Gas prices decline for first time since February For the first time since February, the nation’s average price of gasoline has seen a weekly drop, falling 1.9 cents from a week ago to $3.63 ... 04/29/2024 - 6:51 am | View Link
Ireland President Michael D Higgins suffered 'mild stroke' in February President Michael D Higgins experienced a mild stroke that led to his hospitalization for a week as revealed in a recent interview ... 04/26/2024 - 11:16 pm | View Link
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India's Oil Imports From Russia Drops 19% In February, Saudi Arabia 2Nd Largest Supplier Russia continued to remain the largest supplier of crude oil to India in February with $3.61 billion worth of supplies, although with a ... 04/25/2024 - 2:06 am | View Link
U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to lowest level since mid-February Initial jobless claims fell by 5,000 to 207,000 in the week ended April 20, the Labor Department said Thursday. 04/25/2024 - 1:54 am | View Link
Industry experts share techniques for cultivating a positive work experience
Incivility is on the rise, fueled by factors such as widening political divides and less-than-social behavior on social media platforms. While uncivil behavior takes an emotional toll on people, it’s also bad for business. Recent data shows that nearly two-thirds of workers have experienced incivility in the past month and that such conduct between employees hinders productivity and ultimately hurts a company’s bottom line.
As baby boomers have aged, they have accumulated more assets leading to more discretionary spending.
Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a year, she visits her two adult children in different states. She’s planning multiple other trips, including to a science fiction convention in Scotland and a Disney cruise soon after that, along with a trip next year to neolithic sites in Great Britain.“I really have more money to spend now than when I was working,” said Harris, 64, an engineer who worked 29 years for the federal government and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Being the punchline in a fictional story doesn’t always work out for brands (ask Peloton), but why waste a good marketing opportunity when you’re on a roll?
Jerry Seinfeld has spent decades eating and writing jokes about Pop-Tarts.
California’s character performers don’t have consistent scheduling, requiring them to take on Hollywood-related gigs to make ends meet.
During three years of working as a parade performer at the Disneyland Resort in Southern California, Zach Elefante always has had a second or third job to help him earn a living. Unlike the experiences of his peers at Disney’s parks in Orlando, Florida, where there is a much smaller talent pool, the performers who play Mickey Mouse, Goofy and other beloved Disney characters at the California parks aren’t always provided a consistent work schedule by the company.
Beginning in August and continuing through the fall, route reductions will impact cities including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Dallas-Fort Worth.
If you were planning on jetting off to Europe or other destinations this fall, your options for getting there just became fewer. That’s because American Airlines has said that it will reduce service on some long-haul international flights to certain cities beginning in August.
Workers are seeking pay hikes and a reversal of pandemic-era staffing cuts.
Unionized hotel workers demanding significant pay raises will rally on May Day in 18 U. S. and Canadian cities, as talks are beginning with operators Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide Holdings, and Hyatt Hotels Corp.