Reading Time: 2 minutesDespite a light rebalancing of third and fourth quarter estimates, full-year 2020 economic output is still expected to contract 2.6 percent, according to the latest commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. Its estimate of third quarter 2020 Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTotal nonfarm payrolls employment increased by 661,000 in September. The unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent, but the true rate, after adjusting for the misclassification error, was 8.3 percent. Between February and April, more than 22 million jobs were lost. Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe National Restaurant reports: Six months following the first shutdown of restaurants for the coronavirus pandemic, the restaurant industry is in limbo. According to a new survey released today by the National Restaurant Association, nearly 1 in 6 restaurants (representing Read more…
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhile Covid-19 has gotten everyone’s attention this year, the truth is that small business owners have been susceptible to both man-made and natural disasters with increased frequency in recent years. Man-made disasters like as acts of terror, power outages, cyberattacks, Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesGiven the economic impact of Covid-19 and heightened tensions with China, many are concerned that businesses will cut budgets and overlook the serious threat of cybercrimes. Last year, I sat in on a cybersecurity seminar my client in Tulsa held Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new poll provides a troubling perspective the vast majority of people have about a new Covid-19 vaccine: “Fewer than half of all people responding to a new WebMD poll say they plan to get a vaccine for Covid-19 within Read more…
Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent report by the Conference Board finds: “According to a new global survey, CEOs and C-Suite executives think COVID-19’s fallout will result in leaner and more agile companies. Businesses will likely emerge from this pandemic using more contract workers Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFrom USA Daily Standard… Home prices are showing resilience against the coronavirus pandemic, a new Zillow® analysis shows. Sale price growth has cooled slightly, but looks to be headed for an upswing in the coming months — unwelcome news for Read more…
Reading Time: 5 minutesBy Jim Talerico, The relationship between workers and the workplace may be different in the future because of the crises we faced in the first half of 2020. How will organizational cultures be impacted? What technology, safety, workplace design, Read more…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Wall Street Fraud Watchdog says, “About a year ago the US Congress changed the rules for the US EB-5 Visa program-because the initiative had so many serious flaws. Essentially the US Congress killed the EB-5 Visa program. One could argue a Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 75 percent of employed U.S. adults (79%) are satisfied with their employers’ pandemic-related return-to-work strategies, according to the results of the latest American Staffing Association Workforce Monitor online survey conducted by The Harris Poll. Eight in 10 men (83%) Read more…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteINTERVIEW ON THE PRICE OF BUSINESS SHOW, MEDIA PARTNER OF THIS SITE. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business Show, interviewed technology security expert, Tom Kelly. Kevin Price, Editor at Large for USABR and Host of the nationally Read more…
