Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu released a very bleak picture of the management of national, provincial and local government finances on Wednesday.
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Drivers cruise by on Interstate 80 — a busy artery that cuts across Northern California — never knowing they passed through the town of Newcastle. The unincorporated rural community tucked into the foothills a half-hour drive from Sacramento is home to …
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New York City intentionally flooded an entrance to a Brooklyn subway stop for four hours to test a new “flex gate” that was installed in preparation for a devastating weather event caused by climate change. One commuter posted a photo of the G line Broadway …
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Well, this is certainly not great: An unprotected database of more than a billion users’ records from across the internet — including “social media accounts, email addresses, and phone numbers” — was discovered on an unidentified Elasticsearch server that …
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While neither company is talking, shares of both rose this past week on reports that Schwab (ticker: SCHW) wants to buy TD Ameritrade (AMTD) for an estimated $28 billion. If they can agree on terms—and regulators sign off—the combined company would …
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