Fortnightly financial 5 minutes #12 Tom Lake | FSCS – Financial Services Compensation Scheme

Nigel Yeates, Communications and Stakeholder Business Partner, speaks to Tom Lake, Director of Policy and Strategy at Fair4All Finance, about access to financial services and how to best serve customers in vulnerable circumstances.Please tell us about the mission and strategy of Fair4All Finance as an organisation and your role at the organisationWe want to make … Read more

New education minister scraps predecessor’s matriculation reforms – The Times of Israel

New Education Minister Yoav Kisch confirmed on Thursday that he would cancel matriculation reforms championed by his predecessor Yifat Shasha-Biton, under which some school testing was to be replaced with new methods of study, work, and evaluation.Under Shasha-Biton’s planned reforms, unveiled in April 2022, the written exams for history, literature, civics, and Bible studies were … Read more

PM Modi, Australian counterpart Albanese to bond over cricket in Gujarat – The New Indian Express

In March, the Australian team will visit India to play their fourth test against the Indian team in Ahmedabad. Published: 14th January 2023 07:25 AM  |   Last Updated: 14th January 2023 10:10 AM   |  A+A A- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo | PTI)NEW DELHI: Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has invited Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese to … Read more

A New Era of Noncompetes May Shake Up Hollywood Contracts – Hollywood Reporter

Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterIf an FTC proposal goes into effect, most contract clauses that bar executives from being hired by rivals could be outlawed: “It would truly be a sea change.” By Ashley Cullins Senior Business Editor A new Federal Trade Commission rule that … Read more

Citing Taliban, Australia nixes Afghanistan cricket series – Yahoo! Voices

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Afghanistan cricket officials blasted Australia's decision on Thursday to cancel their men's one-day international cricket series.Cricket Australia cited recent heavier restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban government for axing the three ODIs in March in the United Arab Emirates.The Afghanistan Cricket Board said it was “extremely disappointed and … Read more

529 college savings plan money can be rolled into a Roth IRA next … – USA TODAY

Kids change their minds a lot, so it’s understandable parents might be nervous to lock away money in a college savings plan. After all, what if your child decides to skip college or drop out? That money could’ve been spent elsewhere. You can worry less now. That unused money earmarked for education can soon be rescued. “People with unused college … Read more