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Welcome to Friday and cheers to the weekend. I’m Asia Martin. First, let’s take a moment for self-care. Do you know what the secret to work-life balance is? If yes, keep scrolling, I guess. If no, here it is — caring just enough about your job. That’s what Kelli María Korducki concluded in her piece, appropriately titled “How much should you care about your job?”Apparently, caring too much can lead to burnout and caring too little can cause malaise. Where do you find balance? Korducki reports that setting aside time for non-work activities every day, giving a damn about the…

CNX Resources Corporation (NYSE:CNX) is an independent exploration and production company that focuses on the production of natural gas in the Appalachian Basin. This is generally a good place to be right now, as the long-term fundamentals for natural gas are quite strong, despite the fact that prices have fallen over the past several months. This has had a negative impact on the company’s stock price, as CNX Resources is down 23.85% over the past twelve months: Seeking Alpha One of the biggest reasons for this is that the winter this year was quite a bit warmer than normal, so…

The Pentagon rushed to contain the fallout on Monday from a leak of classified intelligence documents about the war in Ukraine as well as other sensitive information from Asia and the Middle East.The Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation into the leak of dozens of documents, and US officials are working to determine the source of the leak and what ramifications it could have on the battlefield and on US efforts to gather intelligence.“The Department of Defense continues to review and assess the validity of the photographed documents that are circulating on social media sites and that appear…

Kari Lake – the unapologetic supporter of former President Donald Trump and vanquished candidate for Arizona governor – privately made a trip to National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in February where she discussed the prospects of shaking up the map and running for Senate. But Lake, who has faced blowback over pushing baseless accusations of election fraud, was given this suggestion from NRSC officials: Shift to more effective messaging and away from claims about a stolen election, according to sources familiar with the matter. The meeting, which was described as a positive one, focused on how Senate bids often turn…

Investors in the U.S. may be coming off Easter weekend eager to trade. Many stock exchanges—including in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.—were closed on Good Friday. Last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6%, the S&P 500 fell 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite dipped 1.1%. Keep reading to see what market participants should know about trading hours on Easter Monday. Is the U.S. Stock Market Open Today? The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market will resume regular hours and open at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on Monday. Trading for stock-index futures resumed on Easter Sunday at…

By Mary de Wet CSX Corp. said Friday that it has reached an agreement with the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Mechanical Department to provide paid sick leave benefits. This would be the latest union group that the Jacksonville, Fla.-based railroad has agreed with on sick leave benefits. A lack of paid sick time in the industry was one of the reasons many rail workers voted down a contract with the railroads last fall, nearly causing a nationwide transportation strike. “CSX continues to work collaboratively with all of our union partners to find solutions that improve the quality of…

The Internal Revenue Service is getting specific on how it wants use $80 billion in extra funding over a decade to bolster top-end tax enforcement, and shore up customer service for millions of taxpayers.Everyday taxpayers can expect more ways to quickly deal with the IRS online and over the phone, while getting help from the agency spotting possible errors before filing or alerts to eligible tax breaks. Meanwhile, wealthy taxpayers and large corporations can expect extra scrutiny on complex tax returns to make sure they’ve paid their full tax obligation, according to a spending plan IRS and Treasury Department officials…

The commercial real-estate sector is headed for a “real mess” but not necessarily a financial disaster, a leading economist said Monday. “I expect a major correction in commercial real estate is already under way,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The cause is not complicated. Office occupancy is “lastingly” down 30% to 40% since the start of the pandemic, he said. Even if the problem is that simple to diagnose, the cure has been slow in coming. The whole industry seems frozen in place. “We haven’t seen smooth repricing or terribly transparent repricing of the…

5/5 © Reuters. Delivery trucks are parked at a parking area along the highway in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato 2/5 By Mariko Katsumura and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Truck driver Yuichi Tomita has been delivering packages all over Japan for two decades, often clocking 40 straight hours on the road. He says the work is tough but a source of pride, and one he’s never thought of quitting – until now. On April 1, 2024, the government will limit truck drivers’ annual overtime to 960 hours, among other reforms officials say are meant…

By Stephanie Kelly and Liz Hampton (Reuters) – OPEC’s surprise oil production cuts could lead to higher demand for U.S. oil in Europe and Asia and could encourage some other producers to boost output, industry executives and analysts said on Monday. On Sunday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies pledged to cut production beginning next month by 1.16 million barrels per day (bpd). Oil prices jumped over 6% on Monday, with futures topping $80 per barrel. Middle East producers’ curbs will leave markets short by an average of 2.3 million bpd in the second half of 2023,…