November 3, 2022, 8:20am Business
Back in the prehistoric era — in 2012, when Facebook staged one of the most hyped initial public stock offerings of all time — I warned the company’s newly minted shareholders that they had become wedded to Mark Zuckerberg. Read story
November 3, 2022, 8:16am Business
The phrase “Twitter overhang” was inescapable among Elon Musk’s biggest fans on the social media platform he started pursuing seven months ago. Read story
November 2, 2022, 8:05am Business
Since the first iPhone launched 15 years ago, consumer shopping habits have slowly but relentlessly shifted toward mobile devices. According to a survey of 3,250 U.S. consumers from Pymnts.com, a website dedicated to analyzing the role of payments in new tech, the majority of travel service purchases (51.4%) were made… Read story
November 1, 2022, 7:43am Business
Employee benefits are one of the most attractive things about a prospective job and can determine whether you take an opportunity or leave it. When you do decide to take the job, do you maximize the benefits? Read story
October 31, 2022, 1:03pm Business
Most economists now expect a recession to impact jobs and incomes in the U.S. by 2024. If you’re trying to change your spending and saving to prepare, you wouldn’t be alone — 74 percent of Americans are changing how they manage their finances to prepare for an upcoming economic downturn.… Read story
October 31, 2022, 5:42am Business
“Just kick ‘em in the rump a little,” the president told the chairman of the Federal Reserve four days before the central bank’s interest rate setting committee was to meet. The American economy was limping along, federal spending was a growing concern, and a war was raging halfway around the… Read story
October 30, 2022, 5:11am Business
We’re rounding the corner on 2022 and quickly heading toward a new year. That makes this a perfect time to prognosticate real estate matters for 2023. With mortgage rates escalating higher, home sales — and, in some areas, home prices — hitting the brakes, and increased uncertainty felt throughout the… Read story
October 25, 2022, 7:37am Business
As prices on goods and services soar, every bit of value squeezed from credit cards helps. Read story
October 23, 2022, 6:00am Business
The gargantuan proposed $24.6-billion merger of supermarket behemoths Kroger and Albertsons is being touted by the merger partners as a boon to consumers. Read story
October 23, 2022, 6:00am Business
If you are young and have recently become a homeowner, we need to talk. Read story
