Millions of Americans trying to manage working from home and ever-changing health guidelines have another pandemic side-effect to balance: burnout. Neither pandemic stress nor burnout is new — but the burnout workers are feeling right now is different. With vaccinations up and Covid-19 cases down at the beginning of the […]
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College debt crisis drives more students away from four-year schools
Before the pandemic, college was a given for many high school students. Now, more are finding there are affordable alternatives that might make sense. Kate Lillemoen, 21, recently completed a coding bootcamp instead of finishing her four-year degree. Armed with a certification from Tech Elevator, Lillemoen now works as a […]
Republican lawmaker readies bill mandating foreign subsidy disclosures for mergers
Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., is seen during a group photo with freshmen members of the House Republican Conference on the House steps of the Capitol on Monday, January 4, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A Republican lawmaker is readying a bill that would require businesses […]
Apple’s strategy to fight off antitrust regulators: Fix the App Store one rule at a time
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., center, arrives at U.S. district court in Oakland, California, on Friday, May 21, 2021. Nina Riggio | Bloomberg | Getty Images In the past few weeks, Apple has made several changes to its App Store rules, allowing a larger number of companies […]
How Amazon’s cloud business generates billions in profit
Adam Selipsky, CEO, Tableau Software Scott Mlyn | CNBC Every year since at least 2014, more than half of Amazon’s operating profit has come from the online retailer’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services, which provides online services and tools that software developers can stitch together to run websites and applications. […]
QAnon and anti-vaxxers brainwashed kids stuck at home — now teachers have to deprogram them
Seventh grade Alabama teacher Sarah Wildes relies on a tool called Checkology to teach her students how to spot real news and misinformation. Courtesy of Sarah Wildes When Sarah Wildes, a seventh grade teacher in Alabama, was asked by a student about the mass confusion surrounding the results of the […]
Willard Scott, legendary TODAY show weatherman, dies at 87
Willard Scott — the legendary TODAY weatherman known for his exuberant personality and launching the tradition of celebrating fans who reached the century mark — died this week, TODAY’s Al Roker has confirmed. He was 87 years old. Scott, who joined TODAY in 1980, may have been best known for […]
Here’s how much your benefits could drop if Social Security trusts run out of money
The Social Security Administration needs more money. The government agency’s latest report shows that the combined trust funds used to pay Social Security retirement, survivor and disability benefits will only be able to pay out as scheduled through 2033. After that, the program will be able to pay 78% of […]
How the ETF industry is tackling the next area of opportunity: derivatives
The ETF industry has waded into a new area of opportunity. A regulatory change from the Securities and Exchange Commission last year opened up the use of derivatives for investment vehicles such as exchange-traded funds. Previous regulation had limited the way in which funds could offer products with “potential future […]
Federal unemployment benefits end this weekend for millions of Americans. Many are scared of what comes next
A woman waits in a line outside a temporary unemployment office in Frankfort, Kentucky in June. Bryan Woolston | Reuters Pandemic unemployment benefits The federal government expanded the safety net for the jobless to a historic degree last year, when the U.S. was in the throes of its most rapid […]