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She plans to introduce a measure at Tuesday’s board meeting to hire a consultant to examine the issue and make recommendations for the best use of the money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Back in Skegness, Dave Charles says he will continue to hire young people and that "if you recruit the right young people they are great".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
All have a lower capacity than Old Trafford and all would cost a lot to hire, even if it was desirable.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
He then offered a lighthearted alternative: “Maybe they could do a henna one, and then commit to make it permanent if we hire them.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
So, fighting for their children’s future, that September of 1926, Mama and Daddy decided to pack up the Big House and hire a man with a truck to drive us to Institute.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Bilton said the correspondents and contributors will carry on the program’s “tradition of fearless, independent and impartial reporting” and said the new hires are “entrepreneurial journalists who understand how to reach modern audiences.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
As of last summer, under the city’s Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses Act, the person who hires the broker must pay the broker’s fee.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Accounting firms don’t need their juniormost hires to do routine tasks that are easily automated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
These reserves prompted outrage from union leaders, who wanted these funds quickly applied to higher wages and new hires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
A former enslaved man hires enslaved boys to work in his shop.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
An additional 3,814 officers have been hired between April 2025 and March this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Many worked on the shop floor at Harrods in London or were hired as assistants at his various businesses including the Ritz hotel in Paris.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Katherine Carter, a former middle-school principal hired as a consultant in 2019, said there “really was not an understanding of the amount of time and support” and planning to launch a school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
“The regret is we probably should have hired the right people, and not taken on such a huge project. It’s just been so much,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
“And then, to make things worse, Dr. Throckmorton hired that fashion mistake from Fairview to take Mr. Glass’s place without even consulting me or my parents?”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
Even though people are willing to spend $5,000 on a toilet, they end up hiring a plumber who doesn’t install it properly, which becomes an expensive mistake, Linn said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
In some counties, courts have set up departments dedicated to Proposition 36 cases, hiring staff and creating rules as they go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Bosses should not rely so heavily on virtual job interviews when hiring as they don't capture candidates' personality and passion, Andy Burnham has said.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Plus, the $600 million world of CEO perks and why big companies are hiring again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But they’d learned the hard way that funerals were expensive, that hiring lawyers was even worse, that when you lost a loved one, it sucked your finances dry.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
