Author: Eliza

As the one off national public holiday to mourn the passing of Queen Elizabeth II falls this Thursday 22nd September it’s been estimated the Friday after may be a very popular day for many working Australian’s to call in sick and make a long weekend of it.

New research from Finder reveals that it’s likely there will be a spike in absenteeism by many Australians on Friday 23rd with the potential to cost the employers more than $461 million in lost productivity.

A new nationally representative survey of 1,060 respondents revealed 1 in 8 (13%) Australians – equivalent to 1.7 million workers – have called in sick for a non-health related reason so far this year, at a cost of about $354 per worker, per day.

Taylor Blackburn, personal finance specialist at

’tis the season (sort of).

Krystin Arneson

Sept. 19, 2022

If you’re heading to Costco for one of any number of reasons, from cheap gas to rotisserie chickens, you’re going to want to consider getting an early start on the holidays — or getting your game plan laid out way in advance — with some of the stores’ newest stock: A light up Disney Christmas tree that plays eight holiday songs.

Meant for the tabletop, the tree has three tiers, each featuring different Disney characters (four tiers if you include the star at the top) — on one, a train goes round and round with Mickey and his entourage. Miniature Christmas trees in turn bedeck each layer, along with a trimming of snow over the pine branches.

Songs the tree will play include:

• We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Oh

Indiana today announced the five games that will be a part of this season’s mini package for holiday games.

The games are:

Nov. 23 — Little Rock

Nov. 25 — Jackson State

Dec. 20 — Elon

Dec. 23 — Kennesaw State

Jan. 8 — Northwestern

Here is the full release from IU

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University men’s basketball program will play five home games during the Holidays and tickets to those games are available through a Mini-Series package offered by the IU Athletics Ticket Office.

Over the Thanksgiving break, the second and third games of the Hoosier Classic will take place when IU hosts Little Rock on Wednesday, Nov. 23 and Jackson State on Friday, Nov. 25. Prior to Christmas, the Hoosiers will face Elon on Tuesday, Dec. 20 and Kennesaw State on Friday,