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ESG Stocks Perform Better, But Rankings Can Vary Widely

Trusaic

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently took a closer look at the “ratings and performance of stocks ranked by the three major providers of data on environmental, social and governance criteria.” In any case, “the bank’s stock was one of the best performing of the 494 firms scored by all three raters in the first five months of 2021.”.

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Are Major Layoffs More Common Since the Recession?

Intoo USA

From late 2007 until the summer of 2009, the U.S. Although the economy began growing in 2009, the effects of the recession can still be felt today, changing the way we work and keep (or not keep) our jobs. In the first quarter of 2019, major layoffs increased 35% over the previous year, the highest level since 2009, according to CNBC.

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Are Major Layoffs More Common Since the Recession?

Intoo USA

From late 2007 until the summer of 2009, the U.S. Although the economy began growing in 2009, the effects of the recession can still be felt today, changing the way we work and keep (or not keep) our jobs. In the first quarter of 2019, major layoffs increased 35% over the previous year, the highest level since 2009, according to CNBC.

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Josh Goodman: “Never do silly math like that again”

Thrive Global

Prior to founding the company in 2009, he worked in Business Development with Modis, an IT Staffing firm. He landed several blue-chip accounts that took that market from non-existent to top producing market in a matter of 24 months. I sold 18,000 dollars in knives in 2 months and made about 6,000 dollars.

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Some of the Jobs Most at Risk for Suicide and Depression are the Most Important to Society. Here’s a Rundown of Mental-Health Risks for Doctors, Childcare Workers, First Responders, and More.

Thrive Global

of deaths among EMTs between 2009 and 2015 were from suicide, more than double the 2.2% A study published by researchers at Florida State University in 2009 found as many as 40% of EMTs could suffer from high-risk drug and alcohol use. One recent study compared causes of death for EMTs to the general population, and found that 5.2%

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What Scientific Research on Hope Can Teach Us About Resilience

Thrive Global

Inducing hope in people may be a promising avenue for suicide prevention (PLOS, 2015). Hope also uniquely predicts objective academic achievement above intelligence, personality, and previous academic achievement (Journal of Research in Personality, 2010). Not convinced? To all of you sports fans out there, how about this?

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Spiritual Alphabet Soup of Death and Dying

Thrive Global

She had been sick for a long time, but I hadn’t thought about her in months. Four categories of ADC have been described in the Journal of Holistic Nursing : 1) visions and dreams, 2) lost-things-found, 3) symbolic messages, and 4) sightings. She looked like my Aunt Betty, but years younger than my first memories of her.