Washington – The U.S. Labor Department issued a final rule last Sunday that clarifies when a worker is employed by more than one company, an issue that affects franchise businesses such as McDonald’s and firms that have outsourced services, such as cleaning and maintenance.
The owners of a west Omaha smartphone repair shop recently expanded to Midtown Crossing with plans to open more additional locations across Omaha.
The new store, which is a franchise of uBreakiFix, opened Dec. 31 at 3157 Farnam St., Suite 7103. The shop offers repair services for smartphones, tablets, computers and other electronic devices including drones, hoverboards and game consoles.
Court-involved youth are more than two and a half times as likely to have a mentor than they were five years ago, but many young people still lack mentorship.
Mentor Nebraska, the Omaha nonprofit formerly called Midlands Mentoring Partnership, launched its seventh annual mentoring recruitment campaign last week in recognition of January as National Mentoring Month.
The University of Nebraska recently released an episode of its “Leading Nebraska” podcast series, featuring the UNO-based Nebraska Business Development Center’s work in supporting business growth and economic development across the state.
Dollar General has opened a new urban concept store in downtown Omaha that blends a traditional dollar store with a quick-trip convenience store.
The DGX store is located in the northeast corner of the Brandeis Building, a block away from the federal and county courthouses and Omaha-Douglas Civic Center, at 210 S. 16th St., Suite 115.
New York – CIT Group Inc. recently announced that its banking subsidiary, CIT Bank N.A., completed the acquisition of Mutual of Omaha Bank on Jan. 1, 2020.
The purchase price was approximately $1 billion, comprised of $850 million in cash and about 3.1 million shares of CIT stock, which were issued to Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.
Lincoln – Business entities can start filing their annual and biennial reports.
Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen said that notices have been mailed out to domestic and foreign corporations, as well as limited liability partnerships, explaining the procedure for filing and the deadlines.