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Corporate culture is under the microscope after the tragic death of an overworked pharmacist. Economists are eyeing your retirement plan as they search for more tax revenue. And what will happen to the royal family now that King Charles III has been cancer?
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Pharmacist's death highlights toll of workplace stress
⚕️“I think I am having a heart attack,” 41-year-old Ashleigh Anderson texted her longtime boyfriend from the CVS store in Seymour, Indiana, where she had just begun her shift as the sole pharmacist on duty. It was Sept. 10, 2021, and frontline workers were dangerously burned out from the pressures of the pandemic. Later that morning, she collapsed in the store. Read more
- Prescription for disaster: America's pharmacy system in revolt
What if the government abolished your 401(k)?
💸Two economists with opposing ideologies recently created a stir when they argued that the federal government should do away with the 401(k) and Individual Retirement Account. Letting people shelter retirement money from taxes largely favors the rich, and Congress could use the billions in lost tax dollars to shore up the underfunded Social Security program, they said. Read more
- 'Snowplow parenting': Parents pay grown-up kids' bills with retirement savings
What will happen with Queen Camilla?
👑The news that King Charles III has cancer has triggered legions of what-if questions. One of the most common: What will happen to Charles' wife, Queen Consort Camilla, if Charles dies and the throne passes to his eldest son William? What if Charles decides to abdicate? The answers are surprisingly nuanced. Read more
- Stepping up: Prince William likely to assume more duties now, experts say
- Who would succeed King Charles III? Everything to know about the British royal line
- Respecting privacy: How we talk about a serious illness matters — here's why
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