Here’s how it could shape U.S. policy

Gregory Beard, director of the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing. Courtesy: U.S. Department of Energy Former Apollo executive and longtime New Yorker Gregory Beard says he wouldn’t have left the private sector for just any job. But opportunity came knocking in the form of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who tapped Beard to…

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‘It’s such a shortsighted strategy’

More companies are leaning into “peanut butter” pay increases this year, according to Payscale’s Pay Increase Preview Report. The term refers to across-the board raises “that are even and spread thinly, like peanut butter would be on a sandwich,” according to career coach Colleen Paulson. About half — 48% — of surveyed organizations said that…

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TSA PreCheck is open at airports, agency says, hours after DHS announced suspension

Passengers walk through the entrance of a TSA PreCheck in Terminal One at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) Armando L. Sanchez | Chicago Tribune | Getty Images The Transportation Security Administration said on Sunday that its PreCheck airport screening lanes are operational,…

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Adopt this simple sleep habit for more free time

Most people have a relatively consistent wakeup time. Fewer have a set bedtime, which could be the reason you feel lacking in free time during the day, says author and time management expert Laura Vanderkam. The logic works like this: Without consistent sleep habits, most people can be generally productive but struggle to stay consistently…

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