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For many teachers across the country, the stress of managing their own health concerns during the pandemic, juggling classroom and online education and trying to maintain a connection with students has brought them to a breaking point. A January survey by RAND Corporation found that because of pandemic-related anxieties, one-quarter of U.S. teachers plan to leave the profession by the end of the year. “One of the most consistent narratives you’ve probably heard over the past year is [that]… Source link

The Telegraph Exclusive: Charity conducting ‘campaign of harassment’ against sites that raise money for hunts An anti-hunting charity has been accused of bullying in a “campaign of harassment” against auction sites used to raise money for hunts and hounds. The League Against Cruel Sports has been reported to the Charity Commission for “demanding with menaces” that a fundraising platform cut ties with legally registered hunts. The regulator was assessing the complaint, a spokesman… Source link

Workers filing for new unemployment benefits fell to a new pandemic-era low in the latest week, hitting their lowest levels in more than a year as the labor market continued to heal from the worst days of the COVID-19 outbreak.  The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics expected from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended May 15: 444,000 vs. 450,000… Source link

Initial unemployment claims dropped more than expected to a fresh pandemic-era low, with new filings inching back toward pre-pandemic levels as more vaccinated Americans return to work and in-person activities.  The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics expected from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended May 8: 473,000 vs. 490,000 expected and an… Source link

Moves by Apple Inc. and Google that make it harder for brands to track billions of consumers are creating a money-making opportunity for advertising companies that were hit hard by the pandemic. Google is phasing out third-party online tracking cookies and Apple is requiring app owners to ask for explicit permission to track users across other companies’ apps. The changes make it harder for companies to follow our every move online, so marketers are devising new ways for brands to find out… Source link

Enlarge this image The Google logo seen at the entrance to Google Cloud campus in Seattle. The tech company announced it is allowing some workers to work-from-home permanently if they want. SOPA Images/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett … Source link

Bloomberg Inflation Risk Intensifies With Supply Shortages Multiplying (Bloomberg) — Discover what’s driving the global economy and what it means for policy makers, businesses, investors and you with The New Economy Daily. Sign up hereSigns of inflation are picking up, with a mounting number of consumer-facing companies warning in recent days that supply shortages and logistical logjams may force them to raise prices.Tight inventories of materials as varied as semiconductors, steel, lumber… Source link

Google may have saved one billion dollars due to the pandemic (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images During the pandemic, Google, along with most other large corporations, told their employees to work from home. An unintended consequence of this remote work trend was the big savings realized by both companies and workers. Bloomberg reported that Google, according to regulatory filings, saved about $268 million in expenses in the first quarter of 2021…. Source link

TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Momentum Stocks That Could Reach New Highs It’s natural to want to buy into a rising stock, so much so that following upward trends as a market strategy has a name: momentum investing. It’s the art of following the upward trends. Momentum investing has its advocates and detractors, as do all investing styles. While past performance does not guarantee future returns, it’s still a a useful indicator that investors should pay attention to. With this in mind, we… Source link

Russian internet giant Yandex says it will start delivering groceries across Paris and London by the end of the year, after the service gained massive popularity in Russia during lockdowns imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The grocery delivery in the French and British capitals will be run by Yango, an international arm of Yandex Go, which is in cha   rge of the company’s taxi aggregator and food tech business. Last year, the subsidiary launched the grocery service in… Source link