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“In a bid to cut costs post a consolidation in the pharmacy industry, large companies have not employed enough pharmacists and technicians at the stores, leaving the staff overburdened”
“He deludes himself,” one of his closest aides tells me in frustration. “We’re out of options. We’re not winning. But try telling him that.”
“The verdict could lead to industrywide upheaval by changing decades-old rules that have helped lock in commission rates even as home prices have skyrocketed—which has allowed real-estate agents to collect ever-larger sums.”
At the current level, S&P 500 ETF – SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY – invests more than 26% in Magnificent Seven stocks. In the first half of 2023, the S&P 500 was up about 16.4% mainly due to the big tech rally. The expectations of a less-hawkish Fed, which actually turned out to be case, has facilitated a super tech rally in 1H of 2023.
From Forward Observer:
2024 NON-UNION WAGE GROWTH WILL DISAPPOINT: U.S. employers are budgeting smaller salary increases next year compared to 2023, and online job sites like Indeed, Glassdoor, and ZipRecruiter are predicting a slowdown in wage growth for non-union, private sector employees.
“We’re not there yet, but I think we are seeing it shift a bit” to an employer market, where workers have less power to demand higher pay, said LaCinda Glover, a senior principal consultant at Mercer.
Indeed’s wage tracker forecasts wage growth by early 2024 to be 3.1% – less than the current rate of inflation.
Why It Matters: U.S. private sector workers without union contracts should continue to struggle next year. Since 2021, inflation has outpaced full-time workers’ wage growth, and the rate of inflation could accelerate again while wage growth remains flat. – H.B.
The annual switch also correlates with higher rates of heart attacks and workplace injuries.
Sleep paralysis happens when consciousness overlaps with the muscle atonia phase of REM sleep. In simpler terms, the brain is wide awake and lucid while the body is fast asleep. Like sleepwalking, sleep paralysis is classified as a parasomnia, or a sleep disorder accompanied by bizarre, usually undesirable physical activity or experiences.
“Human beings are not only consumers of resources but also creators of resources. Yes, we consume and destroy, but we also create and build,” Tupy told The Federalist. “As a consequence, over centuries and millennia, we have created a richer, more educated, better fed and more tolerant world. … We [t]ake two steps forward and one step back, but over time, these small improvements have created a better world.”
The United States — and its allies — cannot continue in their security endeavors in the way they have heretofore. Business as usual will not lead to success. My RAND colleagues and I published these findings in Inflection Point, which warned that in today’s dynamic security environment, in which the capabilities of U.S. adversaries are changing and the nature of warfare is rapidly evolving, policymakers risk the nation’s security if they fail to understand and better prepare for future challenges.
A few tortillas and a half bowl of reheated beans were all Maria Concepcion Rodriguez had to feed her six children in the isolated village of El Aguacate, one day in August.
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