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FLORIDA REAL ESTATE

Tampa airport suspends operations as Eta closes in on Florida: Latest

2 months ago
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Eta has weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm as it closes in on Florida, where it’s expected to make landfall overnight.



a man walking down the street: A lifeguard walks to the end of the jetty after closing it down to surfers before the arrival of Huricane Eta in Bradenton Beach, Fla, Nov. 11, 2020.

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A lifeguard walks to the end of the jetty after closing it down to surfers before the arrival of Huricane Eta in Bradenton Beach, Fla, Nov. 11, 2020.

A tropical storm warning is in effect along much of the western Florida peninsula, from Fort Myers to Tampa and up to Gainesville.



a man walking in the rain: A man leaves The Home Depot after buying extra water in preparation for Hurricane Eta, on Nov. 11, 2020 in Tampa, Fla.

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A man leaves The Home Depot after buying extra water in preparation for Hurricane Eta, on Nov. 11, 2020 in Tampa, Fla.

Heavy rain, storm surge and gusty winds are already slamming the Tampa area, where conditions are expected to worsen throughout the day.

Tampa International Airport suspended all operations at 3 p.m. Operations are expected to resume Thursday by noon.

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CONTRACTOR

Apple Suspends iPhone Maker Pegatron Over Labor Abuses in China

2 months ago
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Apple said on Monday that it had placed a key assembler of its iPhones on probation after the Taiwanese company was found to have concealed violations of labor rules for students employed at its factories in China.

For years, Apple has worked, and at times struggled, to uphold labor standards across its vast electronics supply chain in China. The company said it had made the decision because the Taiwanese company, Pegatron, had violated its code of conduct by allowing student laborers to work night shifts and overtime and do work unrelated to their fields of study, and had then falsified documents to cover it up.

“The individuals at Pegatron responsible for the violations went to extraordinary lengths to evade our oversight mechanisms,” Apple said in a statement.

To meet grueling deadlines, factories in China sometimes recruit labor from local technical schools. Strict guidelines are supposed to limit how long and

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CONTRACTOR

DM orders FIR against contractor for poor construction of UPSRTC bus station & women’s hospital, suspends jr engineer | Bareilly News

3 months ago
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Pilibhit: District magistrate (DM) Pulkit Khare has ordered the lodging of an FIR against Mukesh Arora — the contractor who built both the UP State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) bus station and the 50-bed Puranpur women’s hospital — and the suspension of junior engineer Sikandar Pal of Uttar Pradesh State Construction Corporation Limited (UPSCCL), the government agency assigned by the state administration to carry out the projects, for shoddy construction quality of both buildings.
In addition, he has pulled up V K Gangwar, UPSRTC assistant regional manager, for negligence in regularly inspecting and reviewing the quality of construction. Khare had made a surprise inspection of the two buildings being constructed on Tuesday.
The total construction cost of the bus station had been assessed at Rs 5.36 crore, while the women’s hospital had a budget of Rs 5.14 crore. Construction work of the bus station was scheduled for completion on October
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