The mild winter: 2012’s economic powerhouse 
POSTED: Monday, March 26, 2012 at 09:07 AM PTBY: John Stodder
What has had the biggest influence on business so far in 2012? One strong contender was the mild winter. The recent weather was given some of the credit for improving the employment situation for January and February in a USA Today report, which said, “The nation’s mild winter has added thousands of jobs this year, [...]
Cancer fears may alter the sedentary job
POSTED: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 06:06 PM PTBY: John Stodder
Despite a wave of evidence that too much sitting on the job triggers life-shortening illnesses, most companies and safety regulators are in no hurry to change employees’ sedentary working conditions. Among the entities reporting a connection between sitting and cancer, heart disease and other serious health problems are the American Cancer Society, the American Institute [...]
Realtors hope $25B foreclosure settlement will spark housing revival
POSTED: Friday, February 10, 2012 at 03:03 PM PTBY: John Stodder
With the residential real estate industry shell-shocked from years of a moribund market, its spokespeople can be forgiven for taking a cautious attitude toward this week’s announcement of a $25 billion settlement with five of the nation’s biggest mortgage lenders over flawed and fraudulent foreclosure practices. The money in the settlement will mostly go to [...]
Business digest: media civil war
POSTED: Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 11:39 AM PTBY: John Stodder
The new media, led by Wikipedia, Google and reddit, are protesting the proposed anti-piracy legislation, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act), that the music and film industries are seeking. Wikipedia and reddit took Wednesday off, while Google’s masthead showed the logo completely covered with an image of black tape. Media coverage of what [...]
