You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. $11 per hour Target will raise its minimum wage in October to $11 per hour, and it’s planning more wage hikes over the next few years. Come the end of 2020, the minimum wage offered by the company will be $15 […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 8 nations On Sunday, President Trump ordered restrictions on travel to the U.S. from citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela, North Korea, and Chad. The president’s ban on travelers from Sudan, Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia — all […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. Stage 3 Aaron Hernandez, a former NFL tight end who killed himself in prison while serving a life sentence for murder, suffered a severe form of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., researchers say. He died at 27 — and having not […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 2 holdouts With Nicaragua reportedly set to join the Paris climate accords — they held out in 2015 because the nation believed the deal didn’t go far enough — there are now only two holdouts from the landmark deal: Syria and […]
You’re reading Significant Digits, a daily digest of the numbers tucked inside the news. 8.1 percent A storied Boston-area financial institution announced “disappointing” profit numbers for the latest fiscal year, with the $37.1 billion fund pulling in only an 8.1 percent return. (For perspective, the S&P 500 posted about a 13 percent return for the […]