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Maximum employment? What it means post-pandemic may have changed already
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. S. unemployment rate hit a record low of 3.5% a year ago, but that bit of history comes with a footnote. It arguably was not the best overall time for workers in recent decades. That honor goes to the final months of 2000. Even though unemployment rates were a bit higher, wage growth was s
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Emerging From The Pandemic: How Small Businesses Can Begin To Recover
As small businesses plan strategies for reopening and recovery, the new business landscape offers little more than painful choices. Being shut down or running minimal operations may turn out to be less stressful than facing the challenges ahead—new rules for safe operation, huge debts, uncertain ability to retain a wor
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Watch Out for Fraud While Holiday Shopping
Nov. 24—(StatePoint) While gifts are being wrapped and lights are being hung, fraudsters are devising ways to leverage the holidays to scam you out of
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3 Reasons Your Credit Card Is Your Best Summer Travel Companion
There are a lot of good reasons to use a credit card to book your summer travel.
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Coronavirus And Your Retirement Plan, Should You Do Something?
Most of you knew this would happen again sooner or later, the time when the stock market experiences a sharp decline. The inevitable big down day (which could perhaps turn into down weeks or months) happened during the past few days when both the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P markets closed significantly lower. Hopes for a quic
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Fed keeps key rate near zero, sees inflation as 'transitory'
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. economy is quickly strengthening, inflation is showing signs of picking up and the nation is making progress toward defeating the viral pandemic. But on Wednesday, Chair Jerome Powell made clear that the Federal Reserve isn't even close to beginning a pullback in its ultra-low interest rate
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Governance in Action: Navigating Boardroom Scenarios
Effective corporate governance is not just about policies and procedures; it’s about how directors respond to real-world scenarios that test their fiduciary duties and the integrity of the boardroom.
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Missed Rents’ Impact on Real Estate
By Niel Harmse & Bryan Reid of MSCI Real EstateLockdowns and social distancing have impacted many tenant businesses, resulting in an unprecedented number of requests for rental relief, stressing real estate rental income streams. For equity investors, income returns have weakened, despite softening asset values. Recent
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There will be one economy for the vaccinated and another for everyone else
The Delta surge has sparked fears of repeating 2020, but it's unlikely we'll experience last year's economy. Not enough people are vaxxed to stop Delta, but enough are to help keep the economy running. The economy has also learned how to adapt to the pandemic, but you'll need a shot to participate. See more stories on
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How Small Businesses Balance Their Staff With Freelancers
Now, small businesses balance their staff with freelancers. A recent study done by UpWork.com and the Freelancers Union found that around 57 million Americans were working as freelancers as of 2019. This makes up about 36 percent of the U. S. workforce and amounts to $1.4 trillion in earnings. The term “gig economy” ha