Weekly News Update
- The Wall Street Journal [gift link] looked at the growing popularity of multiple ear piercings among “chic professionals” and in luxury jewelry brands' ad campaigns.
- Fashionista looked at the two-year process to create Team USA's gymnastics uniforms.
- The Washington Post [gift link] reported on a proposed clothing recycling process that breaks down blended fabrics (including cotton, polyester, nylon, and spandex) using chemicals and microwaves.
- Harvard Business Review shared tips on handling the post-vacation blues at work.
- The Wall Street Journal [gift link] noted that in the midst of lower turnover and fewer promotions, some companies are getting creative to keep employees engaged.
- NPR talked to experts about what to do regarding toxic metals being found in popular tampon brands.
- WIRED gave tips on identifying fake Amazon reviews.
- Meanwhile, PC Mag reported that Arkansas is suing Temu for its app being “functionally malware and spyware.”
- Your Laugh of the Week comes from The Belladonna, with “After 20 Years I Have Decided to Wear My Good Underwear.”
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We inherited property in another county and have become defacto slumlords due to lack of communication. We rent through a mgmt company and the tenant got us violated in a big way. We want to fix the major problems to avoid fines. But then we can either sell as is or fix up like a flipper. We have a realtor who gave us a general contractor number and he is interested in buying. We want to get as much as we can out of the property as we have other funds to fix it up. Can we go into a partnership with the realtor or would that not be worth it for him? Is this silly if we don’t have the knowledge of the market? should we just avoid the fines and sell? PS: thousands of fines start in one week but we can stop it by pulling permits.