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Terry Savage: What to know for Medicare open enrollment

By Terry Savage

September 25, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Here’s a look at the headline changes seniors will be forced to confront. And in...

Terry Savage: Why the national debt should concern us

By Terry Savage

September 21, 2026 at 11:15 a.m.

The U.S. national debt now exceeds $40 trillion — a MEGO number, which stands for...

Terry Savage: Login process changing at TreasuryDirect

By Terry Savage

September 21, 2026 at 9:55 a.m.

These government IOUs are the safest repository for “chicken money” — money you cannot afford...

#27 KENTUCKY | With the fourth-highest share of potential telecommuters and third-highest level of cybersecurity in the country, Kentucky ranked at No. 27, with a pretty average score in both work and living environment.

New hope for white-collar job seekers? It depends on the job

By The New York Times

June 22, 2020 at 10:28 a.m.

Shawn Banerji's services do not come cheap. A top headhunter, he typically has several searches...

How to succeed in your office job when there is no office

By The New York Times

June 22, 2020 at 10:25 a.m.

The challenges of working from home are myriad. There are children to tutor, dogs to...

Pedestrians at a shopping arcade in Tokyo on June 16, 2020. A mix of social, demographic and epidemiological factors has kept unemployment down even as the coronavirus has damaged the country's already weakened economy.

Why Japan’s jobless rate is just 2.6%, even in a crisis

By New York Times

June 22, 2020 at 10:24 a.m.

The pandemic has devastated economies around the globe, shutting businesses and slowing spending. However, the...

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills mall was the catalyst for an explosive retail expansion in Manchester, beginning in the early 1980s.

Shopping malls already faced a rough road in an online world, but the coronavirus pandemic made it even rockier

By Kenneth R. Gosselin

June 22, 2020 at 5:03 p.m.

In the 1980s, shopping malls were the go-to destination, but a glut of building, the...

What it takes to reopen a small business right now

By The New York Times

June 21, 2020 at 7:49 a.m.

Tiffany Turner had dinner recently in a restaurant — the first time in nearly three...

ARIZONA | Total WalletHub score: 49.3
| Dependency on travel and tourism industry rank: #18
| Aggressiveness against coronavirus rank: #24

The Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association forecast a first-quarter loss of $2 billion in tourism revenue throughout the state. More than 40% of the 300,000-plus Arizonans who work in the hotel and resort industry have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis.

A tidal wave of bankruptcies is coming

By The New York Times

June 21, 2020 at 7:48 a.m.

Already, companies large and small are succumbing to the effects of the coronavirus. They include...

‘Banking while black’: How cashing a check can be a minefield

By The New York Times

June 21, 2020 at 7:45 a.m.

Clarice Middleton shook with fear as she stood on the sidewalk outside a Wells Fargo...

What it takes to reopen a small business right now

By New York Times

June 19, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

The percentage of small businesses that were open in early June was nearly 16 points...

It's clear that immigrants to the U.S. bring along an entrepreneurial spirit—business-ownership is how 10.5% of the immigrant workforce makes a living, compared with just 9.3% of the U.S.-born workforce, according to a 2012 report from the SBA. Their companies tend to make about 70% of the annual sales of non-immigrant owned businesses, though.

45 facts about small businesses in America

By Joni Sweet

June 26, 2020 at 3:53 p.m.

You can't go through an election season without hearing the phrase "small businesses are the...

US initial jobless claims worse than forecast at 1.51 million

By Bloomberg

June 18, 2020 at 5:21 p.m.

Applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell less than forecast last week, showing only...