The United States is on pace to add about 2.6 million jobs this year under President Donald Trump’s watch. Yet the bulk of the hiring has occurred in bastions of Democratic voters rather than in the Republican counties that put ...
Read More »Buyer’s Remorse? Here’s how to get rid of a timeshare
Some timeshare buyers know almost instantly that they’ve made a mistake. Other owners struggle for years with loan payments and ever-escalating annual fees before they’re ready to throw in the towel. Even the happiest timeshare owners may decide they want ...
Read More »2 Joplin manufacturers lead battery development industry
Two Joplin companies are at the forefront of the country’s battery development industry. A new company, ZAF Energy Systems, is joining longtime local manufacturer, EaglePicher Technologies, in transforming how batteries are made and used. ZAF Energy is working on replacing ...
Read More »US trade deficit widens by $46.3 billion in June
The U.S. trade deficit widened in June for the first time in four months as exports fell and imports grew. Politically sensitive trade gaps with China, Mexico and Canada all increased. The Commerce Department said Friday that the deficit in ...
Read More »US employers add 157,000 jobs, jobless rate hits 3.9 pct.
U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding 157,000 jobs, a solid gain, though below the healthy pace in the first half of this year. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.9 percent from 4 percent, the Labor Department said ...
Read More »Financial fruit: Apple becomes 1st trillion-dollar company
Apple has become the world’s first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion. The milestone marks the triumph of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets ever since two mavericks named Steve started the ...
Read More »TSA considering ending screening at small airports
The TSA is considering ending screening of passengers at smaller airports across the country to focus security efforts at the largest airports. It is unclear how advanced the proposal is and whether it will ever be adopted. Still, aviation-security experts ...
Read More »US construction spending fell 1.1 percent in June
Spending on U.S. construction projects fell 1.1 percent in June, the biggest decline in more than a year as spending on public construction dropped at the highest rate in more than five years. The decline in June brought total construction ...
Read More »Report: Midwest’s economy still growing, but at slower pace
Economic growth is still slowing in nine Midwestern and Plains states amid trade and tariff disputes, according to a monthly survey report released Wednesday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index declined to 57.0 in July, from 61.8 in June and 67.3 ...
Read More »Survey: US companies add a robust 219,000 jobs in July
U.S. businesses added 219,000 jobs in July, a private survey found, a robust total that suggests employers are still able to find the workers they need despite the low unemployment rate. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that hiring was led ...
Read More »Auditors: 30M taxpayers will owe more due to low withholding
Congressional auditors say about 30 million people — 21 percent of U.S. taxpayers — will have to come up with more money to pay their 2018 taxes next year because their employers withheld too little from their paychecks under government ...
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