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September 6, 2023

Laura Cosgriff gets daily phone calls from local contractors looking for students to employ — and the frequency of those calls has increased in recent years. The construction technology coordinator for Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio, said the […]

August 30, 2023

The net decrease – from 54,600 in June to 49,400 in July – is a five-month low and worse than expected. A poll of economists predicted the figure would be around 51,000. Leading property website Zoopla said on Wednesday morning […]

August 17, 2023

United Real Estate Group (United) has been named for the seventh time to the internationally respected Inc. 5000 list, ranking No. 711 among 5,000 of America’s fastest-growing private companies. Although our market has significantly contracted, we continue to grow by […]

August 7, 2023

For all those who are not Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) or one of the biggest Chinese EV makers, the EV venture is wildly risky ride that makes profitability seem like mission impossible sometimes. Although Kelley Blue Book reported that EV sales […]

July 25, 2023

The US S&P 500 index has gained 18% this year. Many money managers have been caught out. Their defensive focus on rising inflation and interest rates left them blindsided by big gains in Artificial Intelligence (AI) stocks. There’s no question […]

July 10, 2023

Medical credit cards designed to cover patients’ costs are coming under increased scrutiny from the Biden administration, as are other loans and financial instruments offered to pay for consumers’ healthcare services. In a rare collaborative healthcare effort by three federal […]

May 19, 2023

Kevin Houston scanned the Michigan street where his fixer-upper and older homes bridge gaps between the vacant, overgrown lots and abandoned, ramshackle houses, boarded-up businesses and potholed streets of Highland Park. “It’s not a bad place to live,” Houston said. […]

May 11, 2023

Travel in 2023 has been expensive. Indeed, some prices — like those for international flights — have hit record highs. Americans are unleashing their wanderlust en masse after a few years of pandemic-era trip delays, making for a busy — […]

April 18, 2023

Johnson & Johnson beat first-quarter expectations, as growth in cancer treatments and the health care giant’s home market helped counter another revenue hit from the strong dollar. The health care giant booked a $68 million loss on a one-time charge […]

April 7, 2023

The art market is starting to look like a painting that has too much of the action crammed into one corner. Artworks worth an estimated $67.8 billion were sold globally in 2022, according to a report this week from art-show […]

April 4, 2023

The S&P 500 retreated on Tuesday and dropped 0.58% to 4,100, ending a four-session winning streak, with the industrial and material sectors leading losses on Wall Street, as weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data dampened appetite for risky assets. Earlier in the […]

March 21, 2023

U.S. existing-home prices fell from a year earlier in February for the first time in 11 years, as a dip in mortgage rates caused home sales to surge from January levels. The national median existing-home price fell 0.2% in February […]

March 9, 2023

According to the latest data from the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the housing market in the UK remains weak. However, RICS’ report suggests green shoots of growth are appearing, which could support the market during the rest of […]

February 10, 2023

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 6.9 million vehicles changed hands in 2022 – only slightly more than the sum achieved in COVID-hit 2020. The total was down from 7.5 million during the previous 12 months. The […]

February 7, 2023

Annual house price growth has slowed to its lowest level recorded over the last three years, raising further doubts about where house prices will go in 2023. Indeed, some analysts are even predicting house prices could fall by as much […]

February 1, 2023

The property market’s slowdown continued into 2023 as house prices fell for the fifth month in a row, according to Nationwide’s latest house price index. House price growth slowed to 1.1% in January from 2.8% in December. Prices fell 0.6% […]

January 25, 2023

JD Wetherspoon’s chairman, Tim Martin, has long-complained about supermarkets’ treatment when it comes to the payment of Value Added Tax (VAT), saying it gives them an unfair advantage – particularly at a time when the hospitality sector is struggling to […]

January 20, 2023

U.S. existing-home sales fell last year to their lowest level since 2014, as surging mortgage rates made home purchases too expensive for many buyers. Sales of previously owned homes, which make up most of the housing market, slid 17.8% in […]

January 9, 2023

Germany industrial production recovered at a faster than expected pace in November, official data revealed Monday. Industrial output grew 0.2 percent from October, when output was down by revised 0.4 percent, Destatis reported. Production was expected to gain 0.1 percent. […]

December 28, 2022

As this week’s flight cancellation wave led by Southwest Airlines drags on, other major carriers have announced they will institute price caps — particularly in cities where Southwest operates — to limit the financial burden on stranded flyers trying to […]