Wednesday, March 18, 2015

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Your Money

Is Your Babysitter an Employee? It Matters to Tax Liability

The I.R.S. has strict criteria on when a worker should be considered an employee, and it’s not just the difference between a babysitter and a nanny.
Taxation; Freelancing, Self-Employment and Independent Contracting; Child Care; Elder Care; Cleaning Services; Labor and Jobs; Federal Taxes (US) 

We did not hire help.
N.Y. / Region

N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates

Andrew Ross, who teaches at the New York campus and specializes in labor issues, has been an open critic of the poor treatment of migrant laborers in the monarchy.
Colleges and Universities; Foreign Workers; Academic Freedom; Labor and Jobs 

The Emirates like indentured servants.
Health

Breast Biopsies Leave Room for Doubt, Study Finds

Breast biopsies are good at telling the difference between healthy tissue and cancer, but less reliable for identifying more subtle abnormalities, a new study finds.
Breast Cancer; Tests (Medical); Mammography 

Second opinions!
I do not want to nurse another cancer patient.
Science

Hold the Calcium Supplements

Should women stop taking calcium supplements after menopause, because of a danger of heart attack and stroke?
Calcium; Menopause; Heart; Women and Girls; Stroke; Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies 

Be moderate with the calcium supplements please.
There is such a thing as too much. 
Business Day

Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud

Some of the nation’s banks are privately complaining that Apple Pay may not be so great after all, but the banks may largely have themselves to blame.
Banking and Financial Institutions; Credit Cards; Frauds and Swindling; Mobile Commerce and Payments 

" Free money!"
World

For Rent: A Hungarian Village, and a Mayoral Title


http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/17/hungary-without-two-thirds/
U.S.

Secret Service Inquiry Follows Agents’ Crash at White House

The latest occurrence follows a series of scandals and mishaps for the agency, including an embarrassing history with drinking episodes.
White House Building (Washington, DC); Drunken and Reckless Driving; Ethics and Official Misconduct 

Congress is unhappy.
U.S.

Utah Passes Antidiscrimination Bill Backed by Mormon Leaders

 
Another attempt to block civil marriage and discriminate against gays.
Business Day

Streetcar Revival Is Wavering in Some Cities


G.M. likes buses.
Business Day

Apple Said to Plan Limited, Low-Cost Streaming Service

The service, which could be announced later this year, would offer a bundle of channels that is smaller and cheaper than a typical cable subscription, according to people briefed on the plans.
Computers and the Internet 

Pay T.V. in "a walled garden".
Science

Why Icicles Look the Way They Do

An atlas, not surprisingly out of Canada, documents the drip, drip, drip that determines those curious and beautiful shapes.
Ice; Physics 

Salts depress the freezing point.
Business Day

G.M. Will Face Further Discovery in Broader Class-Action Case


G.M. made their troubles.
U.S.

For Blacks in the U.S., Much Work Remains

U.S.

Expulsion of Two Oklahoma Students Over Video Leads to Free Speech Debate

 
 
Science

Imperiled Foxes on California Islands May Come Off Endangered List

 
A success story.
Opinion

Failure to Thrive

The plant was a thoughtful gift, but it’s too beautiful, too vibrant, to be trapped in this depression den.
Antidepressants; Depression (Mental); Flowers and Plants 

Depression can lift.  
Spring is coming.
U.S.

Wisconsin: Unions Sue to Stop Law Halting Dues Collection

The state A.F.L.-C.I.O. and two local unions filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to at least temporarily block a new law barring unions from requiring workers to pay the equivalent of dues.
Organized Labor; Suits and Litigation (Civil) 

I wish the unions success.
Health

Preparing for Ebola, but Stopping Lassa Fever

When the disease killing residents of Benin turned out to be Lassa fever, the World Health Organization used protocols for Ebola to stem the illness.
Viruses; Ebola Virus; Epidemics 

The old ways work as well as ever.
Technology

Bento Wants to Be Your App Matchmaker

Bento is one of a number of start-ups that are trying to re-imagine search for mobile phones by anticipating what you want to do with your device.
Android (Operating System); Computers and the Internet; Mobile Applications; Start-ups; Venture Capital; Wireless Communications 

"One armed bandit"

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Your Money

Is Your Babysitter an Employee? It Matters to Tax Liability

 
It is time to do taxes.
Business Day

Pointing Fingers in Apple Pay Fraud

Business Day

Premera Blue Cross Says Data Breach Exposed Medical Data

The insurer said that a cyberattack affecting 11 million customers in the Northwest may include claims data, including clinical information.
Cyberattacks and Hackers; Health Insurance and Managed Care 

Computer security is important.
Sales people want to know their targets.
U.S.

Louisiana: Jindal Seeks to Sell Rights to Tobacco Deal

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration moved ahead Tuesday with a plan to sell the state’s remaining share of a huge tobacco settlement.
Budgets and Budgeting; Smoking and Tobacco 

Anything rather than tax the rich.

Science

Memories Weaken Without Reinforcement, Study Finds

A report shows that people’s ability to remember something and the pattern of brain activity that thing generates both appear to diminish when a competing memory gets stronger.
Memory; Brain; Psychology and Psychologists 

We are learning about learning.
N.Y. / Region

N.Y.U. Professor Is Barred by United Arab Emirates

Opinion

Failure to Thrive


Spring.
Science

Hold the Calcium Supplements

Business Day

Alibaba Is Said to Invest $200 Million in Snapchat

The latest fund-raising places the messaging start-up squarely among the most richly valued private tech companies in Silicon Valley.
Instant Messaging; Mobile Applications; Start-ups 

"Know your enemy."
The Chinese want to censor the net.
U.S.

Penn State Fraternity’s Secret Facebook Photos May Lead to Criminal Charges

A clandestine website — with its images of drugs, hazing and nude, unconscious women — was the subject of a police inquiry that this month led to suspensions of the fraternity’s Penn State chapter.
Fraternities and Sororities; Colleges and Universities; Hazing; Social Media 

Penn State is sensitized.
Business Day

Apple Said to Plan Limited, Low-Cost Streaming Service

The service, which could be announced later this year, would offer a bundle of channels that is smaller and cheaper than a typical cable subscription, according to people briefed on the plans.
Computers and the Internet 

Apple is starting late.
U.S.

Pardons Elude Men Freed After Decades in North Carolina Prison

Henry L. McCollum and Leon Brown have clung to a minimal existence, absent substantive remuneration, counseling or public aid in transitioning back to society.
Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons 

The old south does not change easily.
U.S.

For Blacks in the U.S., Much Work Remains

U.S.

Utah Passes Antidiscrimination Bill Backed by Mormon Leaders


Mormon orthodoxy.
Business Day

Streetcar Revival Is Wavering in Some Cities


Streetcars are not a good solution.  
They are better than others.
Business Day

Failed by Law and Courts, Troops Come Home to Repossessions

Deployed service members often cannot sue lenders for violating laws that protect them from repossessions and foreclosures because of legal language that forces them into arbitration.
Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation; United States Defense and Military Forces; Banking and Financial Institutions 

This is not news. 
It is a scandal.
Opinion

Dark Money, Blurred Principles

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to play the big-money, outside-influence game in a city with an exemplary campaign-finance law is disheartening.
Editorials; Political Action Committees; Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (Supreme Court Decision); Campaign Finance 

Stop Whining.
Health

Preparing for Ebola, but Stopping Lassa Fever

Science

Why Icicles Look the Way They Do

 
Bookmarked.




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