and it's like if you have pto, if you have the time, use it. use it. boss be like, oh, andre's not doing his usual work. what's the deal with andre? >> i know i know, we're not fooling anybody. i have to be here anyway. so yeah, yeah, it's no chance that's going to happen. we don't. >> yeah, we don't play along with those rules. but i know that some people, you know, have flexibility. sure when they work at home to like take a three hour lunch or whatever. but that's different from going on vacation altogether. >> yeah, exactly. that's a whole different thing. all right. >> let's peek at some numbers that have been changing a little bit. not too much. this poll we've had up throughout the morning, 81% of you say you are not going to use facial recognition technology to make your payments. privacy concerns outweigh any convenience. 19% say you might try. it sounds convenient. scan that qr code at the top right. head to kctv.com/vote. let us know what you think about today's question. >> all righty. a quick reminder that you can stream ktv news on your s

my colleague was talking about oecd, but there are standards with the the pto and many more. if we look at the geopolitics, what is happening right now in the world, i think it is getting scarier with each day. the turbulence, the conflicts around the world actually have a huge implication on our economy. on the one hand, it's definitely the challenges, the prices of inflation, distorted supply chains, anything you want. but on the other hand, you have reliable trading partners, if you have a really strong and resilient transatlantic relationships, you can see even during the crisis, the most severe crisis, the you actually see the trade growing. also last year, we had ,1.3 trillion between you and the u.s. two years ago, last year will be almost 5% higher. slowly but steadily we are growing up. and one of the reasons was that in europe we had to make a huge change in intersect or because of the reliance on russian energy resources had to be sold as the issue. don't underestimate how much it costs in organizing that, making sure people don't freeze during the winter, the last

i might note those are set by the pto and we will have the patent and trademark office set them.when congress passed the unleashed american innovation act in 2023, a law are required the uspto director to impose punitive fines on entities falsely asserting or certifying their entitlement to these reduced fees. we did that with good intent. however, the fine is in the amount not less than 3 times the reduction of the fees, there's no exception provided by law for an entity that made an error in their filing in good faith. an example of good faith error is if an employee is mistakenly categorized as a contractor. another example is if a good faith mistake is made regarding the belief as to the number of employees qualifying under the entity. the impact of these punitive fines can be harmful to small businesses and if they had no intent, we do not want them fines, we want them corrected. harsh fines may deter them from micro entities since their status of savings is far less than the possibility of a triple fine. to ensure small businesses take advantage of reduced fees this bill gi

wages and benefits and spread of ours and ptos. ashley: you are absolutely right.d up on? has foot traffic gone down? are people eating less? >> there's more corporate dining. large parties where they use corporate expense card as opposed to family money. in cornelius, north carolina, a sports bar, family restaurant, pizzas and salads moderately priced, high rollers eating there with families and a line out the door, 2 weeks old because the price point is a quality stamp on it. fine casual dining, we see a lot of delivery where instead of going out once a week, 3 times a month or once every two weeks for the hundred dollar restaurants in new jersey or new york. we see a drop in the big bottles of wine sales, higher priced sales. ashley: your restaurants are more high scale. almost every day we hear about the chain restaurants either going out of business, red lobster and applebee's and tgi fridays, all these chain restaurants that are closing across the country. are you surprised by that trend? what is your take? >> labor is one of the issues, the lack of menu dive

professionals working remote in the u.s. are finding ways to skip out on a workday without using their ptof requesting time off. nearly 40% say they have a work around to get a break off the clock without telling their manager. they'll show they're still active on their company's messaging platforms. they're scheduled to send an email to give the impression they're working, or they're really not. the average american spends close to 2.5 hours a day dream scrolling. that's looking at dream purchases or things they'd like to own one day. a new survey from empower reveals that half of respondents say the dream goal they dream scroll while they're on the job, while more than 70% say it's time well spent as the habit prevents them from making unplanned purchases or going into debt. the survey also revealed gen z spends most of the time dream scrolling at just three hours per day, while boomers spend the least clocking in around an hour. >> okay, don't let the boss see you. thank you so much for joining us during this noon newscast. a quick reminder you can stream ktvu news on your smart tv, wat

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benefits include health insurance, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, and pto.nterview on the spot. that event runs from 11 to 4. >> interest rates will likely stay the same, despite a report showing inflation picked up in april. this is according to federal reserve chair jerome powell. he said a rate hike is unlikely and the fed's preferred approach is to keep its benchmark rate where it is until inflation cools. powell also noted that rising rents are a key factor in keeping inflation high, and that would take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. >> you can see we're up about 184 points and now it's 648. i have to explain to you why we can't have nice things, and it's because people are rude and nasty. you might remember these digital portals that were put up in new york and dublin, ireland recently. the idea was so that people in both places could see each other in real time. well, guess what happened? it started off really cute people doing little dances and holding up signs and then, well, then it got naked and s

but then their first sergeant, pedro bruce, startw's who's there on the left of the pto funston called him a little shriveled old man with the het of a ln, and he slapped his chest and i can't speak for the others. my general. but as for me, i am a soldier of e ited states. and then with that planning got underway. so one of the things that was required was to make the marker babies look like ins directives. and so they were issued new they were issued clothing that had been that had beeneize filipino units that were issued an assortment of mazdas and ngton's. and that this is what they looked like. but after they'd been transformed aboard vicksbu. but once the ship got under way, nothing went right. the weather was very rough the seas were rough. there was an epidemic. seasickness. vicksburg ran aground at one point t easrnhore, on the east, along the eastern coast, which delayed the mission. there was a plan that they would get native boats that would get bunkers that that the expeditionary force would transfer to at sea and then take those bunkers to. and they were able to buy three

counselor for each grade level, but it just really isn't enough and a lot of schools-it kind of-there is pto or lowel-able to fund a second librarian or nurse the full week opposed to 2 and a half days so if you get injured monday, you got a nurse, but tuesday you are out of luck. that's something happening in the schools and i just feel that is crazy because they don't have a affluent enough pta to fund the nurse. that should be basic. we shouldn't have to ask for donations to fund a school nurse. >> that ties into the mental health issues people are facing. covid was detrimental to everyone but especially young people who spnt hours a day online and away from mental health support in a really difficult time and i think people are beginning to realize now how important those services are. i think there is work to do but advocase hads been relatively successful in san francisco getting more support for mental health but there is a huge gap we are now catching up with. it was never priority before the pandemic and beginning to become one now but there are so many young people struggling and w

we believe it's technical in incorrecting about giving the authority to the pto to waive the fees ina good faith mistake and with that i yield back. >> the chairman recognizes the ranking member. >> thank you, mr. chairman. hr78 to 3 makes minor technical change to give the patent and trademark the flexibility to decide when to penalize applicants with for fee reductions. when congress passed the unleashing innovative act, funding package, fiscal year 2023 we did so with the intention of making patents no longer the sport of kings but an opportunity for investors to make a decent living. innovators should not have to work for a big-tech company, major manufacturer or any other power house industry to be able to file for a patent but that is exactly what often happens. the hurdles associated with obtaining and owning a patent from hiring a lawyer to search for prior art to paying standard application fees prevent individuals seeking patents to interventions. barriers to entries like this hurt everyone but above all hurt women, minorities that do not have the resources to go it alone.