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Summer Hiring is Expected to be Hot for the Second Year in a Row
41 percent of employers plan to hire summer workers; the majority will consider summer hires for permanent positions 25 percent…
Read More »Record Number Of Small Businesses Are Raising Wages Amid Tight Labor Market
by Will Racke A greater share of small companies in the U.S. are raising wages than at any time…
Read More »Trump’s Tariffs At Work: Solar Company Plans New Factory In Georgia
by Jason Hopkins A foreign solar panel company is building a manufacturing facility in the U.S., marking the latest boost…
Read More »Average loan amount and monthly payment for new vehicles reach record highs
Many industry pundits expect new vehicles sales to continue their downward trend. According to Experian’s State of the Automotive Finance…
Read More »Pending Home Sales Lose Steam in April, Decline 1.3 Percent
After two straight months of modest increases, pending home sales dipped in April to their third-lowest level over the past…
Read More »Many Rewards Credit Card Holders Don’t Shop Around
Many consumers don’t do their research when it comes to credit cards, according to U.S. News & World Report, the…
Read More »Brilliant Tips to Make Your Business More Respectable
Running a company is all about how well you present your business and the way people perceive you. You have…
Read More »Private Sector Employment Increased by 178,000 Jobs in May
Private sector employment increased by 178,000 jobs from April to May according to the May ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed…
Read More »U.S. Technology Exports Totaled $322 Billion in 2017, Supported 800,000+ Jobs
Exports of U.S. technology industry products and services grew by nearly $10 billion in 2017, to an estimated $322 billion, according to a…
Read More »Report: Credit Unions have best fee structures
A report was released today that compared the fees of a representative sample of 200 credit cards that are in Americans’…
Read More »Home prices continue to rise
Data released today for March 2018 shows that home prices continued their rise across the country over the last 12 months according…
Read More »Consumer Confidence up in May
Consumer confidence, as measured by The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, increased in May, following a modest decline in April (after…
Read More »An Oil Company Just Earned A Huge Settlement After Environmentalists Brought False Charges
by Tim Pearce The Supreme Court of Gibraltar awarded the oil company Chevron $38 million Friday for damages related…
Read More »Smoking cessation: $22 billion market at a crossroads
Public health issues are so complex that they do not lend themselves to simplification. Nonetheless, the stakes are clear: it’s…
Read More »U.S. Auto Sales Forecast To Climb More Than 3 Percent In May 2018
U.S. new-vehicle sales in May 2018 are expected to increase 3.1 percent compared to May 2017, according to a forecast released today by…
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