Reversing a decades-long trend in the U.S. jobs market, companies are now having a more difficult time finding blue-collar workers than white-collar workers. Conducted by The Conference Board, the new analysis forecasts that growing blue-collar labor shortages will continue in 2019 and beyond. Companies can expect growing shortages in sectors that include transportation, health care…
Bank of the West Chief Economist Scott Anderson released today the Bank’s 2019 Economic Outlook Report: An Aging Expansion, projecting a United States and global economic forecast for the year ahead. The report covers a wide range of key economic issues including the anticipated slowing of U.S. job growth, the housing cycle’s peak across the country and in California, the…
Every year consumers flock to stores with one goal in mind: finding the perfect presents for their family, friends and colleagues. This year, holiday shoppers are eager to find the best deals, with 60 percent planning to compare prices online before purchasing. However, 66 percent don’t plan to finance any of their holiday spending, missing…
Steve Jobs was always seen as a great leader, not a great manager. That’s a common trait for a visionary, who thinks differently and focuses innovations rather than tactical thinker who strives to keep the company working. While people may use leaders and managers synonymously, the two terms differ because they come with different skill…
Forget looking forward to birthdays and Christmas, Americans are already thinking about how they will be using their tax refund if they get one according to a new survey by GOBankingRates. 16 percent of respondents plan on filing a return in January, 26 percent plan to file in February and another 16 percent will file sometime…
By the Price of Business Show, Hosted by Kevin Price. The Price of Business is a media partner of this site. Traditionally at this time of year I write about planning – and how simple it can be. So, I’m being the Grinch – reminding you that there will be no Christmas if you don’t plan and…
American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global Jewish advocacy organization, is urging concerted initiatives by European governments to confront rising anti-Semitism, following the release of deeply troubling findings from an EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey of Jews across Europe. The survey results were announced today in Brussels by European Union First Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Justice Věra Jourová….
According to a recent survey, the American Family Survey, what constitutes sexual harassment depends on one’s age and gender. The survey found that younger people and men were less likely than women and older Americans to view actions as sexual harassment. The survey found large gaps between women and men’s experiences. For example, 28% of…
By the Price of Business show, Media Partner of The Times USA. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business show, interviewed Hessam Parzivand, who practices Employment Law in the Houston area. Parzivand is a show regular and has is an important source of information on the law as it deal with…
UCLA Anderson Forecast’s final quarterly report for 2018 indicates that the economy is in the process of downshifting from 3% growth in real GDP this year to 2% in 2019, and 1% in 2020. Recognizing that the nation and California are experiencing full employment, the Forecast asserts that 3% quarterly growth is not sustainable. With the Federal…
Beginning with the December 2018 release, The Conference Board launched the Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL) Index and the revised Help Wanted OnLine® Data Series. The HWOL Index measures changes over time in advertised online job vacancies, improving upon the prior Data Series’ ability to assess local labor market trends. The index does not measure differences…
A handful of metro areas that spent the past year competing for Amazon’s second headquarters – including Washington, D.C., one of the winners – are expected to see their home-value growth outpace the nation in the coming year, according to the 2018 Q4 Zillow® Home Price Expectations Surveyi. The quarterly survey, sponsored by Zillow and…
The average Canadian family is expected to spend $411 more on food in 2019 than in 2018, bringing the total cost of healthy food to $12,157 for the year, according to Canada’s Food Price Report 2019. This is the report’s 9th edition, and the second time it has been released jointly by Dalhousie University and…
By Daphne Michaels, Special for The Time USA As a business owner, leader or entrepreneur, has a coach ever said to you, “trust the process?” If so, this may be a good sign — they may be saying that what you’re doing will take you to where you want to go. But, unfortunately, it may also…
By the Price of Business Show, Hosted by Kevin Price. The Price of Business is a media partner of this site. Price of Business Host Kevin Price talked with cybersecurity expert Tom Kelly, president and CEO of ID Experts, about a recent survey in USA Today that found data privacy was the number one social issue Americans wanted companies to address – above health…
As a leading provider of research on labor markets, people and performance, ADP today announced the biggest trends that could impact the workplace in 2019. Looking back at the state of the labor market according to the monthly ADP National Employment Report and quarterly Workforce Vitality Report, the U.S. workforce experienced historic gains in 2018. …
The U.S. housing market showed signs of cooling in many of the nation’s largest metros this month with inventory increases outpacing the rest of the country, listing prices slowing and price cuts increasing. In contrast, smaller, more affordable markets continued to see price gains, according to realtor.com’s November housing report released today. During the month…
GRC – Growth, Risk, and Compliance – has fast become the most important movement in business management. Organizations across different industries are implementing GRC solutions to improve overall management, compliance levels, and risk management. One major overlooked factor in the growth of GRC is the advancements in technology. While GRC solutions may seem similar to…
President Trump has said from the beginning that his tariffs were designed to get trading partners back to the table and to hammer out deals that benefits all parties. One of the first areas of focus was with Canada and Mexico. We are now seeing the fruit of that labor. House Ways and Means Committee…
