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LOS ANGELES The governing body of Los Angeles County on Tuesday passed a measure to raise the mandatory minimum wage incrementally to $15 an hour by 2020 in unincorporated areas that are home to about a tenth of the county’s population.

Reading “Wage Debate Upends L.A. Garment Makers” (Business & Tech., July 16) about the minimum-wage increase made me wonder what politicians like the mayor of Los Angeles think small-business owners want for their employees.

In January, 77,000 Maryland workers got a raise as the minimum wage in the state rose to $8 per hour. For example, Los Angeles has promised to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour by 202o, while Seattle will achieve the same a year later.

Fast-food workers in New York may soon get a super-sized raise.

It also comes after Greece repaid about 2 billion euros to the worldwide Monetary Fund, clearing all its arrears after missing several payments in June and July.

WASHINGTON Greece has repaid its arrears to the worldwide Monetary Fund, worth about 2 billion euros ($2.17 billion), IMF communications director Gerry Rice said on Monday. However, restrictions on transactions and cash withdrawals remain in place, RFE/RL reports.

It required city contractors to pay workers more than the California’s $9-per-hour minimum. Under state labor law, Gov. Cuomo is allowed to designate a wage board to propose an increase for a specific industry, and the board can institute changes without the...

The city of West Hollywood is already moving to raise its minimum wage, but that’s a small city with relatively little impact. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to take a preliminary step Tuesday, July 21, 2015, that could lead to the higher wages....

On Monday morning at 9 am when the rest of the Mumbai was reeling under the effects of heavy showers a fire broke out at the Kenilworth Shopping Arcade in Bandra.

Dow component United Technologies fell 4.9 percent to $105 after the company cut its full-year profit outlook as it warned of pressures in its aerospace systems and Otis elevators businesses.

Julia Roberts is selling one of her properties in NYC.

JOHNNY Vegas has taken to Twitter to announce the birth of his baby boy Tom Laurence.

We expect a few upside to consensus revenue estimates from growth in Prime revenues driven by additional media options, same-day fulfilment options, higher average Prime pricing, and continued strong growth in AWS revenue during the quarter.

Shares were flat in after-hours trade. Profit, excluding costs such as adjustments for stock-based compensation, was 16 cents a share.

The latest announcement comes less than a month after American Airlines said it will add two daily nonstop flights between Memphis worldwide Airport and New York’s LaGuardia Airport.