• Survey: 63% of US employees would take a pay cut to work remotely

    The tech sector emerged as the top industry for remote work in the U.S. last year. That's not so surprising when you consider the nature of the workforce within the sector, many of whom are individual contributors.Read Entire Article

  • How robots are taking over warehouse work

    At Ocado's newest warehouse robotic arms are helping to pack customer orders.

  • How you can prioritize debt and still take a vacation

    By planning a vacation fund, you can make progress on debt and still enjoy some of the fruits of your labor.

  • Senate shoots down additional minimum wage increase

    As expected, a majority in the Senate voted against an additional 1.2 percent increase in the minimum wage on Tuesday. The BBB announced last week that it would vote against the law that regulated the increase, making it clear there would be no majority support.

  • California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness

    California's New Minimum Wage: A Cure That Exacerbates The Sickness Via SchiffGold.com, The solution to a problem shouldn’t make the problem worse. But apparently, California’s policy makers missed that memo. On April 1st, the state instituted a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, the highest in the US. With California’s absurdly high cost of living, the policy appeared to make life more manageable for low-income residents. Unfortunately, as the adage goes, “If it sounds...

  • Kate Paye takes on Tara VanDerveer’s legacy

    With 17 years of experience on VanDerveer's coaching staff, Paye — who was also part of the 1992 national championship-winning team at Stanford — is a fitting successor to uphold the program's legacy of success.

  • $20 Minimum Wage Backfires as Restaurants See Orders Plummet

    A law calling for a $20 minimum wage has led to brutal backlash as customers opt out of ordering delivery in Seattle, Washington.The Seattle City Council is in the middle of deciding whether to pass a new law that would adjust its prior PayUp bill that went into effect in 2022.The PayUp law enforced a minimum wage for gig workers, which includes delivery drivers for local restaurants and platforms like Uber Eats and DoorDash. Under PayUp, delivery drivers made $26 per hour before accounting for...

  • College baseball report: Bulldogs take series finale in Minot

    The bottom third of UMD's batting order recorded eight runs.

  • Wilkes-Barre hospital employees taking stand for staff, wages

    WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Local hospital employees are taking a stand when it comes to their staff and wages. The unionized workers are less than a month away from voting to strike. 28/22 News Reporter Emily Allegrucci was at a meeting they held Thursday evening. Geisinger Wyoming Valley's Unionized Technical Employees met Thursday evening []

  • Boeing's Wisk working taking flying robotaxis to Asia by 2030

    In 2022, Boeing invested in $450 million with Wisk, a company working on a flying car. The next year, it fully absorbed Wisk. By 2030, it hopes to have Wisk’s autonomous flying taxis operating in Asia. Boeing Chief Technology Officer Todd Citron revealed the plans to Nikkei, the Japanese news publication. Citron did not tell Nikkei where exactly in Asia that Boeing hopes to send the taxis. Nor did he say whether Boeing’s Wisk would operate a taxi service directly or sell its aircraft to...

  • Banks Report Lending Slows as Corporate Borrowers Pay Down Debt

    The largest U.S. banks are reporting a slowdown in lending. Bank of America and PNC were the latest to do so, with the former reporting Tuesday (April 16) that lending was “sluggish” and the latter saying its lending dropped 1%, the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday. With their earnings reports released Tuesday, they joined three other top banks — Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells […]

  • New federal rule on minimum staffing for nursing homes takes effect

    Until now, the only staffing rule for nursing homes has been that they have “sufficient” staff, without specifying what that means.