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SAN FRANCISCO — The first time Julian Chavez got laid off from his job as a digital ad sales rep at web.com didn’t turn him off from the tech industry. Neither did the second time when he was laid off from ZipRecruiter. By the third time, though, Chavez had had enough. “I . . .
Jillian Hiscock, center wearing a white hat, poses for a photo with her friends and family in December. Courtesy Jillian Hiscock While the leisure and hospitality industry added a mere 11,000 jobs in January, the critical service sector registered its 36th consecutive month of job gains. Post-pandemic, services businesses have benefited from Americans’ strong desires […]
8:52 a.m. ET, February 2, 2024 What’s with all the revisions? Friday’s whopper of a jobs number was double expectations, and December’s data was one of several months to get heavily revised. Why are economists’ forecasts frequently so wrong? It’s nearly impossible to say with certainty how much prices rose or how many people were […]
Europe is at the center of the diversions because its tanker supplies are at high risk of attack. “The decision for these diversions is by the owners of the oil, which is European,” said Viktor Katona, lead crude analyst at Kpler. “European countries are seen as complicit in the Israel-Hamas war. They would rather go […]
Peruse an online marketplace like Craigslist, and you’ll find coded classified ads for “Study Help” and “Study Hall”, or calls looking for a “Study Buddy”. Despite the scholarly language, these aren’t people looking for pre-final cram session. They’re plugs for Adderall: the trade name for a combination of amphetamine salts long prescribed as a first-choice […]
Trouble with playground bullies started for Maria Ishoo’s daughter in elementary school. Girls ganged up, calling her “fat” and “ugly.” Boys tripped and pushed her. The California mother watched her typically bubbly second-grader retreat into her bedroom and spend afternoons curled up in bed. For Valerie Aguirre’s daughter in Hawaii, a spate of middle school […]
Havana (AFP) – Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft. Issued on: 25/11/2023 – 02:21Modified: 25/11/2023 – 02:19 3 min Irma Perez, a 28-year-old Cuban, told AFP […]
Africa’s booming art scene is on display at Art X : Goats and Soda NPR Source link
Hong Kong CNN — President Joe Biden is in Vietnam for a visit intended to deepen economic ties between Washington and Hanoi as part of efforts to reduce America’s reliance on China.
On the surface, the United States seems to be entering a promising era for renters, with the most significant rise in apartment construction in decades leading to an apparent slowing in rent increases. The median rent increased by just 0.5% in June, and some economists project a modest decline in U.S. rents this year, following […]