A woman works in a warehouse setting. Getty Images “Quiet quitting” is a loosely defined trend that’s taken the workplace by storm. Insider spoke to three careers experts about the trend. The experts gave tips on how employees can improve their jobs with quiet quitting. ‘Quiet quitting’ is a move that’s become an increasingly talked-about…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
The Herbert C. Hoover Building, home to the US Department of Commerce, in Washington, DC. Ken Lund/Flickr A former US Department of Commerce official pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge. Adam Hageman, 26, was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison. Prior to working for the Commerce Department in the Trump administration, he had…
A customer shops at a Walmart Supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas June 6, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Inflation is pushing up prices at grocery stores, restaurants, and gas stations. High-income consumers are turning to budget retailers like Aldi, Walmart, and Olive Garden in place of more expensive alternatives. Executives identified middle-income customers as making between $50,000 and…
Supporters of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro wave a Brazilian flag during a 2022 campaign rally. Fred Magno/Getty Images Brazil’s real and Mexico’s peso are standout currencies this year in managing to rise against the dollar. Relatively high yields in the emerging market economies are among the factors that make the currencies attractive. But risks loom…
McDonald’s x Cactus Plant Flea Market McDonald’s is introducing iconic characters like Grimace to younger customers in a new collab. An analyst told Insider that this promotion could generate new chances to use the mascots in marketing. The adult happy meal doesn’t add much complexity to menus. McDonald’s is launching a Happy Meal for adults,…
Fed chair Jerome Powell has spoken out in favor of aggressive interest rate hikes to bring inflation under control. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes have the world’s central banks scrambling to keep up. A strong dollar puts others in a lose-lose: fight inflation and slow growth, or allow prices to continue…
There’s another space-proven private launch company in the club — Firefly Aerospace. The company’s small payload Alpha rocket reached orbit successfully early on Saturday morning after taking of from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is a major achievement for Firefly, which has been a lot to get here: The company originally began operations…
Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, Twitter keeps on going, buddy. It is a never-ending, always-updating beast of a social platform. You cannot stop it. So, anyway, people tweeted this week. They tweeted a lot. And, as per usual, we collected the absolute best and funniest posts and compiled them…
The need to learn how to save the world from an asteroid might seem like a no-brainer, but planetary defense missions have had a hard time gaining government support — deemed too expensive for years. Planetary scientist Andrew Cheng, who works at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland, put the D in NASA‘s DART…
A neighborhood remains flooded after Hurricane Ian in Florida, on September 29, 2022 . Gerardo Mora/Getty Images The full damage of Hurricane Ian is being assessed, but one firm estimates it could be one of the costliest storms in US history. CoreLogic, a research firm, predicts total losses will be between $28 billion and $47…