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Content Creation Holds Appeal For Laid-Off Workers

With a compact mirror in one hand and an eyelash curler in the other, Grace Xu told her roughly 300,000 TikTok followers she was likely about to be laid off. She was right, she tells them in a subsequent clip. But she was planning to pursue a different career anyway: as a content ...

Rising Costs

WASHINGTON — Consumer inflation remained persistently high last month, boosted by gas, rents, auto insurance and other items, the government said Wednesday in a report that will likely give pause to the Federal Reserve as it considers how often — or even whether — to cut interest rates ...

A Break With Benefits

During the warm spring and summer months, groups of Jamestown Engine Plant employees step away from the engine assembly line and into the Giving Garden. Crisp zucchini, zesty peppers and tangy onions are just a few of the vegetables growing in the Giving’ Garden’s 16 vegetable beds. ...

Insider Q&A: CEO Of Fast-Growing First Watch Keeps The Focus On Breakfast

First Watch, a restaurant chain that serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, is rising – and shining. The Bradenton, Florida-based chain, known for its fresh, seasonal ingredients and made-to-order menu, is one of the fastest-growing in its category in dollar sales and unit growth, according to ...