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Here are six reasons drugs in the United States cost so much:1. In the United States, negotiations with drug makers are split among tens of thousands of health plans, resulting in far less bargaining muscle for the buyers. Other nations also conduct careful analyses of how much additional benefit a new drug presents over drugs already on the market — and at what cost. If the cost is too high and the benefit too small, those countries are more willing to say no to a new drug. Health policy analysts say that is a start, but much broader negotiating authority is needed to make a dent in drug prices overall.

Persons: ”, Stacie Dusetzina Organizations: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Pharmaceutical, Industry Locations: United States

☆ Here’s how AI can — and can’t — help you look for a job
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Job seekers using free AI programs like ChatGPT are asking the programs to tailor their resumes to a specific employer and job description, write cover letters, create writing samples and provide answers on job applications, according to Gartner, a research and consulting firm. Job candidates also can use it to help prepare for interview questions, should they get to that stage. “Use AI as a tool, but don’t use it as your only tool. “AI may not be as good in highlighting transferrable skills or telling the narrative of why you want to change careers. The best and most common way people find their next job is through their network,” Haller said.

Persons: ”, Darci Smith, David Timis, ” Smith, Smith, Jamie Kohn, ” Kohn, you’re, You’re, Stacie Haller, Haller, “, Kohn, It’s, ” Haller Organizations: New, New York CNN, Gartner, CNN, Roklyn Consulting, Google Locations: New York, Timis

☆ I downsized from my city apartment to a tiny house in the countryside to save money – but my cost of living increased instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Brooke Morton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThis as-told-to essay is from an interview with Stacie DaPonte, 31, about living in a tiny house outside Toronto. That set me researching what it would take to downsize to a tiny house in the countryside. The benefits of living in a tiny house in the countryMy front yard is a river and I'm surrounded by ducks. AdvertisementAdvertisementI couldn't buy the tiny house all at once with cash, so I am paying off a line of credit. Tiny living is a reality I hope more people see and read about.

Persons: Stacie DaPonte, DaPonte, —, I've, It's, I'm Organizations: Service, Facebook, Gas Locations: Toronto, Ontario, Barrie

☆ Elon Musk's control of Starlink gives him unchecked power over elected governments
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elon Musk's control over Starlink is in the spotlight after he thwarted a Ukrainian attack. "If the Ukrainian attacks had succeeded in sinking the Russian fleet, it would have been like a mini Pearl Harbor and led to a major escalation," Musk told Isaacson. (Musk later reassured a Russian ambassador that Ukraine would not be able to use Starlink for offensive operations, according to Isaacson). AdvertisementAdvertisementAs Ukrainian officials see it, sinking Russia's fleet, if that was indeed a possibility, would have prevented hundreds of missiles from raining down on the country's infrastructure, and spared civilian lives. Even if it wanted to change Musk's mind, it is not clear that it can actually compel him to do anything when it comes to Ukrainian attacks on territory controlled by Russia.

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☆ Bosses are tracking how long you're working — and using it to judge your performance. It's a terrible way to get the best out of workers.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Many companies with remote or hybrid workforces use tracking software to monitor their workers. An MIT lecturer said tracking hours wasn't a good productivity measure. As office attendance and productivity tracking become increasingly common, more companies are using it to evaluate, discipline, and even fire employees. About three-quarters of respondents in the ResumeBuilder.com survey said they had fired employees based on findings from their tracking software. But if US companies are truly concerned about maximizing their employees' productivity, some of them may be doing it all wrong.

Persons: —, they're, Slack, Aaron Terrazas, Terrazas, Robert C, Pozen, Paul Rubenstein, Rubenstein, Stacie Haller Organizations: MIT, Service, Tech, Meta, Employees, MIT Sloan School of Management Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ More companies see ChatGPT training as a hot job perk for office workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Mikaela Cohen | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWorkplaces filled with artificial intelligence are closer to becoming a reality, making it essential that workers know how to use generative AI. Whether or not companies embrace or reject AI, offering specific AI chatbot training to current employees could be the best way to keep those workers. "It's important to offer [AI] training to help employees but also maintain the posture of your company; it's about embracing emerging technologies and moving quickly." "AI is impacting everybody's job in one way, and generative AI will have a particular impact on knowledge work," Atkinson said. This will not only alleviate job loss concerns, but it will retain employees, Purakayastha said.

