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How to Find the Best Free HR Tool for a New Business

Human Resources (HR) is an important department because it plays a pivotal role in hiring, onboarding, and training new employees. It is also responsible for regulatory compliance and the broader employee lifecycle. Integrating the latest technology into the department can improve its efficiency. Startups need the best HR tools they can get, so they can streamline operations. If it weren’t for HR tech, startup employees would lose a lot of time, struggle with scaling, and...

Chief Justice John Roberts pauses judge’s order for Trump admin to pay foreign aid contractors by midnight

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge’s order that required the Trump administration to pay around $2 billion in foreign aid funds to contractors by midnight.  The ruling comes after the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order to block the release of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding, which the federal judge had required by midnight. Officials had said they would not be able to...

Red Cross receives bodies of 4 slain hostages during Israel-Hamas exchange

Hamas released four dead hostages to the Red Cross on Thursday, marking another step in the first phase of the cease-fire between the terrorist group and Israel. The exchange, which took place in the Gaza Strip, was confirmed by an Israeli security official. Egyptian mediators assisted in the delivery of the caskets, which Israeli officials have begun to identify. At the same time, Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in a move that was previously...

Trump to subject all contracts, grants through rigorous standards with DOGE executive order

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday requiring government payments and travel expenses to be justified and made public where possible. The requirement is part of Trump’s executive order to implement the cost efficiency initiative for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Using modern technology, the order aims to transform spending by putting all federal grants and contracts through rigorous standards to justify their existence. Trump’s order will have federal agencies acting immediately,...

Dem bid to end Trump energy emergency squashed after forced Senate vote

Democrats in the Senate failed to pass a resolution that would have reversed President Donald Trump’s executive order on ‘Unleashing American Energy’ in a 53-47 party-line vote. The White House argued that scrapping the emergency would endanger nearly 900,000 jobs and have a negative $3.6 trillion impact. The order encourages domestic energy production on federal lands and nixed a Biden-era push to strive for more electric vehicles on the road. ‘Tim Kaine wants to impoverish Americans....

Tulsi Gabbard gives exclusive glimpse of Trump’s first Cabinet meeting

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard recalled the energizing atmosphere inside President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday at the White House, as his team comes together in record time.  ‘What I got was a high level of energy and really just a positive outlook,’ Gabbard told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview at the White House after the meeting.  ‘We are all in sprint mode,’ she said.  ‘We have a Cabinet...

FLASHBACK: Biden also changed White House press pool, cutting off more than 440 reporters’ credentials

The White House will now oversee which news outlets will be part of the White House press pool, rather than the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA), the White House press secretary said Tuesday.  While the WHCA customarily has had the authority to choose the rotation of news outlets that have access to the president in the Oval Office and other areas with limited access, the Trump administration is upending that policy.  ‘Legacy outlets who have...

Hidden MACD SIGNAL? Key Trade Signals Explained!

In this exclusive StockCharts video, Joe breaks down reverse divergences (hidden divergence), key upside & downside signals, and how to use ADX and Moving Averages for better trades! Plus, he examines market trends and viewer symbol requests! This video was originally published on February 26, 2025. Click this link to watch on Joe’s dedicated page. Archived videos from Joe are available at this link. Send symbol requests to stocktalk@stockcharts.com; you can also submit a request in...

UK extends seasonal farm worker scheme for five years as inheritance tax row rumbles on

In an effort to ease tensions with the farming sector, Environment Secretary Steve Reed is set to confirm a five-year extension of the UK’s seasonal farm worker scheme. The announcement, due at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference, follows weeks of discontent sparked by inheritance tax changes in the spring budget. Under the extended scheme, which was previously scheduled to expire in 2024, an annual quota of 45,000–55,000 visas will remain available to foreign workers...

Iran can manufacture 6 nuclear weapons with newly enriched uranium, UN Atomic agency report says

The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Wednesday that Iran has produced dramatically more uranium that can be used in six atomic bombs and stressed that Tehran has made no progress on resolving outstanding issues. ‘The significantly increased production and accumulation of high enriched uranium by Iran, the only non-nuclear weapon state to produce such nuclear material, is of serious concern,’ the IAEA noted in a report according to Reuters. Last week, Fox News...