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Summer Tourists Flock To Boardwalks And Piers While Sticking To Their Budgets

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/20/2024 - 4:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of tourists flocking to the waterfront is back to normal, meaning pre-2020 levels. But while the affluent are spending freely, lower-income vacationers are sticking to carefully planned-out budgets.

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Omaha Economist’s Survey Of Bank Executives Shows ‘Rural Mainstreet’ Economy Still Stumbling

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/20/2024 - 2:00am

OMAHA — For the 12th consecutive month, a Creighton University-led survey of regional bankers reported a below growth neutral reading for the economy on “rural mainstreet.”

Creighton University since 2006 has released its monthly Rural Mainstreet Index, which is based on a survey of bank chief executives in 10 states including Nebraska, targeting about 200 rural communities with an average population of 1,300.

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Sweet And Salty Deal Worth $30 Billion Would Put M&M's And Snickers Alongside Cheez-It And Pringles

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/20/2024 - 2:00am

This Oct. 14, 2014, photo shows Cheez-It crackers in Concord, N.H.
(Matthew Mead / AP Photo)

M&M's maker Mars is buying Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-Its and Pop-Tarts, for nearly $30 billion in an effort to broaden its snacking portfolio and expand globally.

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Could 2 NASA Astronauts Be Stuck At The Space Station Until Next Year? Here's What To Know

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/13/2024 - 8:00am

This photo provided by NASA shows Boeing's Starliner spacecraft which launched astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station docked to the Harmony module's forward port on July 3, 2024, seen from a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft docked to the adjacent port.
(NASA via AP)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is wrestling over how and when to bring two astronauts back from the International Space Station, after repeatedly delaying their return aboard Boeing's troubled capsule.

Do they take a chance and send them home soon in Boeing's Starliner? Or wait and bring them back next year with SpaceX?

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Middle America Rattled by Jobs Report

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/13/2024 - 7:00am

For the past four years, inflation has rattled local small businesses across the country. The inflation rate peaked in 2022, but of course the cost of goods never went back down.

In fact, the prices just kept rising, just not at the same clip they had been rising at the peak.

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The Final Image Of Simone Biles At The Olympics Was A Symbol Of Joy — And Where The Sport Is Going

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/13/2024 - 6:00am

Simone Biles, of the United States, smiles after winning silver during the women's artistic gymnastics individual floor finals at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Paris, France.
(Francisco Seco / AP Photo)

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles cast a knowing glance across the awards podium toward Jordan Chiles.

The longtime friends and U.S. gymnastics teammates knew they needed to find a way to honor Brazilian star Rebeca Andrade. They just weren't sure how.

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The Problem With Pronatalism: Pushing Baby Booms To Boost Economic Growth Amounts To A Ponzi Scheme

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/13/2024 - 5:00am

Children from Stepping Stone School in Tyler, Texas, ride together in a wagon pulled by their teacher for their annual parking lot Fourth of July parade on Friday, July 3, 2020.
(Sarah A. Miller / Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates.

Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted so-called “pronatalist” measures in the belief that doing so will defuse a demographic time bomb. These range from tax breaks and housing benefits for couples who have children to subsidies for fertility treatments.

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Nebraska U.S. Senate Candidate Dan Osborn Criticizes Kellogg’s Closure

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/13/2024 - 4:00am

OMAHA — Nebraska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Osborn, who led a strike in 2021 against Kellogg’s, expressed frustration Tuesday that 600 cereal plant workers he helped negotiate better pay and benefits for had learned the Omaha factory would close.

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The Good, The Bad And The Awful – How Business Reacts To Online Reviews

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/13/2024 - 3:00am

Every day travellers across the globe are flocking to popular destinations, eager to relax and create memories.

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Harris And Walz Show Their Support For Organized Labor With Appearance At Detroit Union Hall

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 08/13/2024 - 2:00am

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, with Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (left) and Shawn Fain, President of the UAW (right) speaks at a campaign rally at UAW Local 900, Thursday, August 8, 2024, in Wayne, Mich.
(Julia Nikhinson / AP Photo)

WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, played up their support for organized labor at a Detroit-area union hall on Thursday, with the Democratic nominee saying “we're all in this together” as the new ticket lavishes attention on a crucial base of support.

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Business News

Summer Tourists Flock To Boardwalks And Piers While Sticking To Their Budgets

Omaha Economist’s Survey Of Bank Executives Shows ‘Rural Mainstreet’ Economy Still Stumbling

Sweet And Salty Deal Worth $30 Billion Would Put M&M's And Snickers Alongside Cheez-It And Pringles

Could 2 NASA Astronauts Be Stuck At The Space Station Until Next Year? Here's What To Know

Middle America Rattled by Jobs Report

The Final Image Of Simone Biles At The Olympics Was A Symbol Of Joy — And Where The Sport Is Going

The Problem With Pronatalism: Pushing Baby Booms To Boost Economic Growth Amounts To A Ponzi Scheme

Nebraska U.S. Senate Candidate Dan Osborn Criticizes Kellogg’s Closure

The Good, The Bad And The Awful – How Business Reacts To Online Reviews

Harris And Walz Show Their Support For Organized Labor With Appearance At Detroit Union Hall

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