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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: A look at the U.S.’s top real estate agent

Ben Caballero is on pace to sell 6,000 homes in Texas this year. If you’re doing the math, that’s an average of 16 sales every day. And Caballero is accomplishing the feat of being the …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Employers rethink need for college degrees in tight labor market

Reconsidering or eliminating the requirement of a four-year degree for tech positions has already been happening at some companies for years. Now with a labor market that remains tight, more companies are hiring based on experience …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Sunday was the busiest day at US airports since before pandemic

BY NORA FELDER: Sunday marked the busiest day at U.S. airports since the start of the pandemic, CNN writer Chris Isidore reports. “This year’s traffic was up 4% from the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year, but it’s still …

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ONE GOOD READ: New research collaboration aims to tackle global societal challenges through design

MIT News: Leaders from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, the MIT Morningside Academy for Design and the Hasso Plattner Institute announced the Hasso Plattner Institute-MIT Research Program on Designing for Sustainability. This research…
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ONE GOOD READ: Rooting for the Phillies in the World Series? You might want to reconsider that choice

Wall Street Journal: Hey, National League baseball fans. If you’re rooting for the Philadelphia Phillies to win the 2022 World Series, you may want to reconsider. It seems that in the past century, every time a …

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ONE GOOD READ: Meet 3 midsize brands whose results punch above their weight

Fast Company: You don’t have to be one of the world’s largest companies to make an outsized impact. That’s been proved time and again by midsize companies worldwide, and is especially evident for the Brands …

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ONE GOOD READ: Americans are less productive, and that’s a risk to the economy

NPR: All of the quiet quitting rolling through the country is starting to make some real economic noise. Data now shows that the U.S. workforce is not as productive as just a year ago — it …

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ONE GOOD READ: Taking iPhone14 on roller coasters may trigger false crash report

If you have a new iPhone 14 you may want to hand it off to a friend before getting on a roller coaster. The next-generation smartphone from Apple is equipped with crash detection and automatically …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: Problems plaguing metaverse app, memos show

You may have read a story I wrote this week about applications the metaverse can have in the business world, but this story from Insider suggests there is work to do before the app becomes widely available. My story …

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NOTEBOOK – ONE GOOD READ: How Patagonia’s ownership bombshell changes the game

Last week, Patagonia’s family owners announced a new ownership structure aimed at ensuring that its values would remain intact, as well as greatly stepping up the company’s efforts in addressing the climate crisis. As Fast …

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