relate to this,” White House domestic policy advisor Neera Tanden told reporters Friday. “For example, you want to cancel your gym membership or subscription service or newspaper. It took one or two clicks to sign up. But now ... you have to go in person, or wait on hold for 20 minutes ... just to opt out,” she said....
  • (Saturday vanity) Wristwatches favored by FReepers?

    11/05/2011 12:43:58 PM PDT · by martin_fierro · 128 replies
    Random Ruminations | 11/5/11 | marty_f
    Any wristwatch snob FReepers around? Lord knows you can spend any amount of $$ for a wristwatch, but which ones in FReepers' opinions embody the best combination of style, accuracy, durability, bling and overall value?
  • Wal-Mart's attendance policy criticized (Tardiness penalized!)

    11/01/2006 6:57:04 PM PST · by Mr. Brightside · 79 replies · 2,747+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 11/1/06
    Wal-Mart's attendance policy criticized By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, AP Business Writer 35 minutes ago NEW YORK - At Wal-Mart these days, snowy weather is no longer an excuse for lateness. It had better be a natural disaster like a hurricane or blizzard. And being 10 minutes or more tardy for work three times will earn you a demerit. Too many of those could get you fired. It's all part of a revised attendance policy implemented earlier this fall that makes Wal-Mart Stores Inc. hourly workers more accountable for excessive unexcused absences and formalizes such penalties. The new rules already are drawing...