Business Abbreviations
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17 New Cases in Old Lyme Take Cumulative Total to 905, Lyme’s Total Rises to 221 with Two New Cases
Photo by CDC on Unsplash. LYME-OLD LYME — The Daily Data Report issued Friday, Jan. 21, 2022, around 4 p.m. by the Connecticut Department of Health(CT DPH) shows 17 new, confirmed COVID-19 cases in Old Lyme taking the town’s total of cumulative cases from 888 to 905. Three new cases were reported in Lyme, taking that town’s cumulative total from 221 to 224. The next Daily Data Report will be issued by the state Monday, Jan. 24, around 4 p.m. The state’s COVID-19 positivity rate was up from 13.29% in the Jan. 20 report to 13.69%
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GitLab Stock: Interesting Company, But $10B Market Cap Too Much
Melpomenem/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis GitLab Inc. (GTLB) is a subscription-based SaaS company that went public in October 2021. The stock climbed 30% and has since fallen from its high almost 50%. While the company has seen strong percentage sales growth over the last 2 years, it is very difficult to judge how much of this was covid effects and what the further prospects are. But this growth would have to be maintained to justify the company’s extremely high valuation. In addition, the company is still making losses, which in times of rising interest rates and inflationary pressures does
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Get Your Heart Pumping With This 3-6-9 AMRAP Workout
When scrolling through lists of at-home workouts to do, the endless exercise acronyms (EMOM, HIIT, BWT, METCON, etc.) can sometimes make me feel like hardcore fitness enthusiasts speak a language that I never learned. Left out of the club—or intimidated by what those workouts may entail—it’s easy to circle back to my tried-and-true modality. But as it turns out, venturing out to try new workouts isn’t as scary as the CAPSLOCK abbreviations make them out to be. Enter: the 3-6-9 AMRAP workout. What is an AMRAP workout? AMRAP stands for “as many rounds as possible,” and put simply, it
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Deadline Detroit | Text shorthand, spicy tastes and 4 other details Mark Schlissel reveals in frisky emails
Mark Schlissel’s digital billets-doux, posted by University of Michigan regents to show why he’s no longer president, reveal more than a sonnet-sharing side and his frisky reaction to the word yes (“love it when you say that”). Mark Schlissel in 2019 (Photo: University of Michigan) Twenty-seven months of emails also give rare peeks at this $927,000-a-year executive’s tastes, quirks and interests. Messages to and from Madame X, a staff member referred to as “Individual 1” in the regents’ PDF, show how Schlissel dines, travels and shares a streaming service password. The then-president and the Harvard
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Business communication skills that every professional needs
Communication is the foundation of every business activity — and most of our regular day-to-day activities too. Communicating in a business setting can be a little bit different and often more stressful than our everyday communications. Whether you’re talking to a customer, manager, or coworker you want to make the right impression. Here are the skills and best practices you need to adopt in order to navigate communication in a work environment. Tailoring business communication to company culture Just like you adjust your clothing for different business settings, you’ll need to learn to adjust your communication. If you work in
