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May 8 (Reuters) – LinkedIn, the social media network owned by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) that focuses on business professionals, said on Monday it would cut 716 jobs as demand wavers, while also shutting down its China-focused job application. LinkedIn, which has 20,000 employees, has grown revenue each quarter during the last year, but it joins …

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January 6, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST Chris Pryor, director of forest stewardship at the New England Forestry Foundation, at work in the Hersey Mountain Wilderness in New Hampton, N.H., in 2020. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters) Comment on this story Comment Envy the lumberjacks, for they perform the happiest, most meaningful work on earth. Or at least …

Health News

T-R PHOTOS BY SUSANNA MEYER — Jaime Hooley, a PA-C (physician assistant, certified) for the UnityPoint Health Family Medicine Clinic, cut the ribbon at the facility’s open house on Tuesday night. The UnityPoint Health Marshalltown Family Medicine Clinic hosted a ribbon cutting and open house on Tuesday evening to celebrate the newly remodeled building and …

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SARANAC LAKE — The affordable housing shortage is impacting the local health care industry. As local hospitals and biotech businesses struggle to add more staff, industry leaders say housing is a major hindrance to hiring, and they’re turning to new, unique ways to try to attract and keep doctors, nurses, lab workers and …

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OBSERVER Photo by M.J. Stafford On a sunny Lake Erie morning in August, National Walleye Tour Championship boats exit Dunkirk Harbor. Lake Erie’s status is called “poor and unchanging” in a new report co-sponsored by the U.S. and Canadian governments. The lake “supports a productive walleye fishery, but elevated nutrient concentrations …

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Five years ago, state and local elected officials announced with fanfare that tech giant DXC Technology was opening a “digital transformation center” in downtown New Orleans, promising 2,000 jobs in what Gov. John Bel Edwards at the time billed as the state’s largest-ever tech-focused economic development project.  But now, DXC appears to be scaling back …

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Noble County went from one of the lowest rates of new COVID-19 cases in Ohio to among the highest, according to the latest numbers from the state Department of Health, though the actual increase was just 30 cases. Each Thursday, the state publishes the rate of new cases per 100,000 people over the …

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NEW ULM — The Brown County Board will consider a request Tuesday for three public health care workers to attend the Minnesota Cares Wellness Workshop Oct. 6-7 in Minneapolis. The conference is provided as a way to thank health care workers and to promote healing and wellness among the health care community including …

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MARIETTA — Memorial Health System has announces it has achieved Primary Stroke through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care for the services of stroke care. Certification is a process through which healthcare organizations demonstrate compliance with national standards. Certification by the commission reflects an organization’s dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate …

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You’re starting to see it more and more: Schools and universities are paying more attention to mental health than they have before, and it’s long overdue. College life is fun and rewarding, but it always be stressful, especially if a student takes a full-load of classes and works a part-time, or even a …