Forget Work-Life Balance, Samsung Makes 6-Day Work Week Mandatory For Executives Samsung is enforcing major changes after recording its worst operating profit readings since 2009 last year, with executives now being required on weekends. 04/25/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
Most Workers, Retirees Confident About Retirement Prospects Despite Inflation: EBRI According to EBRI, one factor perhaps contributing to the confidence levels observed in the 2023 RCS is workers’ and retirees’ increased confidence in their income. According to the U.S. Census, wage ... 04/24/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
The Price of Perpetual Cleanliness: What Americans Would Sacrifice for a Self-Cleaning Bathroom One in five Americans would give up half of their annual salary just to have a bathroom that stayed clean and sanitized forever, according to new research from OnePoll on behalf of Microban 24. The ... 04/24/2024 - 4:36 pm | View Link
Wealth of Younger Americans Is Historically High Due to a historic economic recovery, inflation-adjusted wealth for younger Americans has grown 49 percent since right before the pandemic—a positive trend following decades of stagnation. 04/24/2024 - 2:02 am | View Link
Meet the typical ALICE: Americans struggling to afford basic necessities but making too much to get help Some Americans increasingly find themselves in an economic paradox: They make too much money to qualify for help but still can't afford basic necessities. They're a group that's fallen into gaping ... 04/23/2024 - 11:04 pm | View Link
As beverage makers phase out plastic six-pack rings, this packaging company offers a new paperboard solution.
Beverage brands have been trying to develop sustainable, cardboard multi-pack packaging for years now. But like the ill-fated paper straw, these paperboard packs tend to face a functionality problem: they disintegrate too quickly when exposed to liquid (which, no surprise, tends to happen often).
As hydrofluorocarbons are being phased out, illegal smuggling operations have popped up to supply them.
How do you solve a problem like hydrofluorocarbons?
A new collaboration between Heineken and Bodega signals the arrival of ‘dumbphones‘ into the mainstream.
Gen Z is sick of smartphones—and big brands are starting to catch on.
Great Salt Lake Institute Director Bonnie Baxter has devoted her life to researching the dying ecosystem. Here, she talks about what that means.
This story was originally published by High Country News.
What determines which events and interactions create memories? There are several factors to consider.
Most of what happens to you every day vanishes without a trace. Countless walks, interactions, meals, and discussions have little or no long-term impact on your brain. You will have no memory of many of the people you pass when you walk by them, or of particular words that someone spoke to you (even if you recall the gist of what they were saying).
Here’s what your morning routine should look like, according to Laura Mae Martin, Google’s executive productivity advisor.
Whether or not breakfast is the most important meal of the day is up for debate. What’s not, however, is the importance of mornings. Laura Mae Martin, author of Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Well-being, says those first couple of hours deserve and require more attention than other parts of your day.