Twin Cities minimum-wage workers get pay raises. Here’s what you need to know
Thousands of minimum-wage workers across the Twin Cities got pay raises Friday that bring them up to $15 an hour. In Minneapolis, large businesses with more than…
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Erdoğan raises Turkey’s minimum wage for second time in six months
Turkey announced its second increase in the minimum wage in six months, raising pay by 30 per cent in a bid to cushion households from soaring living…
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Pentagon Raises Damning Concerns Over Bitcoin, Ethereum Security
Pentagon’s research body, DARPA, commissioned a report to analyze the extent to which blockchains are truly decentralized. While focusing primarily on Bitcoin and Ethereum, Trail of Bits,…
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NFT Artist Raises $3 Million to Support Abortion Rights Groups
COWGIRLDAO formed by the NFT artist partners with blockchain non-profit to raise funds for abortion rights groups across the US COWGIRLDAO formed by the NFT artist partners…
Read moreKids’ Social Media Network Zigazoo Raises $17 Million In Series A Funding Round
Coinspeaker Kids’ Social Media Network Zigazoo Raises $17 Million In Series A Funding Round Zigazoo, a US-based social media network for children, announced it had raised as…
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Kukua, creators of “Super Sema,” raises $6 million, led by Alchimia and Tencent – TechCrunch
Kukua, a Nairobi- and London-based educational entertainment company and the creators of “Super Sema,” the first African animated superhero franchise, has raised $6 million in its latest…
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Entrepreneur First raises $158M at a $560M valuation, adding Stripe’s Collison brothers to its list of backers – TechCrunch
Entrepreneur First made a name for itself a decade ago in its home base of London, and then further afield, for the novel approach it takes to…
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Arzooo raises $70 million to bring ‘best of e-commerce’ to physical stores in India – TechCrunch
Arzooo, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring the “best of e-commerce” to physical stores, has raised $70 million in a new financing round as it…
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In Ukraine, war raises spectre of devastating Stalin-era famine
Scarred for life by Stalin’s campaign of forced ‘collectivisation’ which resulted in millions starving, Maria Goncharova still hoards everything for fear of going without – Copyright AFP…
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NC Republican state budget deal gives teachers, state employees bigger raises
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are announcing a state budget deal Tuesday that includes larger raises for state employees than currently planned. Senate…
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