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17-Year-Old Girl From Region Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions 17-Year-Old Girl From Region Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions
17-Year-Old Girl From Region Is Outearning Top CEOs By Millions A teen social media star from Connecticut is outearning some of the most successful CEOs in the US by millions of dollars, according to new reports by Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. With 133 million TikToker followers, 17-year-old Fairfield County resident Charli D'Amelio, of Norwalk, who started posting to TikTok in 2019 -- has the video-sharing app's largest following, Forbes says. Last year, she brought in $17.5 million. The median pay for chief executives of S&P 500 companies in 2020 was $13.4 million, the WSJ reports. Darren Woods was the highest-earning CEO of 2020, brin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Delta Announces $200 Monthly Health Insurance Surcharge For Unvaccinated Employees COVID-19: Delta Announces $200 Monthly Health Insurance Surcharge For Unvaccinated Employees
Covid-19: Delta Announces $200 Monthly Health Insurance Surcharge For Unvaccinated Employees Delta Air Lines employees who aren't vaccinated against COVID-19 will be required to pay an additional $200 per month if they are enrolled in the company's health care plan. The new policy was one of a number of new rules announced by Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Wednesday, Aug. 25.  Bastian said the requirement will take effect on Monday, Nov. 1.  "The average hospital stay for COVID-19 has cost Delta $50,000 per person," the announcement said. "This surcharge will be necessary to address the financial risk the decision to not vaccinate is creating for our company." Bastia…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Widespread Internet Outage Affects Google, Amazon, Other Major Websites Widespread Internet Outage Affects Google, Amazon, Other Major Websites
Widespread Internet Outage Affects Google, Amazon, Other Major Websites Some of the largest websites in the world were knocked offline at around midday Thursday, July 22.  The outage rendered financial, travel, retail, and gaming sites unavailable for a brief amount of time. Google, Amazon, Fidelity, Costco, Delta Air Lines, British Airways, and Capital One -- and even the official Olympic website -- were all affected. Content delivery network provider Akamai reported the outage at 12:10 p.m. At around 12:45 p.m., it issued an update saying, "We have implemented a fix for this issue, and based on current observations, the service is resumi…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Dick's Will Stop Selling Assault Rifles, Require Gun Buyers Be 21 Dick's Will Stop Selling Assault Rifles, Require Gun Buyers Be 21
Dick's Will Stop Selling Assault Rifles, Require Gun Buyers Be 21 Dick's Sporting Goods is putting in place strong steps to curtail the sale of firearms in its 700-plus stores, including many in the tristate area. Dick’s, one of the nation’s largest sports retailers, announced Wednesday morning it is ending sales of assault-style rifles and banning the sale of guns to people younger than 21. The move was a direct response to the latest school shooting, which occurred Feb. 14 in Parkland, Florida, claiming the lives of 17 people, including 14 students. "Based on what’s happened and looking at those kids and those parents, it moved us all unimaginably…

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by Joe Lombardi