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France Wants Workers To Work One Day For Free

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In 2005, France had already removed Pentecost Monday as a public holiday to fund healthcare initiatives. Initially, the government had considered eliminating a public holiday as a way to achieve similar budgetary gains. However, lawmakers were unable to agree on which holiday to scrap.

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Psychologists Share Tips on How to Cope After a Natural Disaster

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Mindy Milam, a New Orleans-based therapist who works on helping people through population-scale traumas as part of The Center For Mind-Body Medicine , says that sitting with griefgetting curious about it, observing it and just allowing it to existwas a critical step in her process after Hurricane Katrina decimated her home and community in 2005.

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Cancel the grizzly bear

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Given this success, the US Fish & Wildlife Service proposed delisting the grizzlies for the first time in late 2005. Bear numbers swelled, and by the mid-2000s, more than 600 bears roamed the Yellowstone area. Bears could starve, groups maintained , and their populations could plummet again.

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America is finally moving past its post-9/11 security theater

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Few would have predicted that decline in the dark days of late 2001 or even 2005, when 20 years ago this month, 52 people were killed in a devastating attack on London’s transport system.

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What Is a Business Model? Understanding the Foundation of a Successful Business

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It was first developed and proposed in 2005 by Swiss business theorist Alexander Osterwalder. Luckily, a business model canvas makes all of this much easier. A business model canvas is a visual template used to plan, document, summarize and analyze business models. A Business Model Canvas Template The canvas is a single chart with nine boxes.

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The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs: Growth, Innovation and Challenges

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between 2001 and 2005 to 10.4% Women entrepreneurs are on the rise, leading startups that innovate across tech, wellness, education, social impact sectors and more. According to female entrepreneurship statistics at the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor , women’s startup activity rates rose from an average of 6.1% from 2021 to 2023.

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S&P 500 CEOs Are Being Replaced at the Fastest Rate in 20 Years

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At least 41 CEOs have exited S&P 500 companies so far this year, compared with 49 for all of 2024 – making the fastest pace on an annualized basis since 2005, according to data from nonprofit executive research group The Conference Board and data analytics company ESGAUGE.