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What’s included in the Consumer Price Index and what isn’t?
WEBNov 22, 2021 · The latest Consumer Price Index figure, released by the Labor Department last week, showed that annual inflation is at 6.2% — its highest rate since 1990. Steve Reed, an economist with the ...
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Are employers legally required to post job openings?
WEBAug 24, 2021 · Juliano said exceptions might include government jobs or workplaces with collective-bargaining agreements that mandate employers do so. Under the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance ...
Some small colleges closing for good due to COVID-19
WEBAug 20, 2020 · MacMurray College, a liberal-arts school with more than 500 students in central Illinois, survived the Civil War, the Great Depression and two world wars. But it could not survive COVID-19 ...
How police departments got billions of dollars of tactical military ...
WEBJun 12, 2020 · RSS. For decades, police departments have acquired military weaponry like grenade launchers and armored vehicles for little cost through a controversial Defense Department program called 1033. The ...
What happened to America’s public toilets? - Marketplace
WEBApr 13, 2021 · RSS. More than 2 million Americans lack access to running water, indoor plumbing or wastewater services, according to a report by the nonprofit organizations DigDeep and the US Water Alliance. In ...
What common household items are worth recycling? - Marketplace
WEBAug 12, 2021 · Common items people can compost include apple cores, peelings, pits, paper towel rolls and newsprint. “When you’re trying to recycle by composting, you have to have both carbon, which might be ...
What do stores do with unsold merchandise? - Marketplace
WEBMar 10, 2014 · Barratt says big box stores like Target systematically cut the price until it’s roughly 70 percent off. “If it’s still unsold from there, they are likely to liquidate it or in some cases ...
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