Stacey Vanek Smith
Stories
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Business
Shopify deleted 322,000 hours of meetings. Should the rest of us be jealous?
The pandemic had an unexpected side effect: peak meeting misery. With Shopify's radical announcement last month, the working world wants to know if a future without meetings is even possible.
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Business
20,000 roses, inflation and night terrors: the life of a florist on Valentine's Day
It's the biggest day of the year for the $8 billion global flower industry, but it's not all that profitable. Why? Blame the roses.
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National
Since the pandemic began, is it better to have more meetings at work or none at all?
Deleting meetings has become a thing post pandemic. But does wiping calendars clean make sense for everybody? Is there such a thing as a good meeting?
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Business
The new global gold rush
After decades of being seen as a go-nowhere investment, investors are taking a shine to gold again.
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National
This AI expert has 90 days to find a job — or leave the U.S.
Layoffs across the tech sector often leave immigrant workers with a narrow window to either find a new job or leave the country. This is the story of an AI specialist who was laid off from Instagram.
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Business
From the great resignation to unionizing: Starbucks reflects 2022's labor journey
Worker shortages, rising wages, unionization and automation. In 2022, Starbucks embodied all these trends in the workplace, perhaps more than any other company.
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Business
Southwest Airlines' #epicfail takes social media by storm
Thousands of cancellations, lost bags and endless lines have angry customers taking to social media to voice their discontent.
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Food
How life got pricier (and, yes, cheaper!) this year — in 7 charts
Boy, have we talked a lot about inflation. It affected every part of our lives (and the economy) in 2022. Here are some of its highest highs and lowest lows. (It wasn't all bad news!)
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Law & Courts
Find a new job in 60 days: tech layoffs put immigrant workers on a ticking clock
Last month, tech companies laid off about 50,000 workers, many of them immigrants on work visas. Now they have to find a job soon or leave the country.
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Business
The cutting edge solution to rising debt? Paying in cash
2022 has been a rough year for America's personal finances. That's sparked a throwback movement among some young debtors: all cash, all the time.