Money & The Economy

Report: Hiring in the oil industry surging

New data from LinkedIn's June Workforce Report shows increased hiring in the oil and energy sector, impacting oil-centric cities like Houston, TX. This…

8 years ago

9 out of 10 U.S. Contractors Report Skilled Labor Shortage

Findings from the Q2 2018 USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (Index), released today, show four straight quarters…

8 years ago

What Your Business Can Learn From DealDash

When you are trying to run a successful modern company you need to think about where you can improve. The…

8 years ago

More Than Half Of 401(k) Participants Invest In A Single Target-Date Fund

Vanguard reports that more than half of 401(k) participants are now invested in a single target-date fund (TDF), compared to…

8 years ago

Vail Resorts goes on a shopping spree, buys four ski resorts

Vail Resorts will acquire Triple Peaks, LLC, the parent company of Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont, Mount Sunapee Resort in New Hampshire,…

8 years ago

Microsoft to acquire GitHub for $7.5 billion

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Monday it has reached an agreement to acquire GitHub, the world's leading software development platform where…

8 years ago

Trump Effect: Second Quarter GDP Forecast at 4.8% – besting Obama predictions

The Trump economy is not only growing, but accelerating according to the newest forecast from the Atlanta Federal Reserve's GDPNow…

8 years ago

223,000 new jobs in May; Unemployment at lowest since 1969

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in May, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.8 percent, the lowest…

8 years ago

US IT Sector Records Fourth Consecutive Month of Job Growth

The U.S. information technology (IT) sector added an estimated 8,700 new jobs in May, the fourth consecutive month of employment…

8 years ago

Strong late cycle job growth trend shows more signs of boosting wages

The US labor market continues to tighten as the creation of 223,000 jobs in May helped drive the unemployment rate…

8 years ago