Ray A. Smith
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Careers and lifestyle reporter at The Wall Street Journal. You can also find me on LinkedIn. https://t.co/a4SSTGFK07
Wall Street Journal - NYC
Joined March 2009
For more of us, the workday is bleeding into the work evening. Many workers say the intensity is rising as companies slow hiring, trim costs and add more tasks to existing roles. via @WSJ.
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Employees’ days are bleeding into the evening, new data show—thanks to a growing load of meetings, emails and, yes, actual work.
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RT @WSJ: Managers around the world are experiencing sharp declines in engagement at work, a Gallup study finds. Why is that? .
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Only 27% of managers globally say they feel involved and enthusiastic about their work, a recent Gallup study finds. A researcher explains why.
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The Democratic Party’s image has eroded to its lowest point in more than three decades, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll, with voters seeing Republicans as better at handling most issues that decide elections. via @WSJ.
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Republicans are seen as better at handling most issues that decide elections despite respondents’ unease with President Trump over the economy, tariffs and foreign policy.
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LVMH is in discussions to sell fashion brand Marc Jacobs in a deal that could fetch around $1 billion via @WSJ.
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The luxury giant has been holding talks with the owner of Reebok, among others.
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Managers around the world are experiencing sharp declines in engagement at work, a Gallup study finds. What's going on? .via @WSJ.
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Only 27% of managers globally say they feel involved and enthusiastic about their work, a recent Gallup study finds. A researcher explains why.
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The Justice Department Told Trump in May That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files, WSJ exclusively reports. via @WSJ.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi told the president that the department also decided to not release more Jeffrey Epstein documents because of the presence of child pornography and the need to protect...
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Businesses and consumers are regaining their swagger, and evidence is mounting that those who held back are starting to splurge again. via @WSJ.
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Consumers are spending again after the spring’s tariff chill. But some expect growth to be slow.
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Schadenfreude played no small part in turning a video of two Astronomer executives caught in a romantic moment at a Coldplay concert into an online obsession. via @WSJ.
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Schadenfreude played no small part in turning a video of two Astronomer executives caught in a romantic moment into an online obsession.
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RT @WSJ: E.l.f. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin is hard at work trying to crack the code on something very elusive: Gen Z shoppers and employees htt….
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E.l.f. Beauty’s Tarang Amin is rallying staff in their 20s and 30s to grow an affordable beauty brand that’s a hit with teens.
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RT @WSJbusiness: How the CEO of e.l.f. Beauty figured out Gen Z and won over Hailey Bieber
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E.l.f. Beauty’s Tarang Amin is rallying staff in their 20s and 30s to grow an affordable beauty brand that’s a hit with teens.
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RT @WSJ: Schadenfreude helped turn a video of two tech executives caught in a romantic moment into an online obsession .
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Schadenfreude played no small part in turning a video of two Astronomer executives caught in a romantic moment into an online obsession.
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RIP. Alan Bergman. Half of a Prolific Lyric-Writing Team, Dies at 99. They wrote some of the most beautifully poignant love songs.
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With his wife, Marilyn, he wrote the words to memorable TV theme songs and the Oscar-winning “The Way We Were” and “The Windmills of Your Mind.”
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How the CEO of @elfcosmetics figured out Gen Z and won over Hailey Bieber - Tarang Amin is rallying staff in their 20s and 30s to grow a beauty brand that’s a hit with teens via @WSJ.
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E.l.f. Beauty’s Tarang Amin is rallying staff in their 20s and 30s to grow an affordable beauty brand that’s a hit with teens.
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RT @WSJ: Astronomer does work in data integration and management for companies like Apple and Ford. You probably haven’t heard of them unti….
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RT @WSJ: Memo to job-hunting college grads: It pays to take your search to cities just beyond America’s biggest metro areas. 🔗: https://t.….
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RT @WSJ: De Beers’s chief executive wants to save a generation of lovers and newlyweds from what he calls a “huge con” when it comes to buy….
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President Trump filed a lawsuit against the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, alleging the newspaper defamed him in an article about a birthday letter sent to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein via @WSJ.
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The defamation lawsuit was filed in a Florida federal court.
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CBS is pulling the plug on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”—and on the entire late-night franchise via @WSJ.
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“This is all just going away,” host Stephen Colbert said while taping his Thursday show.
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For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. He told the Journal he was preparing to file a lawsuit if it published an article. via @WSJ.
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The leather-bound book was compiled by Ghislaine Maxwell. The president says the letter ‘is a fake thing.’
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The U.S. cities offering the best hiring prospects for young grads might surprise you. Turns out it pays to take the job search to cities just beyond America’s biggest metro areas. via @WSJ.
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Many younger professionals are finding luck launching careers in second-tier cities like Raleigh, Milwaukee and Birmingham, a new analysis shows.
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RT @gypsybway: GYPSY will play its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2025. Only 4 more weeks to see “The greatest Broadway musical o….
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