NexPro Media Staff

NexPro Media Staff

NexPro Media Staff

Monday, 11 February 2019 23:23

Does it Matter if Your Eyes Are Misaligned?

“Do you get headaches?” a middle-aged rando asked me after a hot yoga class. Weird pick up line, I thought, but okay, I’ll go with it.

“Yeah,” I said.

 

Read more at Tonic.

Monday, 11 February 2019 23:15

Amazon is acquiring home Wi-Fi start-up Eero

Amazon said on Monday that it's acquiring Eero, a developer of internet routers that can be easily connected in the home. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

It's Amazon's latest push into the smart home, following the acquisition of video doorbell maker Ring last year for $1 billion. Amazon's primary home device is its own Echo smart speaker, powered by Alexa.

 

Read more at CNBC.

Considering an associate's degree? Then take note: There's a slate of well-paying, fast-growing gigs for those with just two years of schooling.

CNBC Make It combed through data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to identify 11 occupations that pay workers more than $55,000 a year and require only an associate's degree.

 

Read more at CNBC.

Marketing is an essential part of business success. How you market your business can determine either its success or failure. Marketing is the backbone of any business. You can read the top 20 digital tools for marketing agencies to see these amazing tools that marketers can use.

Marketing covers a lot of activities. According to American Marketing Association’s definition, marketing is the activity, set of instructions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, or partners.

 

Read more at TG Daily.

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“I’m not surprised very often. I have to admit to being shocked by some of our results this year.”

 

Read more at Fortune.

Most of us work hard for our money, and want to enjoy it in different ways. For some, that means paying for vacations and leisure. For others, it means spending a modest fortune on restaurant meals, store-bought coffee, and takeout.

No matter what your favorite luxury entails, chances are, it eats up a large chunk of your earnings. And that's fine if your savings are in a solid place. Most Americans, however, aren't in that boat. An estimated 40% of U.S. adults don't have the money in savings to cover a mere $400 emergency. Meanwhile, 42% aren't setting funds aside for retirement because their income is otherwise maxed out.

 

Read more at Fool.

In the year since the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school, more and more states have passed laws making it easier to take guns away from people who may be suicidal or bent on violence against others, and courts are issuing an unprecedented number of seizure orders across the country.

Supporters say these “red flag” laws are among the most promising tools to reduce the nearly 40,000 suicides and homicides by firearm each year in the U.S. Gun advocates, though, say such measures undermine their constitutional rights and can result in people being stripped of their weapons on false or vindictive accusations.

 

Read more at PBS News.

Prosecutors on Monday asked Illinois’ highest court to review the less than seven year prison sentence for the white Chicago police officer who was convicted in the shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the special prosecutor who won a murder conviction against former officer Jason Van Dyke, Kane County State’s Attorney Joseph McMahon, said they believe Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan improperly applied the law last month when he sentenced Van Dyke to six years and nine months in prison. In a rare move, Raoul and McMahon filed a request with the Illinois Supreme Court seeking an order that would send the case back to Gaughan for a new sentence.

 

Read more at PBS News.

Monday, 11 February 2019 22:34

Opinion: Every student can be an inventor

“What is your problem?”

So simple and yet so difficult to answer, that essential question is what I ask my high school engineering students when they begin the study of inventions.

 

Read more at PBS News.

Striking teachers on Monday picketed outside of schools and marched through Denver’s streets as car horns blared in support of the latest U.S. walkout amid a swell of educator activism that has affected at least a half-dozen states over the last year.

Just over half of the 4,725 teachers working in district-run schools called in absent for Denver’s first strike in 25 years. Some students crossed picket lines to get to class as schools remained open with administrators and substitute teachers in classrooms.

 

Read more at Associated Press News.

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