San Francisco announced that it will switch on speed cameras this week at 33 locations distributed throughout the city. This makes it the first city in California to use the life-saving technology under a new statewide pilot program.“Speed cameras address the #1 cause of severe and fatal crashes in San Francisco,” said Jodie Medeiros, executive director of Walk San Francisco, in a statement. “San Francisco’s streets will undoubtedly be safer with this technology, and we’re grateful to City leaders for acting quickly after state legislation was passed to launch speed cameras.”An SFMTA map of speed camera locationsAs previously reported, the legislation…
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The Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) under the National Pension System (NPS) will be implemented from April 1, 2025. With guaranteed pension benefits, government contributions, and investment flexibility, UPS aims to provide financial security for central government employees post-retirement.Index Fund CornerSponsoredScheme Name1-Year ReturnInvest NowFund CategoryExpense RatioAxis Nifty 50 Index Fund+32.80%Invest NowEquity: Large Cap0.12%Axis Nifty 100 Index Fund+38.59%Invest NowEquity: Large Cap0.21%Axis Nifty Next 50 Index Fund+71.83%Invest NowEquity: Large Cap0.25%Axis Nifty 500 Index Fund–Invest NowEquity: Flexi Cap0.10%Axis Nifty Midcap 50 Index Fund+46.03%Invest NowEquity: Mid Cap0.28%As the rollout approaches, financial experts share insights on how it will work and what employees should expect.Guaranteed pension…
A sign for the U.S. Social Security Administration is seen outside its headquarters in Woodlawn, Md., on Thursday, March 20, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesThe Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner reversed his stance late Friday after telling multiple news outlets that a new court ruling may require him to shut down the agency’s operations.Acting Commissioner Lee Dudek said in a written statement that the court “issued clarifying guidance” about its earlier temporary restraining order barring members of the Trump administration’s DOGE team from having access to private data. “Therefore, I am not shutting down the agency,”…
Greenpeace is facing a $660 million lawsuit by Energy Transfer Partners. The verdict is more than a legal case; it could change the climate movement significantly. The lawsuit came from Greenpeace’s involvement in the protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). This project has been controversial for its environmental and social effects. The talk about the verdict often centers on free speech. But its wider effects on climate activism and the fight against fossil fuels mustn’t be overlooked. The Dakota Access Pipeline and Its Climate Impact The Dakota Access Pipeline is 1,172 miles long. It has sparked many environmental protests…
Open this photo in gallery:A worker stands on a steam-assisted gravity drainage pad at Cenovus’ Sunrise oil facility northeast of Fort McMurray, Alta., on Aug. 31, 2023.Victor R. Caivano/The Associated PressWhen the chief executives of most of Canada’s major oil-and-gas companies sent an open letter to federal party leaders this week, calling for a sweeping reduction of regulatory obstacles, they made passing reference to the technology on which they’ve long pinned their sustainability hopes.“Canada’s oil sands industry has been investing heavily in research and regulatory approvals to develop new carbon capture and storage [CCS] projects that have the potential to…
NEW YORK — Stocks on Wall Street shook off a weak start and closed slightly higher Friday, snapping a four-week losing streak.The S&P 500 edged up 0.1%. The index finished with a 0.5% gain for the week. It’s still down 4.8% so far this month.The Dow Jones Industrial Average eked out a 0.1% gain, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. Technology stocks, which had been the heaviest weights on the market in the early going, bounced back to offset a big share of the declines elsewhere in the S&P 500. The sector has been at the center of much of the market’s…
The StubHub logo is seen in a former store in New York City on April 18, 2024.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesStubHub, an online marketplace for reselling tickets, on Friday filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “STUB.”In its prospectus for an initial public offering, the company said it had a net loss of $2.8 million on revenue of $1.77 billion for 2024, compared with a $405 million profit on $1.37 billion in revenue for 2023.StubHub has been a longtime player in the ticketing industry since its launch in 2000. It was purchased…
Nanjangud: Demanding the loan instalment be paid immediately on the spot, a representative of a private finance company allegedly assaulted a woman and her son at Chamalapura Hundi in Nanjangud. Those who were assaulted are 52-year-old Chennajamma and her son Chandru. They have been admitted to a hospital for treatment. It is learnt that Chennajamma had taken a loan of Rs. 50,000 from Fin Care Small Finance Company and was paying the monthly instalment of Rs. 2,700 regularly. On Wednesday, the day Chennajamma was to pay the instalment, finance company representative Nagamallappa, who came near her house, demanded Chennajamma to…
Amazon will let companies that have adopted comprehensive emissions reduction goals buy “high integrity” carbon credits generated by carbon removal projects already backed by the $638 billion e-commerce and cloud services company. The new strategy, announced March 19, applies only to companies cutting greenhouse gas emissions across all three categories: Scope 1 (their own operations), Scope 2 (purchased electricity) and Scope 3 (indirect sources across their supply chain). It’s also available to the 550 signatories of the Climate Pledge, i.e., companies aiming to achieve net-zero status by 2040. Companies that have already signed up include photo service Flickr, real estate…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, U.S., March 21, 2025.Jeenah Moon | ReutersThe S&P 500 inched higher on Friday, ending four consecutive weeks of declines that were brought on by trade policy turmoil, recession fears and a rollover in megacap tech shares.The S&P 500 added 0.08%, rising into positive territory as the trading session drew to a close. The broad market index ended the day at 5,667.56. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.52% and ended at 17,784.05, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 32.03 points, or 0.08%, to close at 41,985.35.The…