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Healthcare, Education and Grocery Shopping are Increasingly Going Digital
As digital options continue to grow, so too does the willingness of people to use the Internet for a host of activities once solely restricted to face-to-face encounters. From grocery shopping and...
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More Women Expected to Start Businesses in 2015
This year, many women may bid corporate positions adieu and strike out on their own as entrepreneurs. A total of 88% of respondents in a recent survey predict that female entrepreneurship will rise as...
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Bob Marley Will Soon be the Face of the Marijuana Business
As more states begin to decriminalize recreational marijuana, businesses are starting to cater to the weed-smoking crowd. Marley Natural, named after the legendary reggae singer, Bob Marley, has plans...
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U.S. Cities Where it is Less Expensive to Buy than Rent
Buying a home was once the “American Dream;” a promise for stability and a chance to own a stake in a community. That was before the Great Recession, the housing market crash that accompanied it and...
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Are Millennials Too Trusting About the Safety of Their Personal Data?
As large data breaches continue to make news affecting everyone from insurance company clients and restaurant patrons to home improvement buyers, some American generations are more skeptical about...
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Small Businesses Have a Big Impact on Presidential Campaigns
As the 2016 presidential campaign heats up, voting blocs critical for candidates on the quest for the White House don’t just include those representative of political parties or ethnicities. Small...
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Best U.S. Cities to Start a Business
Shreveport, La., is the best American city to start a business while Newark, N.J., came in dead last, according to a recent study. The WalletHub study was meant to gauge the climate in locations across...
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SBA Awards Innovations that Help Women and Families
Three entrepreneurial women now have seed money to help with the launch of innovative new products courtesy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Microsoft. The trio of winners in the...
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Millennials are More Likely to Face Depression at Work
Millennials are more likely to face depression at work as compared to their peers from different generations, according to new research. With five distinct generations poised to all co-exist in the...
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People Want Their Banks to Help Improve Their Financial Health
While most people would like to see their banking institutions help improve their financial well-being, only about one in four customers strongly agree that their banks truly look out for them. That...
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Survey: Smartphones Beat Out Paid TV and Internet Service Providers
As more entertainment options provide consumers with a wealth of choices, overall customer satisfaction with pay TV services and Internet service providers (ISPs) is on the decline. Smartphone users,...
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Americans’ Standard of Living Perceptions Tie Previous High
Four out of five Americans say they are satisfied with their current standard of living and 63% report improvements in this arena, according to the results of a recently released Gallup survey. That...
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Apple to Launch Streaming Service, News Apps
Move over Spotify and watch out Flipboard, Apple is poised to enter the streaming music and news worlds in a big way with the upcoming launch of two new apps meant to take a bite of the existing...
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Uncertain Economic Growth Driving CEO Pessimism
As America’s economy shows mixed signs of health, the country’s chief executive officers are beginning to show pessimism about the immediate future. Fewer CEOs anticipate increases in sales, hiring or...
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Twitter Wants to Help You Buy Things
Twitter users accustomed to following the chatter to keep up with the latest news and happenings in their neck of the woods and the world beyond may soon find themselves visiting the platform to check...
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Best and Worst Cities, Post-Recession
Midland, Texas was named the best city for post-recession economic recovery. June marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S. recession’s end, and by most economic indicators the country as a whole has...
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Gap, J. Crew Cutting Jobs
More proof that the retail clothing industry is undergoing a transformation as consumers flock to discount vendors comes courtesy of downsizing news from both J. Crew and Gap. Both retailers have...
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Job Creation Continues Record High Streak
American employers are putting out help wanted signs at a record-breaking pace, according to a new survey released by Gallup. The U.S. Job Creation Index has held steady at +32 for two months in a row....
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Sony Plans to Crowdfund the Innovative Ideas of Its Employees
As Sony Corp continues its efforts to reinvent itself as a maker of niche components and innovative new products, the firm has announced the launch of a crowdfunding platform that will enable investors...
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How Beer Helped Google Create Better Products
As tech companies battle it out to bring new, innovative products to market that will have mass appeal and generate healthy income streams, some go to great lengths to test concepts before they are...
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