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SWC’s Fast Five – September 24, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

September 24, 2021

Last week’s Fast Five reported how fewer men were going to college and this week, same about working. Please be amazed at just a few of the innovations we enjoy thanks to our Hispanic friends, that Millennials have flipped the script, that paying deposits on some product – and getting it back when we return the packaging – is about to be a thing again, and America, you’re bunchers v folders when it comes to toilet paper and that is not cool for the environment.

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SWC’s Fast Five – September 24, 20212021-09-24T08:32:45-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – September 4, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

September 4, 2021

More students give college a bad grade, states that cut jobless benefits early don’t see a jump in job growth, travel agents are having a moment, more pot smokers get behind the wheel for Amazon deliveries and here’s just one reason you need that travel agent – international airlines say your cloth masks are not good enough!

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SWC’s Fast Five – September 4, 20212021-09-03T10:34:09-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – August 20, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

August 20, 2021

We’re losing our social cues mojo with the return of cargo pants and emoji parsing but you know what we can depend on? That housing is impossible and here’s the latest reason. And our veterans, who took care of America and now America will be stepping up to take care of them for a few trillion dollars over the next 30 or so years. It’s crazy times but, have a Girl Scout cookie, a new one is coming out and it will be the comfort we all need.

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SWC’s Fast Five – August 20, 20212021-08-20T08:31:36-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – August 13, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

August 13, 2021

An unwanted first, wildfire smoke reaches the North Pole while heat waves accelerate window air conditioning unit use which accelerates green house gas emission which accelerates… you know. And, we also get this unwanted round two (three, four?) pandemic effect, so hold up on that whole return-to-office thing and make the most of your mask creativity while you save money on the hottest everything-old-is-new-again trend – by now, pay later.

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SWC’s Fast Five – August 13, 20212021-08-13T10:11:40-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – August 6, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

August 6, 2021

Maybe you will stop doing it now that the NSA says but you don’t need a spy agency to validate that not wearing a seatbelt is dumb and deadly. Less may be made in China, women need to be more like men and apply for jobs they’re completely and utterly qualified for and, look, you never know when you’re gonna need Crocs for your hands.

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SWC’s Fast Five – August 6, 20212021-08-06T07:47:45-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – July 30, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

July 30, 2021

They’re over the ping pong tables and beer breaks, respect is the perk du jour for today’s younger workers who are up to here with collaboration and, if they’re in tech, are getting cherry picked by the big firms - lured from local start-ups with big money and a WFH option. Walmart fights the money battle by blowing up benefits with its offer to pay all of employees’ college tuition which is just in time; maybe those grads will be able to afford the housing prices that still go up, up, up.

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SWC’s Fast Five – July 30, 20212021-07-30T11:00:07-05:00

SWC’s Fast Five – July 23, 2021

SWC’s Fast Five

July 23, 2021

The baby shower concept morphs into business showers as startups cash in on this gift giving fixture while pool owners rake it in by putting their backyard splash on the rental Swimply. Got goat’s milk? You just might as the dairy industry moooves on, chief purpose officers move in – to the C suite. And as all of us kick back and watch as the Olympics kick in, let’s take a look at the best Olympic logos of all time to get that party started.

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SWC’s Fast Five – July 23, 20212021-07-23T15:54:19-05:00