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Capitol Hill is still overwhelmingly white - Marketplace
With a new Congress set to be sworn in on Jan. 3, it's hiring season on Capitol Hill. The 117th Congress will be one of the most diverse in history, but LaShonda Brenson, senior fellow of diversity and inclusion at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, is focused on raising awareness about a different group of workers: top congressional staff.
Kai Ryssdal: Very good to have you on. Let me ask you to go back to however many years ago it was that you were an intern on Capitol Hill. And you looked around. And what did you see?
A clear disconnect between the Treasury and the Fed - Marketplace
How to Master the Facebook Marketplace – NBC4 Washington
While you're here, how about this:
Fairhaven Police Investigate Stabbing Linked to Facebook Marketplace Sale – NBC Boston
Police are investigating a Fairhaven, Massachusetts, stabbing that left one person injured Thursday afternoon.
Officers responded to the area of Main and Elm Streets around 3 p.m. Thursday, police said. When police arrived on the scene, they found a 23-year-old New Bedford man bleeding from multiple stab wounds.
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The New Bedford man said he had arranged the sale of a cellphone on Facebook Marketplace, according to police. The man told police he was picked up by two men in a black Jeep and an argument ensued when the men tried to take the phone without paying him.
Zoom's future is tied to what comes next for remote work - Marketplace
One of the most talked-about companies this year is Zoom Video Communications, provider of the video-conferencing software that many of us have been using since the pandemic started.
Zoom reports its earnings later today. While the company's been on a roll , uncertainty lies ahead.
(Full disclosure: The interviews for this story were done on Zoom, after a Marketplace news meeting on Zoom.)
“The entire world is sort of doing everything on Zoom. I mean it's become one of those verbs like ‘Kleenex’ or ‘Zamboni’ or ‘Xerox,’ ” said Dan Romanoff, who covers the tech sector at Morningstar. Romanoff said many companies plan to let their workers keep working remotely after the pandemic.
You can't really retire with a 401(k) alone - Marketplace
Teresa Ghilarducci first came on Marketplace to declare 401(k) accounts a “failed experiment” back in 2012 . Since then, they’ve gotten even worse.
The vast majority of Americans lacked enough retirement savings even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, some older Americans are leaving the workforce and others have stopped contributing to retirement accounts because they can’t afford to. Just half of workers participated in a retirement plan at work in the first place, partly because employers are not required to offer 401(k)s or other retirement plans. So, where did these plans come from? And, are they actually helping people save?
CiderPros.com launches with Industry Job Listings and Marketplace — New School Beer + Cider
A new website called CiderPros.com aims to foster community and relationships in the craft hard cider industry when many people are looking for work and cideries are looking for good people. The website will be a hub for both job listings and searches within the industry as well as places to list and find equipment and other cider related products.
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