2020

Barclays scraps ‘Big Brother’ staff tracking system

Image copyright Getty Images Barclays has scrapped a system that tracked the time employees spent at their desks and sent warnings to those spending too long on breaks. The bank introduced the computer monitoring system last week, but had faced a staff backlash. Barclays said scrapping the system was a response to “colleague feedback”, but […]

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Where’s Tom Steyer? A Few People in Las Vegas Were Wondering

LAS VEGAS — As six leading presidential candidates brawled onstage in a debate Wednesday night on the Las Vegas Strip, a handful of Nevadans supporting a man who didn’t make the cut were around seven miles away, puzzling over their evening plans. “Oh, he’s not?” asked an incredulous Cindy Yeargan, 71, when informed that the

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Amid protests, Portugal lawmakers weigh allowing euthanasia

Protesters are gathering outside Portugal’s parliament as lawmakers prepare to debate proposals that would allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people By BARRY HATTON Associated Press February 20, 2020, 1:46 PM 2 min read LISBON, Portugal — Protesters gathered Thursday outside Portugal’s where lawmakers were due to debate proposals that would allow euthanasia

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