US casino revenue up nearly 5 percent in 2012 Things are looking up for most of the nation’s commercial casinos, as gambling revenue increased by nearly 5 percent last year and jobs held roughly steady. According to the annual survey of casinos by the American Gaming Association, America’s nontribal casinos took in $37.3 billion from gamblers last year, an increase of 4.8 percent over 2011. More
US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged Health officials say suicides among middle-aged Americans climbed at a startling rate over the past decade, a period that included the recession. Overall, the suicide rate for the age group jumped 28 percent from 1999 to 2010. And among whites, it shot up 40 percent.... More
Britain avoids recession with faster than expected growth Britain skirted a "triple dip" recession by growing faster than expected in the first three months of the year, providing some cover for a government under fire over its austerity drive. More
Banks Revive Risky Loans and Mortgages Investments that were vulnerable in the last financial crisis and believed to be gone for good have largely escaped new rules that were made to prevent another crisis. More
FTC’s Ban on Noncompetes: What It Means for Workers I'm Ariana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal, filling in for J.R. Whalen ... Ariana Aspuru: It's the first time in more than 50 years that the FTC has issued a regulation like this. So, what does it ... 04/25/2024 - 4:01 pm | View Link
Wall Street’s Patience for a Costly A.I. Arms Race Is Waning A sell-off in Meta’s stock after the company disclosed huge investments in the technology may be a sign of investor fears about tech giants’ spending. 04/25/2024 - 1:02 am | View Link
Lawmakers push Wall Street giveaway disguised as increased worker security If money is lost in a stock market downturn or investments do poorly, say goodbye to a secure retirement. The Wall Street financial services industry skims considerable profits from these accounts. 04/24/2024 - 7:36 am | View Link
Has Wall Street peaked too early? History suggests Wall Street's recent 5% mini-correction won't be its last this year, but stocks face potentially higher earnings and interest rate hurdles in the second half of the year if investors' ... 04/23/2024 - 6:30 pm | View Link
Wall Street Lunch: California Bill Takes Aim At Clear Secure California State Senator Josh Newman introduces bill to limit Clear's concierge service at airports, citing equity issues. GM reports higher-than-expected Q1 earnings. 04/23/2024 - 6:50 am | View Link
The better we understand these storms’ attributes, the better those forecasts and warnings can become.
Dozens of tornadoes hit the central U. S. April 26-28, 2024, tearing through suburbs and small towns and damaging hundreds of homes from Oklahoma to Nebraska and Iowa.
More than 60% of respondents reported increased participation last year in employee volunteer activities.
Michelle Barbin’s job does not always fill her bucket. Yes, she likes her nine-to-five helping improve consumer experiences at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. She emphasizes she wouldn’t have spent nearly 19 years working for the health insurance provider otherwise.
Paramount CEO Bob Bakish is departing, as the company considers a Skydance deal.
The saga of Paramount Global’s future is more exciting than a lot of the studio’s films. And with the bombshells in Monday’s earnings report, things are becoming even more dramatic. After multiple reports swirled early Monday, Paramount announced that CEO Bob Bakish is leaving the company.
It’s the latest tussle over labels for agricultural products from a specific geographic area, a topic familiar to Hawaii due to long-running disputes over Kona coffee.
For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown.
Africa, with the world’s youngest population, faces the worst effects of a warming planet while contributing the least to the problem.
From ancient fertilizer methods in Zimbabwe to new greenhouse technology in Somalia, farmers across the heavily agriculture-reliant African continent are looking to the past and future to respond to climate change.