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☆ José Saramago’s Childhood Memoir Inspires Companion Picture Books
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Gregory Cowles | More About Gregory Cowles | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Early in José Saramago’s 2006 memoir, “Small Memories,” he tells readers that he briefly considered calling it “The Book of Temptations” instead. His reasons were characteristically elliptical and charming: something about Bosch, and sainthood, and the fat prostitute who “in a weary, indifferent voice” invited a 12-year-old Saramago up to her room. (He doesn’t report his answer, but given how candid the book is elsewhere, it’s safe to assume he declined.) In the end, though, he decided that the title “Small Memories” better suited the book’s contents: “nothing of great note,” in Saramago’s estimation; simply “the small memories of when I was small.”But for a great writer, of course, there are no small moments, and Saramago (1922-2010) was one of the best. Saramago’s memoir, which appeared in English translation the year before he died, is a winsome look back at his coming-of-age in the small village of Azinhaga and later in Lisbon.

Persons: “, ”, Bosch, Yolanda Mosquera, Margaret Jull Costa, Armando Fonseca, Costa Locations: José, Azinhaga, Lisbon

Union wages, and the battles to keep them, have elevated the fortunes of countless Black families, Brooks said. “Black people could take advantage of that and buy homes in neighborhoods throughout Detroit,” Perry said. “Without the union jobs, (employers) can do anything, say anything and you're out the door,” she said. Only about 25% of Detroit's residents are in that range, and about two-thirds of city residents earn less than $50,000 per year, Goss said. Martin described her childhood during the 1970s and 1980s in her predominantly Black Detroit neighborhood as among the “happiest times” of her life.

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☆ Companies are shuffling people around more than they were a year ago. Here's how to know what your reassignment really means.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Madison Hoff | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Experts say a reassignment is often a good sign and may mean a company wants to keep you. Challenger told Insider that over the past few years, companies focused on reassigning workers internally because it was hard to find replacements amid the labor shortage. AdvertisementAdvertisement"It's usually a company saying, 'Hey, we don't have this role anymore, but we want to keep you,'" Challenger told Insider. "Just the act of reassignment does not signal that a company wants you gone," Julia Pollak, the chief economist at ZipRecruiter, told Insider. Yolanda M. Owens, a career coach who works with platforms like the Muse, told Insider by email that companies can also use reassignments to keep the power dynamics in their favor.

Persons: Andy Challenger, they've, Julia Pollak, Pollak, Yolanda M, Owens, Challenger, " Pollak Organizations: Service, Street Journal, Challenger, Research Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ The average job applicant says they won't accept a role paying less than about $80,000 a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The reservation wage is the lowest salary at which a job applicant will accept a new role. A recent survey found that the average reservation wage has risen to nearly $80,000. That's a record high — and shows that while the job market has slowed, workers may still have the upper hand. The results, which reflect the responses of 1,000 people nationwide, show that the average reservation wage — the lowest wage at which someone would accept a new job — was $78,645 as of July. That's an almost $6,000 jump from the average reservation wage reported in July 2022.

Persons: That's, —, It's, Nick Bunker, that's, Yolanda M, Owens, she's Organizations: Service, SCE Labor Market Survey, North America Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York

☆ Ecuador: Woman presumed dead found alive in coffin at her wake
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Duarte Mendonca | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 76-year-old woman who was declared dead at a hospital in Ecuador was found to be alive and knocking on her coffin during her own wake in the city of Babahoyo. In the video, people could be seen waiting and supporting Montoya as emergency services arrived at the scene, taking the 76-year-old woman back to the hospital. The woman was heard knocking on her coffin. The woman had been declared dead in hospital. It said Montoya was in intensive care at the Martín Icaza Hospital in Babahoyo – the same facility that initially declared her dead.

Persons: “, ”, Gilberto Barbera, Montoya, Bella Yolanda Montoya Castro, “ Bella Yolanda Organizations: CNN, Ministry of Public Health, Health Services Quality Assurance Agency Locations: Ecuador, Babahoyo

☆ CEOs thought the return to office debate was over. It looks like they were wrong
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-13 | by ( Cheryl Winokur Munk | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Other companies, too, could see reverberations if they enact similar policies, especially if the mandates feel arbitrary, human resources professionals say. That's why companies that want to bring workers back to the office need to focus on reconfiguring workspaces to foster additional collaboration. If your company hasn't yet, maybe don't 'mandate'Many companies are still ironing out their return-to-office policies. JustAnswer, an online source for professional information, has seen a 49% increase in questions related to return-to-office mandates and/or policies in its Employment Law category compared with May 2022. Companies should also evaluate whether across-the-board policies make sense, or whether in-office mandates should be implemented for certain functions only, Kogut said.

March 28 (Reuters) - The recent failures of mid-size U.S. lenders show the need for more robust risk management at banks and fintechs, along with improved regulation, the head of the top consumer financial watchdog agency said on Tuesday. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra told a gathering of retail bankers in Las Vegas that regulators were looking at liquidity, interest-rate risk management, capital frameworks, resolution planning and stress testing. "It will be good for the industry to have some honest conversations with itself about what is the way for the regulatory framework to not create this type of risk," Chopra said. As head of the CFPB, Chopra also sits on the board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which took over failed Silicon Valley Bank earlier this month. He also serves on the Financial Stability Oversight Council, created in the wake of the 2008 crash.

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