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Job policies that offer generous unemployment benefits create more happiness – for everyone

Job policies that offer generous unemployment benefits create more happiness – for everyone

Losing one’s job undoubtedly makes someone less happy, a feeling tens of millions of people around the world are experiencing right now. Even as the labor market recovers, as we saw in the latest U.S.…

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How Australia can reap the benefits and dodge the dangers of the Internet of Things

How Australia can reap the benefits and dodge the dangers of the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) is already all around us. Online devices have become essential in industries from manufacturing and healthcare to agriculture and environmental management, not to mention our own homes. Digital consulting firm…

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Wealthy countries edge towards global climate finance goal By Reuters

Wealthy countries edge towards global climate finance goal By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Smoke and steam billows from Belchatow Power Station, Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant operated by PGE Group, near Belchatow By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Wealthy countries have ramped up financing…

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Ambiguity may offer short term political benefits, but in the long term is corrosive

Ambiguity may offer short term political benefits, but in the long term is corrosive

As the results of the US election began to arrive, political junkies tried their best to make sense of what was happening. But it soon became obvious that the only thing clear about the results…

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This tiny amphibian that outlived the dinosaurs provides the earliest example of a rapid-fire tongue

This tiny amphibian that outlived the dinosaurs provides the earliest example of a rapid-fire tongue

Albanerpetontids, or “albies” for short, are the cute little salamander-like amphibians you’ve likely never heard of. Now extinct, Albies had a dream run. They’d been around since the Middle Jurassic around 165 million years ago,…

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Oil Snaps Rebound on Drag to U.S. Election Outcome, Stimulus  By Investing.com

Oil Snaps Rebound on Drag to U.S. Election Outcome, Stimulus  By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Crude oil prices slid Thursday as the slow-grinding vote in the U.S. election and too-close-to-call races between President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden led to caution…

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Kenya tries to save its meat commission — again. Why it won’t work this time either

Kenya tries to save its meat commission — again. Why it won’t work this time either

Established in 1950, the Kenya Meat Commission is a public institution that was intended to provide a ready market for local livestock producers and provide high quality meat and meat products to consumers. It also…

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We studied mental toughness in ultra-marathon runners. Mind over matter is real — but won’t take you all the way

We studied mental toughness in ultra-marathon runners. Mind over matter is real — but won’t take you all the way

For most people, running a marathon sounds like a lot of work — and they probably wouldn’t even consider completing more than one within 24 hours. The will to go the extra mile is what…

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Gold Rises on Likely U.S. Election Outcome By Investing.com

Gold Rises on Likely U.S. Election Outcome By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Adam Claringbull Investing.com – Gold was up on Thursday morning in Asia as it appeared increasingly likely that U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden would become the next U.S. president. were up 0.62%…

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California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are ‘contractors’ as gig workers continue search for a livable wage

California voters decide Uber and Lyft drivers are ‘contractors’ as gig workers continue search for a livable wage

Uber, TaskRabbit and other ride-hailing and delivery service companies in California can keep classifying their workers as independent contractors rather than employees after California voters approved a measure known as Proposition 22, according to the…

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