Institute to pay a penalty to former retirement community CEO

CHRISTCHURCH: A charitable trust has been ordered to pay a penalty of $3,000 after an employment and pay settlement dispute with the former chief executive of a retirement community the trust owns.

The penalty comes after the chief executive sought orders relating to a settlement Read More »

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Social analyst confirms baby boomers staying in workforce

ATLANTA: The boomer workforce may be booming but its members are increasingly less likely to be employed full-time.

More than double the number of workers aged 65 years and over were in work in 2014 compared with a decade ago, but most were employed less Read More »

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Stroke drug ‘cures’ Alzheimer’s scientists believe

NEW YORK: Scientists believe edaravone could help eliminate Alzheimer’s build up of amyloid plaques in the brain. In tests on mice, researchers said it was able to “prevent and treat” the disease by “rescuing the cognitive deficits”.

Edaravone is marketed in Japan to treat acute Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The two hundred and thirteenth entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

Former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning and a team of developers secured financing for a $22.8 million affordable housing project in Overtown.

Mourning’s company AM Affordable Housing Read More »

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