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Grocery shoppers, frustrated by the record prices of a dozen eggs, are increasingly choosing to go right to the source by bringing chickens home. Those who have raised chickens for years, however, say these newbies don’t always understand the tricky logistics of maintaining a coop—and won’t necessarily break even on the price of eggs. #eggs #chicks #chicken #raisingchickens #inflation #eggprices #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #wallstreetjournal
Consumer prices rose 6.5% in December 2022 from a year before, but those changes have not affected all items equally. Wine at home, for example, is up 4%, while wine away from home is up almost 8%. #inflation #cpi #valentine #ValentinesDay #valentinesdaygift #money #wine #flowers #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal | lodging away from home ⬆️ 3.2% | cookies ⬆️ 18.2% | wine away from home ⬆️ 7.8% | wine at home ⬆️ 3.9% | indoor flowers and plants ⬆️ 6.3% | *According to Dec. 2021-Dec. 2022 Consumer Price Index data
When should you speak up about having a lower salary than a co-worker? One expert recommends raising the issue if your pay difference reaches 15% or if multiple team members outearn you. #salarynegotiation #salary #paytransparency #work #careers #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal | Market Rate = the typical pay for your job | ✏️“I’m a top performer on a team of six, and I make 20% less than everyone else.” | My co-worker outearns me. Can I get a raise? 💰
Economic trends show that singles are spending $117.4 billion on their dating lives each year, according to a 2022 survey conducted by researchers at the Kinsey Institute and funded by Match, the dating app. #singles #dating #dates #money #personalfinance #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #wallstreetjournal | -$39 | -$39 | -$40 | -$39 | -$12 | ——— | Total: -$130 | 🧾 $130/month | -$12 | $117.4 billion
A large crowd cheered Tuesday as rescue workers in Bisnia, Syria, pulled multiple children out of the rubble from Monday’s devastating earthquakes. Rescue teams continued to search for survivors for a third day after earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria earlier this week, with efforts complicated by snow and freezing temperatures. More than 11,700 people in Turkey and Syria have been killed by the quakes, and the numbers are expected to keep rising. 📹: Karam Kellieh via Storyful; White Helmets via Reuters #earthquakes #turkey #syria #rescue #worldnews #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #wallstreetjournal | Cheers erupt as rescuers pull children from earthquake debris
President Biden was booed and heckled during his State of the Union address as he criticized some Republicans for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare—referencing plans floated by Sen. Rick Scott (R., Fla.) and others—as GOP lawmakers said that the criticism was false. Biden conceded during his remarks that most Republicans didn’t want to cut the programs for retirees but encouraged the protesting lawmakers to contact his office so he could send them a copy of the GOP proposals on the issue. #politics #biden #sotu #socialsecurity #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #wallstreetjournal | *boos*
Single people have emerged from the pandemic more serious about finding a partner and less focused on looks, according to a study conducted by researchers at Kinsey Institute and funded by dating app Match. Has your dating life changed since 2020? #single #singlelife #Love #dating #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #wallstreetjournal | *according to the latest Singles in America study | Single people are more flexible. | Single people are often looking for similar values. | Single people are seeking deeper qualities. | 4 ways the pandemic changed how single people date | Single people are more deliberate.
During periods of remote learning in the pandemic, the quality of math instruction suffered, often relying on memorization and mimicry, rather than a deeper understanding of concepts, said Kevin J. Dykema, an eighth-grade teacher in Mattawan, Mich., and president of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. “It’s because they were used to just sitting in front of a computer screen,” he said. If the learning losses aren’t recovered, K-12 students on average will earn 5.6% less over the course of their lives than students educated just before the pandemic. #students #remotelearning #education #wealth #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #wallstreetjournal | Study by Eric A. Hanushek | Pandemic learning loss could cost students $70,000 in lifetime earnings
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake felt across the Middle East on Monday was followed by a series of aftershocks and then a 7.5-magnitude quake in the afternoon that authorities said was separate from the first. The earthquakes brought devastation to regions in Syria that were already reeling from war and to the area around the Turkish city of Gaziantep, home to millions of Turkish citizens, displaced Syrians and refugees. 📹: Reuters #earthquake #middleeast #turkey #syria #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal | Earthquakes kill thousands in Turkey and Syria
More than 300,000 U.S. accountants and auditors have left their jobs in the past two years, and the dwindling number of college students coming into the field can’t fill the gap. Even some accounting majors don’t want accounting jobs. #accounting #cpa #auditor #accountant #careers #work #jobs #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal #greenscreen | Green Screen
The updated, second-generation smart speaker sounds amazing, but essentially offers the same smart features as the much more budget-friendly Mini version, according to our personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen. One of the major selling points of the full-size $299 HomePod is the built-in temperature sensors, which can be used for smart-home controls. But it turns out that the $99 Mini had the same sensors all along—which Apple just unlocked in a recent software update. 📷: Apple #apple #homepod #homepodmini #tech #wsj #thewallstreetjournal #wallstreetjournal | $99 | ✅ control Matter-enabled smart-home devices | ✅ recognize individual voices | $299 | ✅ pair two units for stereo sound | ✅ serve as intercom
Here’s a look at Samsung’s three new Galaxy S23 smartphones, the $800 S23, $1,000 S23 Plus and $1,200 S23 Ultra. The South Korean electronics giant’s lineup features a monster camera in the top model and other more modest improvements it hopes will attract buyers at a time when smartphones are a harder sell. Preorders start Feb. 1, and they’ll be available Feb. 17. #samsung #smartphone #galaxys23 #tech #wsj #wallstreetjournal #thewallstreetjournal | S23 Ultra | S23 Plus | S23 | S Pen stylus ✅ More cameras ✅ | 200-megapixel camera 📸 | $1,200 | $1,000 | $800 | Introducing the latest Samsung Galaxy phones
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