Persons: Jaap Arriens, Joe Atkinson, ChatGPT, Stacie Haller, Atkinson, Apratim Purakayastha, Purakayastha, They'll Organizations: Nurphoto, Getty

☆ Companies like Amazon, Netflix, and Meta are paying salaries as high as $900,000 to attract generative AI talent
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Companies like Amazon and Meta are hoping to snag generative AI talent with six-figure salaries. Since the beginning of this year, the number of listings related to generative AI on the job site Indeed quadrupled, according to data from Indeed obtained by The Wall Street Journal. Meta, for instance, posted a job listing for a generative AI research engineer with an annual salary as high as $137,000. And chip giant Nvidia posted an entry-level job opening for a generative AI research scientist. The growth of generative AI-roles comes as companies warm up to the idea that understanding generative AI tools like ChatGPT may, in fact, be a skill that can improve products and boost productivity.

Persons: Paul J, It's, Stacie Haller Organizations: Morning, Wall Street, Netflix, Amazon, Walmart, Nvidia, Meta Locations: —

☆ Insight: What happens when a $2 million gene therapy is not enough
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Deena Beasley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

Their experience raises broader questions around other high-cost gene therapies coming to market, sometimes after accelerated regulatory approvals, drug pricing experts said. Gene therapies work by replacing genes – the body's blueprint for its development. The gene Zolgensma delivers instructs the body to make a protein vital for muscle control. If gene therapies do fall short, it becomes harder to justify prices that researchers have argued are already poor value. More recently, the first hemophilia gene therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was priced by CSL Behring at $3.5 million; 26 more gene therapies are in late-stage development, according to IQVIA.

Persons: Elizabeth Kutschke, Ben, Zolgensma, Ben Kutschke, neurologists, Sitra Tauscher, Wisniewski, Ben's, Roger Hajjar, Brigham Gene, Kutschke, Vasant Narasimhan, Stacie Dusetzina, Roche's, Biogen, Roche, Maha Radhakrishnan, Steven Pearson, It's, Sree Chaguturu, Amanda Cook, Weston, Jackson, Cook, Elizabeth, Jerry Mendell, Russell Butterfield, –, Biogen's, Mendell, UMR, Spinraza, Eric Cox, Caroline Humer, Sara Ledwith Organizations: Reuters, U.S, Novartis, IQVIA Institute, Human Data, Novartis Gene Therapies, Mass, Cell Therapy, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, CSL Behring, CSL, Nashville's Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Clinical, Economic, CVS Health, Aetna, SMA, Nationwide Children's Hospital, University of Utah Health, Children's, UnitedHealth, Thomson Locations: Oak Park, Berwyn , Illinois, Swiss, U.S, Lebanon , Virginia, United States, Columbus , Ohio, Russia, Kazakhstan, Chicago

☆ Obesity drug data could boost companies' case for US coverage, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Patrick Wingrove | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Wegovy prescriptions were up 300% at their peak, according to data from Barclays, before supply issues began to hamper sales. A COMPELLING CASEAnalysts said the data made a compelling case for long-term health benefits of the drug. Analysts were divided on whether Medicare could potentially cover Wegovy as a cardiovascular treatment without a new law passing. Three doctors specializing in obesity treatment, including a cardiologist, were not sure whether such an indication would allow for Medicare coverage. Companies that provide healthcare insurance have begun pulling back on coverage of weight loss drugs because of the high cost of the medicines.

Persons: Read, Eli Lilly, Stacie Dusetzina, Wegovy, Eli Lilly's Mounjaro, Evan Seigerman, Eugene Yang, Morningstar, Damien Conover, Tom Carper, Eli Lilly's, Dusetzina, Patrick Wingrove, Elissa Welle, Ahmed Aboulenein, Caroline Humer Organizations: Novo Nordisk, U.S, Vanderbilt University, Medicare, Barclays, University of Washington Medicine, Companies, Democratic, Novo, Reuters, Democrat, Republican, Thomson Locations: New York, Danish, Washington

☆ Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Sofia Vergara’s Split
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Remy Tumin | More About Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This week, the actors Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello announced their divorce after seven years of marriage. Ariana Grande and her husband, Dalton Gomez, also appeared to be on the outs. Fans were trawling the stars’ social media posts, looking for any clue about what was going on — on their ring fingers, in their facial expressions and even in the posts the stars liked. Because dealing with a breakup is one of the most relatable things a star can do. “Breakups are such an identifiable thing,” said Alicia Mintz, who hosts the podcast “Trashy Divorces” with her wife, Stacie Boschma.

