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A few big companies have been in the news for cutting underperformers and rewarding high performers. If you’re looking to advance your career or keep your job in an increasingly frozen job market, you should take advantage of the classic advice to document your work wins and accomplishments.Keeping track of your performance can be crucial to getting a raise or a promotion, and for job security. Microsoft and Meta have made performance-related job cuts. Business Insider’s Eugene Kim reported that “Amazon is revising its compensation structure within pay bands to better recognize and reward long-term high performers.”Emily Field, a partner…

Can you make my brand look less American when we advertise to Brits?That was the nature of a request recently fielded by Luke Jonas, cofounder of Nest, a UK-based ad agency that specializes in helping e-commerce brands launch in the US and American companies market internationally.Jonas said Fresh Threads, a proudly American apparel brand that often features hot young things skating on boardwalks of San Diego in its marketing, is working with Nest to identify British creators it can photograph lounging in London parks and English gardens for its UK push. This move by Fresh Threads is part of a…

You’re cutting back on big nights out, so you host dinner parties at home, springing for the fancy candlesticks and serving San Pellegrino.You’re skipping the flight to Europe this summer. Wandering cobblestone streets comes with too much spontaneous spending; an all-inclusive cruise is the way to go.Kelsey Laurier, a 32-year-old in Atlanta, understands this mindset. She caters her online content to people who want affordable luxury. “People are tired of being nickel-and-dimed when it comes to certain situations,” Laurier said. “I think when you pay for something that’s already bundled, when you pay for something that you already know this…

American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was introduced to the world on Thursday from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church — and the first ever pope from America.Before becoming pope, Prevost was chosen in 2023 by Pope Francis to be in charge of selecting bishops. In August 2024, he said during a talk at St. Jude Parish in Chicago that Francis chose him for “a different perspective.”With 133 voting cardinals, the 69-year-old polyglot and naturalized Peruvian citizen was elected by the Conclave to succeed Pope Francis, who died…

News of a plain, brick, 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom home built in 1959 hitting the market outside Chicago wouldn’t typically make headlines.Then the world discovered that the 1,200-square-foot home is where Pope Leo XIV, until Thursday known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, spent his childhood.According to Zillow, the home was most recently bought for $66,000 in May 2024. It was then flipped and re-listed for $205,000 in January, before being cut to $199,000. Steve Budzik, a real estate agent working with the home’s owner, said they were shocked to learn the news of the home’s history.”He was like, ‘Wow,'” Budzik said of owner…

President Trump and his adviser Elon Musk speak to the press on March 11 in Washington, D.C. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A federal judge in San Francisco appeared ready to temporarily block the Trump administration’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, a Clinton appointee, held a hearing Friday in a lawsuit filed by a coalition of labor unions, nonprofits and local governments, who argue in their complaint that President Trump’s efforts to “radically restructure and dismantle the federal government” without any authorization from Congress violate…

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Trump seems open to lowering tariff rate on China – CBS News Watch CBS News Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are set to meet with Chinese officials for trade talks in Switzerland this weekend. Ahead of the meeting, President Trump seemed to suggest he’d be open to lowering the tariff rate on Chinese imports. CBS News’ Nikole Killion and Kelly O’Grady have more. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On Source link

Representative Nicole Malliotakis said increasing the state and local tax deduction cap to $30,000 from $10,000 would reduce the tax burden of the vast majority of people in her district, indicating support for a proposal that is dividing Republicans.”Every member needs to advocate for the particular needs of their district. Tripling the deduction to $30,000 will provide much-needed relief for the middle-class and cover 98% of the families in my district,” Malliotakis, a Republican representing Staten Island, New York and a member of the House tax committee, said in a statement to Bloomberg News on Friday.Malliotakis’ nod of approval for…

House Republicans are considering increasing taxes on university endowments, a significant threat to some of the nation’s wealthiest schools as President Donald Trump seeks to tighten control over American higher education.The measure is in a draft of the tax package Republicans are weighing, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to share details on the effort. The proposal would create a tiered system of taxation so that wealthy colleges and universities pay more as the size of their endowment grows, the people said. Republicans are considering boosting the 1.4% endowment tax currently on the books…