Online demand for groceries remains high, despite price increases, while other categories have … [+] declined, Adobe reported. getty Ecommerce growth and online inflation slowed in April, according to the latest Adobe ADBE Digital Price Index report, a sign that Americans are shifting their online spending as they react to price increases and the return […]
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Marriott is one of the most famous hotel brands in the world. A significant portion of Marriott’s hotels are owned by Host Inc., a lodging REIT that reports around $3 billion in revenue but effectively pays no taxes, has only 163 employees, an abnormally low CEO-to-median pay ratio, and a replacement-proof board of directors. Remarkably, […]
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Tennessee is poised to become the latest state to preempt local regulations restricting fossil fuel … [+] usage and infrastructure. getty Like their counterparts in many other state capitals, Tennessee lawmakers recently passed a reform, Senate Bill 2077, that will stop local politicians from interfering with pipelines and other energy infrastructure projects through local regulation […]
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Oregon vaulted to the vanguard of United States climate policy when Governor Brown issued Executive Order (EO) 20-04 in March 2020, targeting at least 45% economy-wide emissions reductions by 2035, and at least 80% by 2050. But recent policies only put the state on course to reduce emissions 55% by 2050 – stronger climate policy […]
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The South Carolina State House getty Income tax cutting bills continue to sweep through state legislatures in 2022. What’s noteworthy is that they’re doing so in many cases with broad support from both Democrats and Republicans. In a bipartisan and unanimous vote, the South Carolina Senate passed legislation on March 11 that will cut the […]
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P.F. Chang’s has been increasing the number of its smaller, To-Go locations to meet the needs of its … [+] ever-on-the move clientele. Pictured is the P. F. Chang’s located in Lake Nona, Fl. Courtesy of P.F. Chang’s Remember the days when families or people on dates dined at Chinese restaurants, where they sat and […]
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supermarket aisle blurred background with laptop computer and green shopping bag on wood table … [+] grocery online concept getty The pandemic not only dramatically increased the amount U.S. consumers spend online, but it shifted how Americans do their grocery shopping. The pandemic made it increasingly common for shoppers to reach for their phones or […]
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Gene Orza, the former MLB Players Association COO, during labor negotiations in 2002 when the threat … [+] of a work stoppage loomed. ASSOCIATED PRESS The 1994 Major League Baseball players’ strike was in full force, a work stoppage that would wipe out the World Series that fall and spill into the ‘95 season. There […]
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Topline The University of California, Berkeley must withhold at least 5,100 acceptance letters for the fall 2022 semester after the state’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision Thursday that forces the university to freeze its enrollment at 2020-21 levels, the San Francisco Chronicle reported, following a suit filed by the school’s neighbors who argue […]
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Target plans to open 30 more stores in 2022 ranging from small to mid-size formats and plans to … [+] remodel 200 of its existing stores. Courtesy of Target Target TGT has done it! The company has surpassed a great milestone reaching $106 billion in revenues for the fiscal year 2021. Sales increased 13.3% over […]
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Nick is Forbes’ Director of Growth, leading initiatives that drive subscriptions to Forbes products. Follow him on Twitter for more audience insights and engagement tips. This is the start of revamping my weekly musings on the pulses of interests that I see across Forbes beyond traffic stats and deeper into what our most loyal subscribers […]
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David Naylor, Rayburn CEO, signs off on Winter Storm Uri bond. Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative, Inc. The week of Feb. 7 history was made in Rockwall, Texas. But there was no jubilation: No hats were tossed into the air, no champagne corks popped. Instead, there was a sense of it is what it is. Rayburn […]
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getty The financial return to college is not the same for everyone. Students who major in certain fields—especially engineering, computer science, finance, economics, and nursing—dramatically increase the chance that they will earn back the cost of their education. Economic returns for other majors aren’t nearly as strong, and many students who choose low-paying majors are […]
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Topline Only 23% of Black adults in the U.S. who are familiar with Black history in the U.S. said K-12 school was where they learned some or all of this information, according to a poll from Pew Research Center published Friday, shedding light on how much focus is given to Black history in U.S. schools. […]
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Don’t let myths of empathy derail your best efforts to be empathetic. getty Empathy is trending, with literally millions of people reading about it, talking about it, posting about it and—most importantly—seeking to demonstrate more empathy. Is empathy more important than it has been in the past? Perhaps. Or it’s possible people are more in […]
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Topline A Virginia judge on Friday temporarily blocked Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) from requiring school districts with mask mandates to offer opt-outs to parents, an early court loss for Youngkin, who joined a wave of Republican governors seeking to bar local mask mandates. Glenn Youngkin speaks to members of the press after casting an […]
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(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Getty Images Next time you pick up a 69-cent can of beans, consider what it took to get that can onto the store shelf. Every can of beans, every bottle of detergent, every bunch of light-green bananas gets to the customer by human hands. And as of late 2021, almost […]
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