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☆ Are Gen Zs the most challenging generation to work with? 3 in 4 managers think so
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Nessa Anwar | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Gen Z, loosely defined as those born between the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s, is the latest generation to enter the workforce. A survey done by Resume Builder, a resource website for job seekers, revealed that around 3 out of 4 managers find that Gen Z is the most challenging generation to work with. Noting that Gen Z employees had to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic and remote working, she added: "[Gen Zs] didn't even have an opportunity to relate to people at all in a workplace. Ziad Ahmed, the founder of JUV Consulting, a digital marketing agency staffed entirely by Gen Z employees, told CNBC that managing young people is also a challenge for him. Watch the video to see the different perspectives of both Gen Z employees and managers.

Persons: Gen, Stacie Haller, Zs, Ziad Ahmed Organizations: CNBC, JUV Consulting

☆ ChatGPT experience may be able to get you that job. More than 90% of potential employers are looking for workers who use the chatbot.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A career expert urges job seekers to include ChatGPT experience on their resume and cover letters. ChatGPT experience can help you land your next job, according to a recent study from ResumeBuilder. The survey found that 91% of business leaders who are hiring are looking to hire workers with ChatGPT experience. Respondents say they are most likely looking to hire workers with ChatGPT experience for their software engineering departments, followed by customer service, human resources, and marketing. Job seekers, Haller said, should include their ChatGPT experience in their resume and cover letters.

☆ 3 in 4 managers say Gen Z is the most 'challenging' generation to work with — and 40% of the group flagged a lack of technological skills, effort, and motivation: survey
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The managers said Gen Zers lack technological skills, effort, and motivation. It's so bad that 27% said they've fired a Gen Z employee within the first month. About 40% of that group said it's because people in this age group lack technological skills. The same proportion of managers also felt Gen Z employees — those born between 1997 and 2012 — lack motivation and get "easily distracted." The tensions between the generations are so bad that some managers who found Gen Z challenging to work with said they fired a Gen Zer promptly after hiring.

☆ 12% of managers say they've fired a Gen Z employee in their first week of work — and being too easily offended is often to blame, new survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Aaron Mcdade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nearly 75% of managers in a recent survey said Gen Z is more difficult to work with than other generations. About 12% and 16% of that group said they have fired a Gen Zer in their first week or month of work, respectively. She continued: "We know that with remote work and education, communication skills do not develop as well and people tend to work more independently. About 20% of these managers said they have fired a Gen Z worker in their first week of work and 27% within their first month. "GenZers could benefit from developing their communication skills to build stronger relationships with colleagues and client.

☆ How ChatGPT is changing the job hiring process, from the HR department to coders
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Kevin Travers | Special To Cnbc.Com | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But how many business leaders are currently using AI tech in day-to-day operations or plan to? Half of the companies ResumeBuilder surveyed in February said they are using ChatGPT; 30% said they plan to do so. Since the survey was completed, more professionals have started using generative AI. There has been a growing concern that generative AI could replace jobs, and perhaps not the ones most expected. On the hiring side, 82% of respondents said they had used generative AI for hiring in a recent ResumeBuilder update.

☆ 96% of remote companies say they're using some kind of software to monitor employees who work from home, survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

About 96% of remote companies use some kind of employee monitoring software, according to a survey. Three in four companies have fired employees over data from the monitoring software. The struggle seems real, with a "surprisingly high percentage" — that's 37% — requiring their remote employees to be on a live feed all day, per ResumeBuilder.com. Other surveillance methods include monitoring employees' web browsing and app use, as well as blocking content. Companies are definitely using the data they obtain from monitoring their staff — about three-quarters of survey respondents told ResumeBuilder.com their companies have fired employees over the data they collected.

Although insulin list prices are high in the U.S., drugmakers typically pay substantial rebates to private insurers and government programs, resulting in lower prices for most Americans with insurance. U.S.-listed Novo Nordisk shares rose as much as 1.7% to $142.95, while Denmark-listed shares closed marginally higher on Tuesday. Eli Lilly shares were down slightly. "I think it is a relatively natural consequence of what we have seen their competitor Eli Lilly do. Eli Lilly, Sanofi and Novo Nordisk make up 90% of the U.S. market for insulin.

