The “shareholder comes first” has for years been the mantra of the Business Roundtable, a group that represents the most powerful CEOs in America and their thinking. The group’s new principles on the role of […]
Media headlines lately have been dominated by the Democrat Party presidential primary and the mind-numbing 20-plus candidates vying for the 2020 nomination. In the recent Democrat debates, many of the candidates attempted to portray a […]
It often gets overshadowed and lost in the news, but North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing economies in the country. Each day, it seems there is an announcement of new jobs, […]
BEIJING — China’s economic growth hit a three-decade low in 2018, adding to pressure on Beijing to beef up stimulus measures and settle a tariff war with Washington. Growth slowed to 6.6 percent from 2017’s […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. employers dramatically stepped up their hiring in December, adding 312,000 jobs in an encouraging display of strength for an economy in the midst of international trade skirmishes and a partial shutdown […]
Since 2007 North Carolina has used a three-tier system for designating economic development status. The N.C. Department of Commerce annually ranks the state’s 100 counties based on economic well-being and assigns each a tier designation. […]
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. […]
Until 1925, the federal government used to wrap official federal documents in red tape. It made things look “official,” borrowing from regal Spanish and British traditions of long ago. President Calvin Coolidge and his budget […]
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 […]
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 […]
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