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By Amanda McGrory |
May 1, 2012
Industrial employment in Mississippi grew by about 0.5 percent over the last 12 months, amounting to 694 additional jobs, according to the 2012 Mississippi Manufacturers Register, an annual industrial directory by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, lll.
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By Amanda McGrory |
April 12, 2012
Reputations of major corporations are taking a hit as the public is becoming more skeptical and seems to be jaded by continued economic uncertainties as well as its causes, according to a recent survey by brand and marketing consultancy Prophet.
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By Tom Krisher |
February 27, 2012
Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of cars and trucks are surging. Sales could exceed 14 million this year, above last year's 12.8 million.
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By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press |
December 19, 2011
As the first signs of an economic recovery make the news, many of the nation's nonprofit organizations are digging in for another three to four years of financial distress, according to researchers who keep an eye on the charitable world.
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By Christopher S. Rugaber |
September 1, 2011
August began with rising fears that another recession was about to hit. That was then.
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By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne |
July 25, 2011
A report released Monday by AARP’s Public Policy Institute put the value of unpaid care for a friend or family member at $450 billion in 2009.
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By Dee-Ann Durbin and Tom Krisher |
July 25, 2011
To help American car makers stay in business, autoworkers grudgingly gave up pay raises and some benefits four years ago.
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By Derek Kravitz |
June 29, 2011
Jobless rates rose last month in more than half of the nation's largest metro areas, driven higher by weak private-sector hiring and natural disasters.
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By Jeannine Avera |
April 14, 2011
More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks. Still, the broader trend points to a slowly healing jobs market.
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By Dan Shellenbarger |
April 1, 2010
As health care reform faces an even more uncertain future, brokers have been given a second (tenuous) lease on life. Now what do they plan to do with it?