☆ Southern Baptists Expel Saddleback Church Over Female Pastor
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Saddleback Church lead Pastor Andy Wood and his wife, Stacie Wood, meet with a congregant in Lake Forest, Calif. The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday expelled Saddleback Church, the California megachurch founded by influential evangelical pastor Rick Warren, and four other churches from the denomination because they had female pastors. The decision to remove or “disfellowship” the churches came after the convention’s executive committee determined that the five churches were “not in friendly cooperation” with the denomination, said Jared Wellman, executive committee chairman, in a statement.

☆ The most common lies people put on their résumés — and why they do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jonathan Small | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

65% of respondents say lying in the hiring process helped them land a higher salary. The biggest lie was about education, with 44% of respondents saying they stretched the truth regarding their academic bona fides. Lies during the job interviewThe lying game doesn't end with the résumé. The most common lie in job interviews is years of experience. Sixty-five percent of respondents say lying in the hiring process helped them land a higher salary.

☆ She Turned a 93-Year-Old Ford Into a Hot Rod
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( A.J. Baime | Photographs Tracy Nguyen For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Stacie Depner , 46, a mechanical engineer and medical device product-development director living in Anaheim, Calif., on her 1930 Ford Model A hot rod, as told to A.J. When I was in my second year in college, I was living on University Avenue in Minneapolis and every weekend I would see old cars drive by. I found out that everyone was going to Porky’s, a famous drive-in, for cruise nights. I thought: “I wonder what other cool car events are going on around here?” That’s when I found out about Back to the 50’s, which is one of the biggest annual car shows in the country. I first went in 1996, and this was a eureka moment for me.

☆ How to format your resume the right way, according to experts: 'The standard template is 3 sections'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

asks Stacie Haller, chief career advisor at Resume Builder. "You have six seconds" to impress a hiring recruiter considering you for a position. That's why it's critical to get your resume right when applying for jobs. But getting the format right will certainly make it easier for hiring managers to decipher information quickly. "The standard template is three sections," according to Gorick Ng, Harvard career adviser and author of "The Unspoken Rules."

☆ The resume-like doc to keep on your desktop for when a dream job opportunity pops up: 'You want to be ready'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

As you're building your career history, experts recommend keeping an ongoing record of everything you've done on the job. This document has been called a continuous resume or a CV, and it highlights every significant piece of your career ― from day-to-day accomplishments to major awards. When applying to new positions, this document serves as a point of reference from which you can copy and paste the most relevant and up-to-date experience for a resume for the prospective job. Here's how experts recommend keeping it. Keeping it up-to-date means when it's time to write the resume for that prospective job, you don't have to wrack your brain to remember accomplishments from previous positions.

☆ The US military is planning for a 'transformative' year in Asia as tensions with China continue to rise
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Christopher Woody | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Amid rising tensions with China, the US military has sought to bolster its presence in Asia. US forces there may see the "most transformative year" in a generation in 2023, a US official said. Major changes to the US military presence in Asia face logistical and political hurdles, however. Other countries have sought more training with the US military or, in the case of Palau, to host US forces. There are opportunities for the US "to expand its access and deepen relationships" in both Northeast and Southeast Asia, said Thompson, a former US Defense Department official, but US leaders will have to reckon with the limits of those partnerships, especially in Southeast Asia.

The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company negotiates directly with drugmakers. So far, that's been the strategy for the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company. In October, Cost Plus Drug Company announced a partnership with Capital Blue Cross. Cuban said he wanted Cost Plus Drug Company to be as transparent as possible on pricing. Cost Plus Drug Company is considering a test program for insulin that would offer a 90-day supply of insulin, or a total of 12 vials, for $170.

☆ Some of Taylor Swift's biggest fans are also lawyers. After Ticketmaster's botched handling of her Eras Tour, they're mobilizing to take the ticketing giant down.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Nicole Tabak | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Ticketmaster badly botched its sale of Taylor Swift tour tickets last week. Facing endless questions and concerns over the chaos that ensued during presales for Swift's upcoming Eras Tour, fans gathered on social media not just to commiserate, but to take action. How Ticketmaster's chaotic handling of the Eras Tour presale may lead to its undoingSwift fans shared screenshots of the long queues for tickets. "And I know that sounds stupid to people who don't love Taylor Swift the way that a lot of us do. The momentum may be thanks to her Eras Tour, but this is about holding a monopoly accountable.

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