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Ken Rusk, ‘Blue Collar Cash’ author and former construction worker, discusses survey data indicating employers value blue collar workers’ experience and skills more than a college education. The phenomenon of “shift shock,” a viral career trend, is when a new hire realizes that the job he or she just accepted or the business the person has chosen to join is different than expected or what was portrayed during the interview and hiring process.  The attitude is trending, as revealed in a recent study by The Muse, an online career platform, of more than 2,500 Gen Z and millennial job seekers.  Almost three quarters of those surveyed (72%) stated they experienced a form of shift shock, based on either regret or surprise regarding their new job or emp...

Auto expert Mike Caudill argues Elon Musks design of the Tesla Cybertruck will push potential buyers away on Cavuto: Coast to Coast. Electric vehicle maker Tesla is planning to give hourly workers at its Nevada Gigafactory a roughly 10% raise in January, according to a report from CNBC. According to internal documents reviewed by the outlet, Tesla will raise the pay for hourly workers from $20 to $22 an hour on the low end of the pay scale and up to $34.50 an hour from $30.65 on the high end.  The CNBC report added that the raise can add anywhere from $2 to $8.30 an hour to the hourly workers’ pay, while Tesla is also streamlining its employment levels so that workers currently making between $26.20 and $30.65 an hour will be paid $34.50 an hour after the raise takes effect. ...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses the Department of Transportation fining Southwest for its Christmas meltdown and the administration’s electric vehicle goals. Once you go electric, there’s no going back, says Biden’s transportation secretary. “You’re not going to meet a lot of people who ever go back after they’ve gone electric, and I think that really tells you something,” Pete Buttigieg said. During his appearance on “Varney & Co.” Monday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted the Biden administration’s electric vehicle (EV) push and the positive impact it will have on Americans.  “I don’t know a lot of people who think that Americans in 2050 are still going to be driving that old technology...

Rep. Ro Khanna, R-Calif., discusses the Los Angeles school strike, fallout from Silicon Valley Bank and his proposal to make social security solvent. FIRST ON FOX: Lawmakers want to know why the Social Security Administration has reportedly erroneously overpaid benefits to millions of Americans and then hit beneficiaries with demands for repayment to the tune of thousands of dollars.  A bipartisan letter sent by House members in the Ohio delegation presses Dr. Kilolo Kijakazi, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA), for answers on its efforts to claw back overpayments from Americans, many of whom did nothing wrong. Those affected are elderly or disabled people on a fixed income who may have their benefits frozen or cut until their debt is paid off...

Au colloque organisé lundi 11 décembre, au Musée Guimet, à Paris, pour les 20 ans de la loi sur le mécénat qu’il avait portée, l’ancien ministre de la culture Jean-Jacques Aillagon devait être le roi de la fête, mais le Covid en a décidé autrement. C’est donc Rima Abdul Malak, l’actuelle locataire de la Rue de Valois, qui a lu les pistes formulées par son prédécesseur. « Cette loi ne doit pas être considérée comme un terminus indépassable », a concédé Jean-Jacques Aillagon. Outil fiscal destiné à favoriser les actions d’intérêt général, cette loi du 1er août 2003 visait notamment à impliquer tous les citoyens dans ce type d’action et à encourager le travail des fondations et des associations. Grâce à une carotte fiscale : une réduction d’impôt de 60 % ou de 75 % du montant du don pour ...

Combien vous coûtera votre banque en 2024 ? Selon les calculs du comparateur de tarifs bancaires Panorabanques, réalisés pour Le Monde sur cent deux établissements, il faut s’attendre à une hausse contenue des tarifs des banques de réseau. Ces derniers augmenteront en moyenne de 2,4 %, indique cette étude annuelle. La précédente édition du baromètre, pour 2023, faisait état d’une quasi-stabilité des prix (+ 0,43 %), les banques s’étant engagées en 2022 auprès du gouvernement à modérer leurs tarifs pour ne pas trop peser sur le budget des particuliers. « Les établissements se rattrapent un peu cette année, mais la hausse reste largement inférieure à l’inflation, car ils sont attentifs à ne pas détériorer leur image », souligne Adeline Moisiard, directrice marketing de Panorabanques. En ...

Quite aside from the moral aspect, hiding income, capital gains or valuable assets from the taxman isn’t easy. And it’s only getting harder. HM Revenue and Customs has wide-ranging powers and can delve deeper into your affairs than you can imagine. It has one thing you don’t have. A supercomputer. It’s called HMRC Connect and it can track down a staggering amount of information on almost every taxpayer. As chartered accountancy firm THP has noted: “It takes Big Brother surveillance to a completely new level.” HMRC Connect now holds 55billion items of data on taxpayers, and it’s growing all the time. It’s getting cleverer, too, as it will increasingly incorporate machine learning artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its systems. Connect will c...

Madison Stimmel of Charlotte, North Carolina, went viral on TikTok after celebrating her 30th birthday at Costco, which is her favorite store. A North Carolina woman apparently loves Costco so much that she chose to celebrate her birthday at a wholesale location. “My family and I love Costco and have been members for years,” Madison Stimmel said in a statement to FOX Business. “I really didn’t want to do anything ‘big or fancy’ for my birthday this year and Costco just popped into my head,” she added. VIRAL GLASS STORAGE CONTAINERS SOLD AT COSTCO SPARK MIXED REVIEWS AS ITEM REPORTEDLY FLIES OFF SHELVES Stimmel celebrated her birthday alongside six of her family members and everyone wore matching Costco sweatshirts — as seen in a now-viral TikTok video....

Britons can slash energy bills “more” using comparison site Uswitch’s Demand Flexibility scheme, and also secure an additional payment if eligible. New Uswitch customers can get a £10 bonus through the app by joining in one session of ‘Utrack Money Back’, which pays energy customers for reducing their electricity use during certain peak hours. Utrack Money Back, which pays users around £3 for every kilowatt hour (kWh) saved, is part of the National Grid ESO Demand Flexibility Service running until the end of March 2024. The scheme rewards households who reduce their electricity use at key times to cut pressure on the grid and prevent blackouts. Uswitch’s scheme allows anyone with a smart meter home display unit to take part, regardless of their electricity provider. To ea...

American Express is set to support small businesses once again with the return of its popular Shop Small Offer. The thee-day-long scheme will reward shoppers for spending money with small businesses across the UK. From December 1 to December 3, American Express UK cardmembers will receive a £5 statement credit when they spend £15 or more at participating small businesses across the UK. The offer can be used up to three times, once per participating small business location, meaning that cardmembers can reward themselves with up to £15 back in statement credits, helping their spending go further this December. The Shop Small Offer will launch on the eve of Small Business Saturday, which returns on December 2, 2023. The offer returns as new research from American Express shows up to 79 pe...