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Pay Needed to Tempt Workers
Away Reaches 10-Year High

the rundown

Apr 19, 2024 11:47 AM CDT

Pay Needed to Tempt Workers Away Reaches 10-Year High

Average desired wage climbs nearly $8.5K in 4 months, according to New York Fed survey

(Newser) - The lowest compensation job searchers are willing to accept for a new position has increased to the highest level in a decade, even as hiring slows. Job searchers say they require $81,822 in annual compensation, on average, to switch jobs, according to the latest consumer expectations survey , conducted every...

Science Says You're
Unlikely to Enjoy
New Year's Eve

Dec 31, 2015 4:21 PM CST

Science Says You're Unlikely to Enjoy New Year's Eve

'High expectation can lead to disappointment'

(Newser) - New York Magazine humbly submits that you cancel any and all New Year's Eve plans and instead stay home, watch some Property Brothers, and conk out early. That's because studies have shown it's nearly statistically impossible to not be disappointed by big New Year's Eve...

Even When He Wins,
Tiger Can't Win

OPINION

Aug 4, 2009 3:51 PM CDT

Even When He Wins, Tiger Can't Win

(Newser) - Our outsized expectations for the “best player in his sport” mean Tiger Woods can’t get any “slack,” Michael Rosenberg writes for Fox Sports. “He missed the cut at the British Open last month and it was like he showed up drunk and club-less.” And...

Noonan:
Now the
Fun Really
Starts

OPINION

Nov 7, 2008 10:51 AM CST

Noonan: Now the Fun Really Starts

Can Obama live up to high expectations?

(Newser) - No one can dispute that Tuesday night was a great one for America. But now it’s time to look and learn: Will Barack Obama fulfill the fears of some that he’s a "hard leftist"? Or is he really a “pragmatic politician”? asks Peggy Noonan...

What Obama Promises, McCain Delivers

OPINION

Feb 29, 2008 6:48 PM CST

What Obama Promises, McCain Delivers

Voters must guard against letting stars in their eyes blind them

(Newser) - The international press corps is so seduced by Barack Obama and so disgusted by John McCain that neither man can live up to his reputation, London Times US editor Gerard Baker writes. The “grown men wandering the corridors of London, Brussels and Berlin, crooning” about Obama are the same...