Register to our daily newsletter We believe that the proposed transfer of power from Whitehall to York and North Yorkshire can inspire new strategies that promote small business growth and create the ideal conditions for companies to hire new employees and launch successful new products and services. As the largest employers in the private sector, … Read more
Here is a test. What do GEICO, Publishers Clearing House, Dealertrack, Hains Celestial, Allstate, Marchon Eyewear, Equitable Advisors and Newsday have in common? If you guessed that they are among a growing list of major companies looking to offload a sizable amount of office space on Long Island, you’d be correct. Ever since the COVID-19 … Read more
The owners behind Stoneacre Brasserie, Stoneacre Garden, Stoneacre Tapas and Stoneacre Picnics, as well as owners Christopher Bender and David Crowell, are listed as defendants in a federal lawsuit filed last week in the U.S. district county by the US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh. The US Department of Labor claims that Bender and Crowell, … Read more
The trial of the former head of precious metals at JPMorgan Chase & Co has provided unprecedented insight into the trading desk that dominates the global gold market. Michael Nowak, who was in charge of precious metals trading at JPMorgan for more than a decade, is on trial in Chicago along with his colleagues Gregg … Read more
___ US inflation likely to stay high even if gas prices fall WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans may finally be taking a breather from the relentless rise in prices, however slight, even as inflation is expected to remain painfully high for months. Thanks in large part to falling gasoline prices, the government’s inflation report for July, … Read more
Advocates from the business community in Arizona and Washington, DC weighed in following Sunday’s party-line passage of a massive tax and drug price control bill in the US Senate. The legislation is estimated to contain $430 billion in new spending and $740 billion in new tax revenue and increased IRS enforcement, though the Congressional Budget … Read more
CHAMBER EVENT NEXT MONTH: The Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber’s annual salute to business will be from 7:30-9:30 am on September 1 at the Eastwood Event Center at Eastwood Mall. The cost is $40 per member and $50 per non-member. The event will honor local business leaders and chamber member businesses celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2022. It … Read more
The cost of living crisis affecting millions of households is about to get much worse. Gas is the basis of power generation in the UK, directly supplying millions of homes and accounting for approximately 45% of electricity supply. Its price has skyrocketed, up 400% last year and 1,000% since 2019, according to the ICE futures … Read more
Twitter has filed a detailed response to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s countersuit against the microblogging platform, saying his claims are “truly inaccurate, legally insufficient and commercially irrelevant.” According to Musk, Twitter tricked him into signing a $44 billion merger deal. That story is as farfetched and contrary to fact as it sounds. And it is … Read more
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA, AP Business Writers Wall Street stocks closed broadly higher on Wednesday as investors welcomed encouraging economic data and quarterly earnings reports from big companies including Starbucks. The S&P 500 rose 1.6% to a nearly two-month high, while the Nasdaq gained 2.6%. Both indices more than recouped losses earlier … Read more