Summary List Placement Although most would rank 2020 exceedingly high on a list of years to soon forget, the past few months haven’t been all that bad from an investing standpoint. Despite an unprecedented virus, stockpiling bankruptcies, and double-digit unemployment, markets have demonstrated a fierce level of stoicism. On Friday, the S&P 500 sat about […]
Horoscopes Sept. 26, 2020: Serena Williams, it’s time to turn your ideas and promises into something concrete
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Christina Milian, 39; Serena Williams, 39; Jim Caviezel, 52; Olivia Newton-John, 72. Actress Christina Milian / AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACONVALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images Happy Birthday: Look for alternatives when faced with opposition, and you will persuade others to see things your way. You are heading into a period of opportunity […]
Bridge: Sept. 26, 2020
“Simple Saturday” columns focus on basic technique and encourage logical thinking. Suppose I offer to bet you a dollar that I can pick a card at random from the deck, and it will be a ten or lower. I hope you would decline to bet. But players sometimes accept worse odds in handling individual suit […]
Word Game: Sept. 26, 2020
TODAY’S WORD — ROUTINE (ROUTINE: roo-TEEN: A standard procedure.) Average mark 33 words Time limit 45 minutes Can you find 48 or more words in ROUTINE? The list will be published Monday. YESTERDAY’S WORD — INSATIATE inset instate neat nest nisei saint sane sanitate sate satiate satin seat sent sine site snit stain stat state statin stein […]
Financial Services: 6 Key Attributes to Attract Gen Z
Summary List Placement Now the largest generation worldwide, Gen Z accounts for nearly 68 million people in the US alone. As Gen Zers age, financial services providers will be increasingly pressed to shift focus to the burgeoning demographic. As digital natives, Gen Zers are more receptive to influence from friends and family than traditional advertising. […]
Ask Amy: I thought he was a good guy until he sent horrible texts about my sister
Dear Amy: I have a sister in her 30s, who has been married for a few years to a man that my family and I thought very highly of — until recently, when his true colors came out. Columnist Amy Dickinson (Bill Hogan/Chicago Tribune) A few months ago, he and my sister had an argument, […]
An airport in Finland is using dogs to detect the coronavirus, and researchers say they are ‘close to 100%’ accuracy
Summary List Placement An airport in Finland is using sniffer dogs to try and detect whether people have the coronavirus. Finland’s Helsinki-Vantaa airport is running a trial that lets people volunteer to be tested for the virus by the dogs, which researchers say could result in dogs being used as a faster and cheaper way […]
8 ex-Googlers told us what they learned about productivity and culture from one of the world’s biggest tech companies
Summary List Placement Around three million people apply for a job at Google every year, with just 0.2% – or 7,000 – proving successful. The firm operates in 42 cities across Europe and is apparently the best place to work in the UK, according to employer review site Glassdoor. But what’s life like after Google? […]
Harriette Cole: My boyfriend says one of us has to get rid of a dog
DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend and I just moved in together about three months ago with each of our dogs. We have brought our dogs together for playdates before, and they were always playful. Since we have moved in, and they are together all the time, they are fighting and terrorizing our household. Harriette Cole We […]
Miss Manners: My aunt has held a grudge against me for years. Was I out of line?
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am not very close to my cousin, so I wasn’t surprised when I was not invited to any of her wedding festivities several years ago. It was an intimate destination wedding and announcements were not sent out. I mailed the couple a card with a note of congratulations and called my […]
The Conservative leader of Kent warns Boris Johnson that businesses aren’t ready for new Brexit border rules
Summary List Placement The leader of Kent — the English county at the frontline of Britain’s post-Brexit border with Europe — has warned Boris Johnson’s government that businesses are a long way from being ready to leave EU rules in just over three months. Kent, in Southeast England, hit the headlines this week after the […]
Dear Abby: Her disrespectful commands caused a family rift
DEAR ABBY: My mother likes to tell people where to sit at every family gathering. It can be anywhere, including at a restaurant or even at my aunt’s house. It’s annoying and feels disrespectful. Jeanne Phillips I’m 49, and my girls are in their early 20s. I try to be patient, but she doesn’t consider […]