Labor participation may stay low
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 00:32:49 -0700 | business-news
Workers who have dropped out of the labor force may take a few years to begin searching for work, Federal Reserve economists say in a paper offering insights into the health of a labor market that's key to central bank...
Smoked fish in demand
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 00:32:48 -0700 | business-news
Associated Press Salmon is the top-selling smoked seafood in the U.S. Associated Press Smoked salmon is in greater demand these days, part of a larger trend of infusing everything from cocktails to nuts with smoky flavor. Maine Americans are eating...
Help wanted, but maybe not
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 00:32:47 -0700 | business-news
The wheels of economic development can move slowly at times with hiring taking place over several years...Constructing a new building, installing equipment, determining customer demand and finding skilled personnel are key factors. So, while a company might not know exactly...
Business people
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 00:41:50 -0700 | business-news
Sweetwater has hired Brahyam Martinez, Ryan Limbeck, Jimmy Hart, Chris Rice, Matt Alexander and Patrick Cobley as sales engineers; Brett Moore as a sales assistant; Breanna Jacquay , accounting specialist; Zoe Eastwood , administrative assistant; Jennifer Hughes , maintenance team;...
HOWEY: Time for president to act like president
Source: Courier & Press
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 23:25:04 -0700 | business-news
President Truman set that standard, with these very words posted on a sign on his Oval Office desk. But now, with more than 1,000 days left in this second Obama administration, we find a Nixonian stench emerging from the White...
Penney's board unchanged despite losses
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 01:26:57 -0700 | business-news
Penney Co. ended after his attempt to overhaul the retailer wiped out a quarter of its sales and about half of its market value...Penney's directors, the Plano, Texas, company said Friday at its annual shareholder meeting. Myron Ullman, who replaced...
Area's jobs outlook better
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 01:23:43 -0700 | business-news
The region had fewer people without work and the jobless rate retreated to 7.6 percent from 8.8 percent in March, according to preliminary figures the Indiana Department of Workforce Development released Friday...Metro Fort Wayne is composed of Allen, Whitley and...
Banks balk at Wal-Mart card
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 00:34:21 -0700 | business-news
A group of bankers advising the Federal Reserve has urged U.S. regulators to consider preventing Wal-Mart Stores from offering some financial services. The Federal Advisory Council, a body of bankers that includes PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and BB&T Corp.,...
Who has most low-wage jobs? The feds
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 00:34:21 -0700 | business-news
Federal taxpayers employ more low-wage workers than Wal-Mart and McDonald's combined, a new study calculates. The report from the consulting firm Demo estimates that taxpayer dollars fund nearly 2 million private-sector jobs that pay $24,000 a year about $12 an...
Women, heed your inner voice
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 00:34:16 -0700 | business-news
All too often women let good business ideas fade because they ignore their inner voice, said Caroline Dowd-Higgins, director of career and professional development at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington. We get more curious with age,...
Buffett benefits women leaders
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-12 00:23:36 -0700 | business-news
Warren Buffett's analytical approach, which he's applied to picking stocks and buying businesses, also benefits female leaders at his Berkshire Hathaway Inc., says one of the top-ranking women executives at the company. He's said, Well, why would anyone want to...
Quietly pushing downtown projects
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-12 00:23:31 -0700 | business-news
But those closest to the organization defend it, saying development is tedious work that must be measured in deals discussed rather than deals done. It's all gestating, said Bob Walters, a trust board member. You really can't judge progress by...
2 Whitley Co. companies expand
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 00:35:14 -0700 | business-news
Whitley Co. companies expand ChromaSource, Red Star add jobs Sherry Slater The Journal Gazette Homeowners choosing between pool blue and tame teal for their dining room walls can thank a Columbia City company for making the decision a little easier....
State ranks near top in CEOs' poll
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 00:35:14 -0700 | business-news
The list, based on a survey of more than 500 CEOs, is the Greenwich, Conn.-based magazine's ninth annual compilation. The niche publication asks chief executives to rank states on numerous issues, including regulation, tax policies, workforce quality, educational resources, quality...
Indiana rated best in Midwest to do business
Source: The Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne :: IN :: USA | updated 2013-05-07 17:22:37 -0700 | business-news
Sherry Slater The Journal Gazette Chief Executive magazine has ranked Indiana the fifth best place to do business nationwide and the best in the Midwest, state officials announced today. The list, based on a survey of more than 500 CEOs,...
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