The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) suspects that a recent spike in unemployment assistance claims in the state may be due to an uptick...
In today’s top retail news, PriceSmart, Inc. announced a 5.2 percent rise in net merchandise sales between January 2020 and January 2021, while Walmart is...
A recovery is in sight – in the economy overall, and in jobs – but on the other side of the pandemic, the workforce may...
The U.S. unemployment rate fell slightly in January to 6.3 percent as nonfarm payroll employment changed little, rising by 49,000, according to the figures released...
There were all kinds of questions in the public sphere as the second round of stimulus checks went out in early 2021. Would consumers actually spend them...
Operators of cash-strapped performance venues shuttered by pandemic restrictions are expected to turn out in droves seeking funds from a $15 billion program Congress created...
U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) is proposing that the federal government provide an average of $3,000 per year for most households through an initiative that...
For the second consecutive week, new jobless claims are below 900,000, dropping 33,000 for the period ending Jan. 30, to 779,000, according to the weekly...