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WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — 22-month-old Sophia Watson is in urgent need of life-saving treatment for a tumor, but an insurance dispute has left her family without coverage.Sophia, who has neurofibromatosis type 1, has a tumor on her optic nerves that requires treatment with an oral chemotherapy drug called Mekinist. “It is inoperable,” her dad Benjamin Watson said. “We were told that it is pretty much a 100% chance that if they operate on it, she will go blind because of the placement of the ocular nerve.”Benjamin and his wife Amanda are facing a significant financial burden after their insurance…

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Whether you call it freelancing, gig work, or something else, those who are interested in that kind of work naturally will gravitate to applying for roles in industries which are the most likely to hire the most of these kinds of workers. Rather than guess at which industries are likely to hire the most gig or freelancer workers in 2025, we asked 20 hiring experts. According to insights from a Sales Operations Manager and a Chief Growth Strategist, the tech industry is expected to lead the charge. Tech Industry Leads Gig Hiring Marketing and Media Seek Freelancers E-Commerce Taps Flexible…

Headlines:Markets:NZD leads, EUR lags on the dayEuropean equities mixed; S&P 500 futures down 0.1%US 10-year yields up 1.4 bps to 4.538%Gold flat at $2,929.33WTI crude up 0.6% to $71.74Bitcoin up 0.3% to $96,777It was another quieter session in Europe as broader markets are catching their breath before the next flurry of headlines in the US session later.Coming up, we’ll have the US retail sales data and surely more Trump headlines even after his reciprocal tariffs announcement yesterday.The dollar fell as markets faded the tariffs move but in European trading today, there wasn’t much follow through. The greenback is keeping mostly…

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With 23 years in the beauty industry, Chantelle Hartshorne has painted herself a wildly successful career as a makeup artist. Today, a leader of StyleBee Inc., a beauty company that distributes hair and makeup professionals to their clients’ door, at the click of a button, Chantelle is committed to advancing the lives of freelance beauty professionals everywhere. Having been part of the tight-knit MUA community since the dawn of the dot-com age, Chantelle’s journey from freelance artist to leader of the endeavor toward better working conditions in the industry is the result of the many pixels that make up the…

One of the hardest challenges that freelancers face is finding clients and knowing how to attract … [+] themgetty Starting out as a freelancer isn’t easy. Learning new skills and creating your product or service is the fun part. But finding the clients? That’s where it gets tough. Many freelancers fail at this stage because they don’t know how to market themselves effectively, or don’t know where to find the clients. As a result, after a few months of trying and failing, over and over again, many professionals decide that freelancing is not for them. You don’t need to fall…

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has received approval from the Labor Department to use software that could allow it to transfer vast amounts of data out of Labor’s systems, according to records seen by NBC News and interviews with two employees.The approval for Musk’s team to use the remote-access and file-transfer software, known as PuTTY, has alarmed some of the Labor Department’s career employees. Musk, the head of DOGE, has dispatched subordinates throughout the government to radically overhaul or dismantle federal agencies with the backing of President Donald Trump.Many of the details around DOGE’s actions have remained secret, though…

Being a freelancer in any capacity is a living nightmare. Whether you’re chasing invoices or trying to find enough assignments to pay this month’s rent, the freedom freelancing affords you does have its exhausting downsides. It’s a way of life that can often lead to work taken out of desperation in the name of achieving financial stability. That very desperation is at the center of director John Balazs and writer Mike Gerbino’s new film Freelance.  The new cyber-thriller follows freelance video editor Katie (Nicole Pastor) constantly on the lookout for her next paycheck. But, after recently editing a series of…

Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty ImagesMore than 3.2 million individuals scored a legislative victory due to a new law that will increase the Social Security benefits for which they are eligible.However, many of those individuals now face a lengthy wait for the extra benefit money coming to them.The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law on Jan. 5 by then President Joe Biden. The law eliminates certain provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset — that previously reduced Social Security benefits for people who receive pensions from non-covered employment.The changes will result in higher…