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Rideshare and Delivery Workers Deemed Essential but Companies Insist They are Not Employees. | Post News Group
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Zimbabwe: 48% of Local Sanitisers Fail Standards Tests
Recent laboratory tests have shown that 48 percent of hand sanitisers and face masks produced locally have failed to meet the mandatory health standards and Government is now working with the manufacturers to improve the quality of the products, a Cabinet minister has
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Special purpose vehicle Gatsby to buy into Cell C in recap plan
A few more details have emerged about Cell C’s planned recapitalisation, with the Competition Commission on Thursday saying it has given its conditional approval for an entity called Gatsby Security SPV to acquire “certain aspects” of the mobile
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China warns of new Cold War as US blacklists more firms
The US department of commerce on Saturday expanded its so-called Entities List, which restricts access to American technology and other items, to include 24 Chinese companies and universities it said had ties to the military and another nine entities it accused of human rights violations in
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Private Investigator: Companies Are Hiring Us To Make Sure Employees Are ‘Working’ From Home’
A private investigator said his businesses is experiencing a boost in customers due to companies hiring his team to check up on employees who may be skipping out on work amid the coronavirus
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Spraying disinfectants can be 'harmful': WHO
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Uganda: Total-Tullow Oil Sales Deal Awaits Cabinet Approval
Last month's French oil giant Total E&P acquisition of Anglo-Irish Tullow assets awaits Cabinet approval before it can be endorsed by government, the Ministry of Energy has
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Black-owned construction companies regroup as they restart amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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UK fashion industry pleads for more aid to survive Covid-19 crisis
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Helios Towers to acquire 65 high sites in South Africa
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Covid-19: Uganda to test all truck drivers
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Magic Johnson Secures $100M For Minority-Owned Companies As Government Fails Black And Latino Small Business Owners
One of the greatest passers in basketball history has thrown his latest assist to Black and brown small business owners who have seemingly been excluded from the government’s apparently selective efforts to keep employees on companies’ payrolls during the coronavirus
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US moves to cut off Huawei from global chip suppliers
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President Trump's Wish To Paint His Border Wall Black Will Cost $1.2 Million Per Mile
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How Businesses Can Adapt And Prosper In A Post-Pandemic Economy
“Many businesses won’t be able to return to their old way of doing things, but in some cases that might be just as well,” says Bill Higgs, an authority on corporate culture and the ForbesBooks author of the Culture Code Champions: 7 Steps to Scale & Succeed in Your those old ways probably
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