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    Nov 3

    On today's , shares some bittersweet news about a big change. There's definitely going to be a "crying happy hour" in our future.

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  2. 14 hours ago

    Carbon offsets in corporate pledges often come down to planting trees that will absorb an equal amount of CO2. But banking on forests to solve the climate crisis is not a reliable solution considering several recent fires and the lack of space:

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  3. 16 hours ago

    But the stores that sell imported products have to pay higher prices for imports too, and with shipping costs rising, a lot of businesses are wondering whether imports are even worth it right now:

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  4. 17 hours ago

    You know the music on the Marketplace Morning Report? Well, there’s a playlist where you can listen to it whenever you want. ✨

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  5. 19 hours ago

    Solar industry reps are saying that won’t happen if Biden keeps the tariffs on solar panels and cells made abroad that Trump imposed in 2018. Those tariffs were supposed to protect U.S. solar manufacturing, but imports still make up 85% of sales:

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  6. 20 hours ago

    Online shopping has boomed during the pandemic. And Amazon has been expanding, providing relatively high paying jobs. But not necessarily creating new jobs, instead attracting workers that may already have lower paying jobs:

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  7. 22 hours ago

    The labor market picking up steam again. But the public sector is still lagging. There’s a lot of competition for labor. And the private sector has been pulling out all the stop including better wages and bonuses. But the public sector might catch up soon:

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  8. Nov 6

    A majority of the 15,600 nursing homes in the U.S., about 70%, are for-profit. Most of them are privately owned, although their organizational structure can vary. We dived into the economics of nursing homes (and paying for one):

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  9. Nov 6

    What common household items are worth recycling? The first thing you need to do is find out what your local municipality accepts. And don't put recyclables in plastic bags:

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  10. Nov 5

    Being water-positive means putting more water back into the environment where you operate than you take out. Goals typically include water-saving strategies and long-term projects that involve increasing the health and resilience of the local watershed:

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  11. Nov 5

    The job market has been a roller coaster lately – and likely to remain that way because: · This lingering pandemic we're in. · Stalls in job creation. · Businesses & workers are changing the way of doing & thinking about work. Hello, volatility:

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  12. Nov 5

    2020 was a rough year for gyms — plenty went bankrupt. But these days, the squat racks function more like office water coolers. Because more people are working from home, they are turning toward gyms instead of work to interact with and meet new people:

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  13. Nov 5

    This proposal offered employees 10% raises – double the amount in the previous offer – but the union still has hopes for better terms. Inflation makes it hard to come to agreement over a deal that will last five years:

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  14. Nov 5

    Companies must provide up to four hours of paid sick time for workers to get shots. But insurance and government programs usually only cover tests that are medically necessary – so employees might have to foot the bill for those:

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  15. Nov 5

    That is not going to be cheap. Demand for gas is growing, but oil production still hasn’t caught up to pre-pandemic levels. Motorists are going to be greeted by the highest gas prices we’ve seen since the holidays of 2014:

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  16. Nov 4

    COVID restrictions have forced many Brits to holiday closer to home, making hotel rooms more expensive and harder to come by. Champing has been ideal because only one small group can champ at a time and can provide a rich, more experience-based vacation:

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  17. Nov 4

    Matthew Chow spent his adult life trying to build a close relationship with his estranged father. In his father's will, he found a decades-old family secret. Today, on .

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  18. Nov 4

    On the latest round of "Half Full or Half Empty:" 📖 "SPAC" added to Merriam-Webster 🚫 Patagonia boycotting Facebook 🚙 Hertz green pledge 🍔 McRib NFT

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  19. Nov 4

    It’s an energy shock that comes as the world continues to map out a way to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy sources. According to some experts, an accelerated energy transition is crucial:

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  20. Nov 4

    Leisure travel is back. That’s partly because many people have built up a lot in savings. Plus, flexible work policies have made it easier for people to extend their vacations and do a little work from the comfort of their hotel rooms:

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  21. Nov 4

    As part of President Joe Biden’s yet-to-be-settled social-spending plan, the agreement would cap out-of-pocket spending for seniors at $2,000 a year. And, for the first time, give Medicare the power to negotiate prices directly with drugmakers:

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