That gets a ding the federal trade Commission Just approved pepsis purchase of Rockstar Energy drinks. Its going to be so annoying at restaurants when they order a coke and a red bull and the waitress says, sorry, is pepsi and rockstar okay . Thats right, pepsi now owns mountain dew and Rockstar Energy drinks. Pepsi, who are you fooling just start making meth and call it a day come on. This is exciting last night, espn aired the first two parts of their Michael Jordan docuseries, the last dance. Yeah, its something sports fans cant pass up, sort of like Michael Jordan, any time he had the ball. Oh [ ding ] wow. President obama was interviewed for the series and a lot of people laughed at the description the filmmakers gave him check it out they just call him former chicago resident. Thats like calling jesus former carpenter. And they were like, our mistake, it should have just said michelles husband. [ ding ] i see that disney brought back its bedtime hotline to help kids through the p
Sane up for the healthier michigan program, and im wondering if you cover cataract surgery. They said the reason ive been asking, ive been trying to get someone to pay for his cataract surgery, and the optometrist told hum if he had the surgery he have normal vision, and he has lost his job and has not been able to drive and this would enable this person to get back and about a contributing member of society and obviously improve their life. So i think as you hear those stories, there are compelling stories and our governor was really great about gets around the state and hearing the stories and its not true of the entire population but theres a segment of the population that has not been getting services, and their life will improve and they will be able to be more contributing members of society, and that, i think, is part of the argument as well. I would just add, if youre in a state that has already expanded above 138 , youre going to be bringing it down probably, and this doesnt o
It down to 78 cases where there was a real case negligent hiring. Not just a one of the lawyers threw up against the wall like spaghetti to see what would stick. We found 41 cases and all those years that were true that legit hiring. We whittled down even further to see if it was a primary claim, the primary claim was in 28 cases, 19 plaintiffs and nine settlements. We then wanted to know how many of those involved the criminal records. What we discovered was only 11 out of the 28 involved the criminal record. So the fear of being sued for negligent hiring was really, should not be a great fear. Especially when you think about new york which there are so many various employers. To our 588,115 reporting employers for over 8 million employees. When you look at the number and you see its negligible. The last thing ill say as my time is up is that when we did this study one of the things we were not able to see is whether, in fact, any of the employers took into account the requirements of
Alien creator we pay tribute to the artist who designed one of the scariest moving monsters ever. We are following two breaking news stories this evening. A fire burning out of control is having a big impact on southern california. That in a moment. We want to begin with a mining disaster in turkey, where its wednesday morning. We know that at least 201 people are dead. Hundreds, others, are trapped. Officials say an explosion started a fire in the mine in the western up to of soma. Rescue crews have been pumping oxygen into the mine to keep survivors alive. We go live. Reporter its been more than 12 hours assistance the accident in western turkey. Its thought an electrical fault caused a spark, explosion and fire. It meant the electrics were cut to the mine, the lifts stopped work, and it made it difficult for miners to get out and rescuers in. The other thing making it difficult is the Carbon Monoxide levels. Its thought the number of casualties have been caused and because the level
And raise your right hand. Swear that the testimony you give today before the subcommittee will be the truth, whole truth, so help you god. Work going to have to around the testimony and the afraid. S, im lets try to do this in eight minutes each if you could and well put your statements in the record. Please start. Levin andou, senator members of the subcommittee. Im from the federal trade Commission Partnership opportunity to committees statement. I thank the subcommittee for the yesterday. Ssued we look forward to working with you on these important issues. The primarily a civil Law Enforcement agency enforcing section five, which prohibiteds unfair practices. Were committed to using this. Used sectionwe five to take several actions against online ad networks. Educate consumers and businesses about the onlining environment and encourage selfregulation. I will discuss our enforce and efforts in three areas, privacy, malware, and security. Privacy, we brought cases against online ad n