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New Hampshire should be spending at least 80% more per pupil on public schools, a judge said Monday in one of two rulings that could force significant changes to education funding.Lawmakers have been grappling with the issue for decades after the state Supreme Court ruled in the 1990s that the state is required to provide and pay for an adequate education. In response, the Legislature began sending each school district a set amount of aid per pupil — currently $4,100. Actual costs are much higher, however, and local property taxpayers make up the difference, with wide disparities due to differences…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is trying to get ahead of the race to poach OpenAI’s talent.But his pitch is drawing more interest from internet trolls than OpenAI employees.One OpenAI employee wrote in response, “the company that builds tableau isn’t going to build AGI.” Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the app After the weekend of chaos at OpenAI, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is eyeing an opportunity for new talent.In a post on X published Monday, the software company CEO offered immediate employment and matching…
Woman in nursing home with an aide. getty The U.S. is desperately short of nurses, personal care aides, and other direct care workers who help frail older adults and younger people with disabilities manage their days. Instead of dealing with the problem, policymakers have, predictably, devolved into their usual partisan blame-mongering. Watch, if you can, this recent hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the worker shortage. Minimum staffing requirements recently proposed by the federal government never will succeed without a sufficient pool of willing workers. Fundamentally fixing the problem will require more money—lots more—along with immigration reform,…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The future of OpenAI remains uncertain after extraordinary efforts by employees and investors to oust the board failed to persuade its directors to resign and reinstate co-founder Sam Altman.By the end of Monday, 747 out of 770 OpenAI employees had signed a letter threatening to quit and join Microsoft if the three directors holding out refused to resign and reverse their decision to sack Altman on Friday, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.Meanwhile, venture capitalists backing the generative artificial…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Road signs are reflected on an electric board displaying the Nikkei stock average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, July 28, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian shares climbed to fresh two-month highs on Tuesday, taking cues from a rally on Wall Street while the dollar languished near its lowest in two-and-a-half months on expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve is likely done with interest rate hikes. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.97% higher at 510.11 having touched 511.05, the highest since Sept. 18. The index is up 7% for…
© Reuters. MUMBAI – Apeejay Surendra Park Hotels, currently the eighth-largest hotel chain in India by asset ownership, has unveiled ambitious plans to double its number of rooms to 3,996 within the next five years. The expansion will be driven by an asset-light strategy that focuses on increasing the proportion of managed rooms to over half by the fiscal year 2028. This move is part of a broader trend among hotel operators to grow their footprint through operation and management agreements rather than direct investment. The company, which operates a range of brands including “Zone by The Park” and “Zone…
© Reuters Amid a weakening US dollar and anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting minutes, gold and silver prices have seen significant increases. Gold surged to $1993 per ounce on COMEX, while on MCX, the price rose by Rs 330, reaching Rs 61,034 for every 10 grams. Silver also experienced a notable rise, climbing approximately 1% internationally to $23.82 per ounce and jumping to Rs 73,200 per kg in domestic markets. The precious metals’ gains coincide with the US dollar hitting a more than two-month low and Treasury yields nearing two-month lows last week. internationally was up at $1,988.29…
Hydreight Technologies reports Q3 results
© Reuters. ABUJA – The Nigerian currency, the Naira, has shown signs of strength in the parallel market, appreciating to N1,130 per USD from the close on Friday. This improvement was also reflected in the official figures on Monday, where the Naira appreciated to N750.15 per USD. The upward trajectory of the Naira comes despite a surge in inflation recorded in October. In a more detailed view of the foreign exchange market dynamics, there was a notable discrepancy between the official and parallel market rates. On Monday, while the Naira strengthened in the parallel market to N1,135 per USD, it…
A federal appeals court moved on Monday to drastically weaken the Voting Rights Act, issuing a ruling that would effectively bar private citizens and civil rights groups from filing lawsuits under a central provision of the landmark civil rights law.The ruling, made by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, found that only the federal government could bring a legal challenge under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, a crucial part of the law that prohibits election or voting practices that discriminate against Americans based on race.The opinion is almost certain to be appealed to the Supreme…