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U.S. Hiring Hit 9-Year Low In 2024 As Layoffs Surge

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employers last year were the lowest since 2015, a report showed on Thursday, confirming a sharp moderation in job growth over that period. ” Planned job cuts totaled 761,358 last year, the highest since 2020 when the labor market was roiled by the COVID-19 pandemic, up 5.5% Hiring announcements by U.S.

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There’s a bitter clash on the right. It could determine whether Trump takes us to war.

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During his first presidential bid, in 2015, he trashed the war as a debacle and a “ tremendous disservice to humanity ” — suddenly giving the isolationists in the party, long an irrelevant fringe, a new life. In 2020, Politico reported Carlson had “established a friendship” with the president’s eldest son. By 2020, Don Jr.

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Why America is murdering less

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Murder and other types of violent crime spiked across the country in 2020, when the pandemic closed down schools and recreation centers and the police murder of George Floyd fueled a collapse in community trust in policing. It came in 2015, after a young Black man named Freddie Gray was killed in police custody.

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How to Avoid the Patent Trap That's Quietly Draining Your Startup's Budget

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It was pulled from sale in 2015 (and again in 2023) due to poor adoption , illustrating how patents tied to unvalidated products offer no return. In 2020, IBM stepped back from chasing patent volume. Without that market pull, even a granted patent is a dead weight. Were no longer pursuing patent leadership," they said. The result?

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There’s a bigger story behind Colbert’s cancellation

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Samantha Bee got hers in 2015. What else could it mean when, in 2015, Colbert took over The Late Show and became the face of CBS’s late-night lineup? Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj went in 2020. On The Daily Show itself, hosted from 2015 to 2022 by Trevor Noah, ratings toppled. John Oliver got his own show in 2014.

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Zohran Mamdani’s not-so-radical agenda

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In just the past decade — during Bill de Blasio’s tenure as the city’s mayor — the board froze the rent on three occasions : in 2015, 2016, and in 2020. As dramatic as the negative response has been , this isn’t exactly a novel idea. Mamdani’s proposal also doesn’t mean that a rent freeze will be permanent.

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Employee Disengagement Reaches Highest Level Since 2015

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According to the firm’s most recent research, engagement has fallen to its lowest levels since 2015, with 18% of 67,000 employees stating being actively disengaged at work. In fact, disengagement levels have steadily risen since 2020. Employee engagement has taken a nosedive according to new findings from Gallup.

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