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U.S. unemployment hits 49-year low
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers added just 134,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent, the lowest level since 1969. The jobs total marked the lowest monthly growth in a year. […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers added just 134,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 3.7 percent, the lowest level since 1969. The jobs total marked the lowest monthly growth in a year. […]
The N.C. Rural Center, along with the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC), is one of several leading statewide industry-support organizations that have banded together to take calls and provide assistance to small- to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Reserve signaled its confidence Wednesday in the U.S. economy by raising a key interest rate for a third time this year, forecasting another rate hike before year’s end and predicting […]
NEW YORK — Subscription radio company SiriusXM says it’s buying music streaming service Pandora in a deal valued at about $3.5 billion that will allow it to expand its service beyond cars and into mobile […]
LINCOLN, Neb. — The developer of the Keystone XL oil pipeline plans to start construction next year, after a U.S. State Department review ordered by a federal judge concluded that major environmental damage from a […]
RALEIGH — Insurance camps will be held this week in two flood-battered communities in eastern North Carolina to help storm victims recover from Hurricane Florence. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey said representatives from approximately 20 […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Customer relations software company Salesforce says it will join with Apple to create new business apps exclusively for iPhone and iPad. Salesforce said Monday the partnership will focus on three areas: apps […]
RALEIGH — In response to Hurricane Florence, the North Carolina Department of Revenue announced last week a notice advising retailers across the state that the United States Department of Agriculture approved a waiver allowing participants […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The “gig” economy might not be the new frontier for America’s workforce after all. From Uber to TaskRabbit to YourMechanic, so-called gig work — task-oriented work offered by online apps — has […]
HICKORY — Lenoir-Rhyne University has announced an innovative, new program to provide a minimum of 50 percent off tuition for any first-year undergraduate student with a 3.5 or higher high school GPA who is a […]
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