FlyersRights.org has released 20 detailed passenger complaints of in-flight sexual assaults made to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), obtained pursuant to Freedom of Information Act requests, and posted them on its website at: https://flyersrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DOT-Sexual-Assault-Records.pdf. Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org and a former counsel to the NYS Crime Victims Board, noted, “These complaints show in…
Arkansas and Missouri will increase their minimum wage as a result of midterm election initiatives, and additional ballot measures are in the works in other states for 2020. By studying minimum wage increases in a global context, more can be learned about the health implications minimum wage increases pose for low-income populations in the…
Almost three quarters of retail consumers in the UK (those with liquid assets between £0 and £3,918) do not pay off their credit card balances in full each month, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. By contrast, less than a third of mass affluent consumers (those with liquid assets over £39,177) revolve their…
Access to bank loans for small businesses climbed last quarter signaling strength and optimism in the economy, according to the latest Private Capital Access Index (PCA Index) from Dun & Bradstreet and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Fifty-five percent (55%) of surveyed businesses reported successful financing with a business bank loan, a record high since the…
For many Americans, Thanksgiving weekend is a time to anticipate and look forward to the gift giving of the holiday season. For approximately 14,000 employees of GM and their families (and the many businesses that derive their income from them), that gift planning was dampened by the news that the auto maker were making numerous…
The PNC Christmas Price Index predicts True Loves will need to have more money on hand to fill the stockings on the mantle this holiday shopping season. To purchase the gifts included in the classic holiday song “The 12 Days of Christmas,” it will cost 1.2 percent more than it did in 2017, according to…
A divided Congress probably means the status quo will reign on regulation. This is a mixed bag from a free-market perspective. President Trump made some positive reforms upon taking office, but they were via executive order, and can be easily overturned by a future president—Congress needs to pass legislation to give reforms any staying power….
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May recently announced a tentative deal for the UK’s exit from the European Union after a 2016 national referendum ended in a vote to leave the EU. In the wake of the announcement, two cabinet ministers – Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey – resigned…
By the Price of Business Show, Hosted by Kevin Price. The Price of Business is a media partner of this site. Meeting expert Mamie Kanfer Stewart, founder/CEO of Meeteor and co-author of Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings visited The Price of Business Show to speak with host Kevin Price about how to keep your meetings on track.Too often meeting…
By Marion McGovern, Special for The Times USA I am proud to be part of the leadership team of the Myers-Briggs Company that made the effort to become a Certified B Corporation. Not only did we do all of the necessary work to become certified by B Labs in a way that makes us accountable…
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) challenging an unfair class action settlement in which lawyers and their hand-picked universities and pet causes got millions while class members got nothing. “The Supreme Court has an opportunity to stop…
The New Center—an organization focused on creating the space for a political center in America – today launched its website and an accompanying policy paper entitled “The Immigration Debate: The Poison Affecting Our Politics.” The New Center grew out of an unlikely partnership between Brookings Institute Scholar Bill Galston and Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol….
According to a new survey from CompareCards.com, nothing stresses Americans out during the holiday season like shopping. Nearly two-thirds of Americans agreed with the following statement: Shopping is the most stressful part of the holiday season. That doesn’t mean that Americans hate to shop, though. In a wide-ranging series of questions about their views on…
With an estimated 270 million Americans viewing their smartphones about 14 billion times per day, the smartphone continues to reign supreme as consumers’ preferred device for online actions, as well as for controlling and monitoring many daily activities, according to Deloitte’s U.S. edition of the “2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey.” This year smartphone penetration rose…
By the Price of Business Show, Hosted by Kevin Price. The Price of Business is a media partner of this site. You Don’t Have to be Mean to Be in the Black Which company owner are you? Company Owner #1 was really liked by his employees. His employees should like him. Employees had no controls over how…
Kevin Price, Editor at The Times USA, considers new ways to commemorate Veterans Day in a recent article for Medium…
Meredith Corporationtoday announced an agreement to sell the FORTUNE media brand for $150 million cash to Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited, wholly owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in 2018. Mr. Jiaravanon is affiliated with the Charoen Pokphand Group (www.cpgroupglobal.com), an international conglomerate with businesses…
AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 4.8 percent increase over last year. The 2018 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume in more than a dozen years (since 2005), with 2.5 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and…
There is simply no refuting that modern technology is altering whatever. Hell, simply check out what it has actually done to the Internet and online gambling. And, take a look at what innovation has done for the vehicle and manufacturing industry. Basically, modern technology has actually transformed many locations of life for lots of people….
The first book in its genre, Genius Weapons: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Weaponry, and the Future of Warfare (Prometheus Books, November 6, 2018) by Louis A. Del Monte, delineates the new arms race between the United States, China, and Russia to develop genius weapons, weapons whose artificial intelligence greatly exceeds human intelligence and the destructive force…