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More Americans Facing a Rent Burden

Small Business Labs

Being rent burdened means having less money for other expenses or savings. Between 2001 and 2015 median U.S. But as the report chart below shows, even at moderate levels being rent burdened greatly reduces the ability to save and build wealth. The main cause of this is rents have been rising much faster than household income.

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Millions of tons of plastic are trashed every year. But what if we used it to pave our roads?

Ideas.Ted

It’s expensive, complicated, technical, and much easier just to burn it. Albeit, it may be too early for many of the reported applications to show premature failure.”. India’s plastic road technology grew out of experimentation done in 2001 by R. Another concern about plastic roads is that they will shed microplastics.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

Finnigan says recruiters, who often called young job seekers “challenging,” now report Generation Y job candidates are more willing to compromise on salaries or job duties. Then the 2001 recession hit the Telecom and IT sector. That has caused what some might term an attitude adjustment. December 7, 2009 10:48 AM Anita said.

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