Tag: paying
Dame Jilly Cooper dies aged 88 after fall, with Queen paying tribute to ‘legend’
Novelist Dame Jilly Cooper, known for her best-selling romps including Rivals and Riders, has died at the age of 88. Dame Jilly’s most successful works were The Rutshire Chronicles, beginning with Riders in 1985, which portrayed the scandals, sex lives and social circles of the wealthy horse-loving country set. Follow-up Rivals was published in 1988…
Did Amazon trick people into paying for Prime? Federal case goes to trial
By Alina Selyukh , Monica Nickelsburg , Joshua McNichols Amazon and the U.S. government are facing off in a Seattle courtroom over Prime, the company’s lucrative subscription service. The government alleges that the company “tricked” people into paying for Prime memberships that were purposefully hard to cancel. The lawsuit marks one of the biggest federal…
USDA chief says agency is trying to fill key jobs after paying 15,000 to leave
Andrea Hsu In testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is now looking to fill critical positions, after agreeing to pay more than 15,000 employees’ salaries and benefits through September in exchange for their resignations. “We are actively looking and recruiting to…
Kylie Jenner Paying Funeral Costs of Hairstylist Jesus Guerrero
Kylie Jenner will pay for funeral costs and other expenses for her late friend and hairstylist Jesus Guerrero after his unexpected death at 34, according to multiple outlets. Kylie Jenner is stepping in to support the family of her late hairstylist. After Jesus Guerrero died unexpectedly at the age of 34, the Kardashians star plans…
Quiz of the Year, Part 2: Nemo won Eurovision, but who was disqualified?
How well do you remember the stories and people in the news this year? Test your memory of 2024 in our four-part Christmas quiz – 52 questions for 52 weeks of the year. Part two covers April to June. Part three is on Saturday 28 December. Room for some more? Part one covered January to…