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Navigating the multigenerational workplace

Navigating the multigenerational workplace

It’s likely that four different generations of people work in your office — baby boomers, Gen X, millennials and Gen Z. How’s that working out for you? Are there tensions? Or are your differences making your workplace more dynamic? Guest host Chris Farrell leads a conversation about the multigenerational workplace.
by Angela Davis and Susan Davis

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Minnesota's newest agricultural specialty: Crickets?

Minnesota's newest agricultural specialty: Crickets?

Pat and Madeline Revier run Revier Family Farms in Moorhead, Minn., where they raise over a million crickets for human and animal consumption. They told host Cathy Wurzer about their story and the versatility and sustainability of crickets as a protein source, and they even shared a recipe for chocolate chip cookies — made with cricket flour.
by Cathy Wurzer, Melissa Townsend and Alex Cheng

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‘Great Resignation' will force employers to be more flexible

‘Great Resignation' will force employers to be more flexible

Americans are quitting their jobs at a record pace. Some people are retiring early. Others are switching careers. Employers are having to change up their worker recruiting and retention strategies.
by Mark Zdechlik

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U.S. consumer prices soared 6.8% in past year, most since 1982

U.S. consumer prices soared 6.8% in past year, most since 1982

Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.8 percent in November compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, energy, housing and other items left Americans enduring their highest annual inflation rate since 1982.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota regulators OK rate hikes for Xcel customers

Minnesota regulators OK rate hikes for Xcel customers

The state Public Service Commission issued a news release Thursday saying the utility had asked to increase electric rates by 9.4 percent and natural gas rates by 4.9 percent.
by The Associated Press

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Instagram's CEO faces senators accusing his company of harming some young users

Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, faced off with senators angry over revelations of how the photo-sharing platform can harm some young users and demanding that the company commit to making changes.
by The Associated Press

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Starbucks workers decide whether to form first U.S. union

Starbucks workers decide whether to form first U.S. union

Voting is ending at three stores around Buffalo, N.Y. Starbucks had flown in executives to the area and asked federal officials to delay the ballot count.
by Alina Selyukh and Tom Dinki

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