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Judge quickly stops Trump admin from mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
2025-05-08 04:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo/Alex Brandon).A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday quickly reversed a surprise wave of mass firings carried out at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) the day before.In a bench ruling and subsequent minute order, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, a Barack Obama appointee, expressed doubts the government had complied with a preliminary injunction entered by the court last month and largely upheld on appeal last week.Inthe underlying case, theNational Treasury Employees Union(NTEU) alleges the Trump administration specifically Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought unlawfully fired CFPB employees without cause and scrubbed CFPB data from its records, including important CFPB contracts that are necessary for cybersecurity.On Thursday afternoon, the government sent a reduction-in-force (RIF) memorandum to betw...
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Retirement Planning: A 5-Step Guide for 2025 - NerdWallet
2025-05-08 02:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
A financially secure retirement starts with making a plan now. You may not want to work forever or be able to rely fully on Social Security, so thinking ahead has its benefits. There are a few steps to making a financial plan for retirement, starting with how much money you'll need and your own priorities, then moving on to what kind of account you want, where to open it, and which investments to choose.When can you retire?When you can retire comes down to when you want to retire and when you'll have enough money saved to replace the income you receive from working.The earliest you can start claiming Social Security benefits is age 62. However, by filing early, you'll sacrifice a portion of your benefits. If you were born in 1960 or later, the full retirement age (which is also the full Social Security benefits age) is 67. And your benefit will actually increase if you can delay it further, up until age 70.Some people retire early (because they want or have to), and many retire later (...
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Therabot Humanizes AI Help, Recasts Tech Strategy
2025-05-08 02:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Groundbreaking Dartmouth research could reshape mental health care with an AI-powered therapy chatbot that wins patient trust and delivers measurable clinical gains. The implications reach far beyond the clinical couch and deep into corporate c-suites.Therabots trial treated over 100 participants diagnosed with depression, anxiety or eating disorders. After eight weeks, the symptom reduction results published in the New England Journal of Medicine were striking. "Our results are comparable to what we would see for people with access to gold-standard cognitive therapy with outpatient providers," Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine professor Nick Jacobson highlighted.For businesses struggling with employee mental health concerns and skyrocketing healthcare costs, AI solutions like Therabot could represent a scalable intervention that meets high standards. It also recasts workplace debates about how widely AI can help.AI World NowWhat makes Therabot particularly notable is its success in...
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