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Thursday, February 24, 2022

‘Nurses Have Finally Learned What They’re Worth’

 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/15/magazine/traveling-nurses.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab

How significant are the US sanctions on Russia?

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/politics/biden-sanctions-russia-ukraine/index.html

Oreo maker and Coke bottler close up shop in Ukraine

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/business/companies-suspend-production-ukraine/index.html

Hyundai and Kia to owners of almost 485,000 recalled vehicles: Park them outside due to fire risk

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hyundai-kia-recall-vehicles-fire-risk/

US gas prices could hit $5 a gallon or more after Russia’s Ukraine invasion

 https://nypost.com/2022/02/24/us-gas-prices-could-hit-5-per-gallon-after-russias-ukraine-invasion/

Parents are desperate after baby formula recall wipes out supply

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/business/baby-formula-parents-desperate/index.html?utm_content=2022-02-25T01%3A40%3A48&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNN

Saturday, February 5, 2022

All the Beijing snow is human-made -- a resource-intensive, 'dangerous' trend as planet warms

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/weather/artificial-snow-beijing-olympics-climate/index.html

All Options Are Not on the Table as Biden Moves Troops Closer to Ukraine

 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/politics/biden-ukraine-russia-war.html

Ottawa Trucker Vaccine Mandate Protest

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/05/canada-ottawa-trucker-vaccine-mandate-protest/

Millions of low-income Americans eligible for tax refund boost this year

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earned-income-tax-credit-refund-2022-eitc/

Payrolls surged by 467,000 in January, confounding economists

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hiring-surged-in-january-jobs-report-omicron-wave-467000/

Why every Costco product is called 'Kirkland Signature'

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/business/costco-kirkland-signature/index.html

Teachers are leaving and few people want to join the field. Experts are sounding the alarm

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/05/us/teacher-prep-student-shortages-covid-crisis/index.html

Pentagon urges CEOs of largest defense companies to accelerate hypersonic weapons development as US lags behind China

 https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/03/politics/pentagon-hypersonic-weapons-defense-companies-meeting/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1NWu_0-_euX6vtdGL9FslvB38yiV8sQW5ncZnh-V_9YNboIHq1MubCxxQ

From Kisses to Kleenex, consumer-product makers plot additional U.S. price hikes

 https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/kisses-kleenex-consumer-product-makers-plot-additional-us-price-hikes-2022-02-04/

Tyson Foods' beef profits expected to amplify concerns about high meat prices

 https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/tyson-foods-beef-profits-expected-amplify-concerns-about-high-meat-prices-2022-02-04/

No more familiar faces at the checkout? Why stores are hiring gig workers.

 https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/no-familiar-faces-checkout-stores-are-hiring-gig-workers-rcna13856?fbclid=IwAR1R9bKabUVlXwDF8DElR5qjU4fHbkmtB_RGAW5yTvmtDAiy8REnJ2MYtO8

Home Economy Welcome to the typical home for sale in the US right now. It costs $365,000 and is probably too expensive for someone seeking the middle-class American dream

 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-expensive-houses-us-median-home-price-mortgage-interest-2022-2?fbclid=IwAR2vN144a-Dw1joF889mkEkzwzOml-tB-GEWrgl78ewnnEh-2F8QWUYINmU#after-pandemic-era-near-zero-rates-the-interest-on-the-mortgage-youll-need-to-buy-a-typical-home-is-about-to-go-up-4

Amazon Prime Fee Rising to $180, Not $139, for Many Members

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-04/amazon-bets-customers-are-willing-to-pay-20-more-for-prime?fbclid=IwAR0RnFsvlQfJ-w_tie5yLGARG3Bjv28Su4UDs_VT8Ih5Xx1WMUiD5bvMFdQ