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Fargo finance director fired after internal investigation uncovers numerous failures – InForum
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Fargo finance director fired after internal investigation uncovers numerous failures – InForum

FARGO — The city of Fargo has fired Finance Director Terri Gayhart after the city’s internal investigation uncovered allegations such as name-calling and gender bias that had employees “dreading” coming into work each day.

Fargo Chief Communications Officer Gregg Schildberger confirmed in an email to The Forum that the city terminated Gayhart’s employment on Wednesday, May 17.

Gayhart was put on paid administrative leave on March 31 by Fargo City Administrator Michael Redlinger, according to city records. An internal investigation then began into “reports of a toxic work environment within the finance department, as well as deficient performance as

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BAT names finance director Marroco as CEO as Bowles bows out
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BAT names finance director Marroco as CEO as Bowles bows out

By Yadarisa Shabong and Richa Naidu

(Reuters) -British American Tobacco appointed finance director Tadeu Marroco as CEO on Monday, succeeding Jack Bowles who is stepping down after about four years.

Marroco started working for the tobacco firm in Brazil in 1992 and was appointed to the board in 2019.

Bowles, who also joined the board in 2019, has led the maker of Lucky Strike and Dunhill cigarettes through a transformation to focus on growth in new categories such as vape and e-cigarettes.

“Having been at the center of the formulation of this strategy, I am convinced that this is the

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10% Owner of Portman Ridge Finance Purchased $1.33M In Stock By Benzinga


© Reuters. 10% Owner of Portman Ridge Finance Purchased $1.33M In Stock

Benzinga – Repertoire Master Fund LP10% Owner at Portman Ridge Finance (NASDAQ:PTMN), reported a large insider buy on May 2, according to a new SEC filing.

What Happened: A Form 4 filing from the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday showed that LP purchased 60,208 shares of Portman Ridge Finance. The total transaction amounted to $1,325,713.

Portman Ridge Finance shares are trading up 0.45% at $20.05 at the time of this writing on Wednesday morning.

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Here to help! – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

Following on from our previous blog, We’re with you every step of the way!, the appetite to help and engage with RoSPA Awards Entrants extends to the whole RoSPA Health & Safety Awards team.

We caught up with two more members of the RoSPA team, Julia Small and Letty Hill, to find out how they are ready and willing to lend a helping hand…

Julia Small
Executive Head of Qualifications, Awards and Events

For over 15 years, Julia has had oversight of RoSPA’s robust award procedures, including the secure online entry system used by nearly 2,000 entrants, judging and verification

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Commercial real estate faces a brutal combo of higher rates, tighter lending, and looming debts
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Commercial real estate faces a brutal combo of higher rates, tighter lending, and looming debts

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Commercial real estate in Miami.Carlos Barria/Reuters

  • US commercial real estate faces higher interest rates, tighter lending, and maturing debts.

  • The sector’s woes may hit asset prices and spread to other industries, an expert at Goldman Sachs says.

  • If the authorities don’t help, there could be severe fallout from the current situation, said Jeff Fine.

Brutal headwinds are buffeting US commercial real estate, threatening to hit prices and hammer the wider economy, Goldman Sachs strategists have warned.

The CRE sector is navigating a “nearly perfect storm” of much higher interest rates, a credit crunch, and about $1 trillion of debt

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Online Driving Courses – RoSPA Workplace Safety Blog

In the UK, one of the few growth sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic has been transportation services and in particular, food delivery.

By the end of March 2020, revenue in the UK online groceries delivery segment was up by 11.5 % compared to Jan-March in the previous year. Despite the amount of traffic on our roads falling to levels not seen since 1955 during the pandemic, the number of people driving for work to deliver food and other items has increased.

In the same month, Tesco added more than 200 new vans and hired another 2,500 drivers. Other supermarkets such

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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to request increases in state budgets; caution urged
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey to request increases in state budgets; caution urged

Alabama’s state finance director said today Gov. Kay Ivey would request increases in the state’s General Fund and education budgets but cautioned that lawmakers should prepare for leaner times.

Finance Director Bill Poole gave a presentation to lawmakers on the budget committees on the first day of the legislative session.

Poole and Legislative Fiscal Officer Kirk Fulford, whose presentation included state and national economic trends, both said an unusual surge in tax revenues the last couple of years is ending and that legislators should budget accordingly.

Poole said the governor’s requested education budget calls for spending $8.79 billion from the

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TikTok can serve up bad tax advice, tax pros warn
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TikTok can serve up bad tax advice, tax pros warn

Some Americans are turning to social media for tax advice, ranking tax pros who point out that some of those tips are misleading or flat out wrong.

The hashtag taxes — or #taxes — trended on TikTok in the last two weeks, boosting its rank to number three on the financial services chart, surpassing another popular search, #emoney. In the last seven days, content related to taxes and the IRS generated 41 million views on the social media platform.

A quick tour reveals popular videos sharing “secret tax tips” or “deductions you didn’t know.” These range from ways to use

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