By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
Lawsuits filed against cryptocurrency platforms during President Joe Biden’s administration continue to fall away as the administration of President Donald Trump has projected a much more lenient stance on cryptocurrency markets.
By MATT SEDENSKY, AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — HIRING: Park ranger. SEEKING: Nuclear submarine engineer. WANTED: Sled dog musher.
If they seem unlikely postings, they probably are. But a laid-off federal worker can dream.
Axed from jobs not easily found outside government, thousands of federal workers caught in President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts now face a difficult search for work.
“If you’re doing, say, vegetation sampling and prescribed fire as your main work, there aren’t many jobs,” says Eric Anderson, 48, of Chicago, who was fired Feb. 14 from his job as a biological science technician at Indiana Dunes National Park.
All the years of work Anderson put in — the master’s degree, the urban forestry classes, the wildfire deployments — seemed to disappear in a single email dismissing him.
He’s hoping there’s a chance he’s called back, but if he isn’t, he’s not sure what he’ll do next. He was so consumed with his firing that he broke a molar from grinding his teeth. But he knows he’s caught in something larger than himself, as the new administration unfurls its chaotic cost-cutting agenda.
Fun Spot America will stage a drone show at its Orlando location for one night only this Saturday.
The production will use 300 drones to form patriotic images including a bald eagle, shooting stars, rockets and a roller coaster with brightly colored tracks and more. The images will be visible from anywhere inside the attraction, which is near International Drive.
“Our guests love experiencing our parks at night,” CEO John Arie Jr. said in a news release. “All of Fun Spot’s rides and attractions have vibrant light displays, and the Fun Spot America drone show will truly light the night up even further for visiting guests.”
Arie said the park, which has been open since 1997, plans to introduce new events, promotions and attractions. It may add live entertainment, he said.
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It will be Fun Spot’s first drone show, and one of the first drone productions in Central Florida since a show at Orlando’s Lake Eola Park in December, when a drone fell and injured a 7-year-old boy, resulting in emergency heart surgery.
DEAR TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER: I’m trying to get a refund from Norwegian Airlines. I recently booked two round-trip tickets from Stockholm to Oslo, Norway. The return flight was scheduled to arrive in Stockholm at 8 p.m. I subsequently learned of an appointment that I had in Stockholm at about 7:30 p.m., so I changed our return flight to an earlier time. Because this was a more expensive flight, I paid an additional $79 for this change.
Just before our flight, I received an email from Norwegian that required us to change to a later flight. The airline would not offer any compensation for the amount we paid for the earlier flight.
Interestingly, we arrived in Oslo with enough time to catch the earlier flight. Although there were seats available, we were not allowed to board. I discussed this with the gate agent at the time and even showed her my original flight itinerary but was still denied boarding.
I missed my appointment in Stockholm and still had to pay $79. In essence, I paid for something that was not provided to me. Can you help me get a refund?
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, Associated Press Business Wrtier
Starbucks plans to lay off 1,100 corporate employees globally as new Chairman and CEO Brian Niccol streamlines operations.
In a letter to employees released Monday, Niccol said the company will inform employees who are being laid off by mid-day Tuesday. Niccol said Starbucks is also eliminating several hundred open and unfilled positions.
“Our intent is to operate more efficiently, increase accountability, reduce complexity and drive better integration,” Niccol wrote in the letter.
Starbucks has 16,000 corporate support employees worldwide, but that includes some employees who aren’t impacted, like roasting and warehouse staff. Baristas in the company’s stores are not included in the layoffs.
Niccol said in January that corporate layoffs would be announced by early March. He said all work must be overseen by someone who can make decisions while the the Seattle coffee giant reduces the complexity of its structure and eliminates silos within the company that slow communication.