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Keep in mind that many people who haven’t received their second stimulus payment yet may still receive one in the mail, either as a paper check or as a debit card. The IRS has said that it could take up to three to four weeks for mailed payments to arrive, and it has told taxpayers to keep watching their mail throughout the month of January. … [Read more...] about IRS stimulus check still not received? Free File could be a way to claim it

GRAIL envisions that absent other risk factors, people would undergo annual Galleri screening when they reach 50 (the same age when most people are now advised to have a colonoscopy). The potential benefits are eye-opening: The company’s models estimate that by adding Galleri to diagnosis by usual care, there is the potential to reduce late-stage (stages III and IV) cancer diagnoses by more than half in the U.S. among people aged 50-79. This decrease in late-stage diagnoses could translate to a reduction in five-year deaths by 39% due to earlier detection. … [Read more...] about A new early-detection blood test marks a leap forward in the war on cancer

But it wasn’t Google who invented this practice. They actually borrowed it from 3M, whose own “15% rule” dates back to 1948. In the case of 3M, engineers get to spend 15% of their time pursuing projects of their own devising. For a company with a research budget of over $1 billion, allowing employees the freedom to experiment with 15% of that amounts to an annual $150 million bet on autonomy. But as with Google, the products that have emerged from 3M’s 15% rule have more than covered this bet. Post-it Notes originated from 15% time back in 1974. This one product consistently generates over $1 billion a year in revenue, annually putting the company $750 million in the black, which is quite an upside for its investment in autonomy. … [Read more...] about Why a free afternoon each week can boost employees’ sense of autonomy

However, if brands do decide to speak out about political divisions, how they choose to matters as well. The Morning Consult survey said 69% of respondents said the message should be heartfelt, followed by unifying (67%), serious (66%), unique (64%), and short (63%). … [Read more...] about Speak out about politics or stay silent? Either way, brands can’t win

When “helpful” isn’t that helpful Are women receiving any strong, consistent messages? They are. Women are praised when they fulfill traditional stereotypes about women, specifically when they make other people comfortable. When adults are asked to pick those words that best describe women from a list of adjectives, they highlight “warm,””friendly,” “organized,” and “sensitive.” Basically, people describe the kind of mom they’d want picking them up after a hard day at school. Ask adults to select the words that best describe men, and it sounds like they’re describing Tony Stark from the Avengers:”athletic,” “has business sense,” “assertive,” and “decisive.” Whether it’s conscious or not, we want women to take care, but we want men to take charge. … [Read more...] about ‘He’s like Tony Stark and she’s like my mom’: How workplace praise diverges between men and women