Japan Moves to Lure More Foreign Workers
TOKYO—Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is easing the path for foreign workers, with new policies that include a pledge to deliver the world’s fastest permanent-residency cards for skilled migrants. A set of immigration measures, including that one, was buried amid dozens of ideas released last week in Mr. Abe’s annual list of policy changes. The government also said it planned to bring in more workers for understaffed nursing...>> view original12-Year-Old Boy Stabbed During Bank Robbery 'Doing Well'
SAN LEANDRO (CBS SF) — A 12-year-old boy who was stabbed by an erratic woman trying to rob bank customers in San Leandro on Monday is recovering from surgery and “doing well,” a police lieutenant said Tuesday. The boy, identified Tuesday as Jacob Soriano, was sitting in a lobby chair at the Wells Fargo bank at 1298 E. 14th St. at about 11:30 a.m. waiting for a relative to finish a bank transaction. He was suddenly stabbed three times in the back, including a deep wound near his neck, by a woman..>> view originalU.S. Gasoline Use Rising to Record This Summer on Low Prices
U.S. gasoline consumption is set to climb to a record this summer as the lowest pump prices in more than a decade encourage Americans to take to the roads.Demand, which typically peaks between the Memorial Day holiday in late May and Labor Day in early September, will average a record 9.5 million barrels during the second and third quarters, up from 9.48 million forecast in May, the Energy Information Administration said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook released Tuesday. The average ret..>> view originalSalesforce Beefs Up Lightning App Development Tools
TOP OF THE NEWS JUNE 8, 2016 ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE MS Rolls Out Planner on Office 365 To improve employee collaboration.>> view originalBy 2020, half the world's wealth will be controlled by millionaires
The trend will likely accelerate in the next five years, as the largest wealth gains are expected to go to those at the very top of the top. U.S. households worth $20 million or more will see their wealth growth by more than 7.6 percent over the next five years, according to the report. Those in the U.S. worth $1 million to $20 million will see there wealth grow 5.7 percent, while those worth less than $1 million will see their wealth grow 1.2 percent. The strongest growth in global millio..>> view originalShell's Ethane Cracker Seen Having Far-Reaching Impact Throughout Appalachian Basin
Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC's decision to build a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker in Western Pennsylvania marks the first time in more than 20 years that such a facility has been built in the United States outside of the Gulf Coast. The company's announcement on Tuesday was hailed by those throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia as a watershed moment in the evolution of the Marcellus and Utica shale plays. Shell's historic decision, sources said, lays the groundwork for the fut..>> view originalUPDATE 2-China copper imports jump 19 pct in May, concentrate shipments surge
* Copper imports rise 19.4 pct in May on year* Jan-May copper imports jump 22 pct* China copper concentrate imports surge 45 pct on year* Aluminium exports at 420,000 tonnes, up 5 pct on month (Adds copper concentrate imports, comment)SHANGHAI, June 8 China's copper imports jumped 19.4 percent from the same month a year ago to 430,000 tonnes in May, customs data showed on Wednesday, swelling already ample supply that is expected to reduce metal imports in coming months.Shipments into China h..>> view originalMonkey Triggers Kenyan Blackout After Tripping Hydropower Plant
A vervet monkey triggered a nationwide blackout in Kenya after it fell onto a transformer at one of the nation’s main hydroelectric plants, Kenya Electricity Generating Co. said.The monkey climbed on to the roof of the Gitaru facility and may have been thrown off balance and onto a transformer, tripping the equipment and causing an overload on other machines at the plant, according to a statement e-mailed by the Nairobi-based power generator, known as KenGen. The animal survived the incident, i..>> view original
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