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Inside The Controversial Sales Practices Of The Nation’s Biggest Title Lender

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 5:00am

In her mid-20s, Cordelius Brown thought she had found the perfect job. She was thriving as a store manager at TitleMax, a Savannah, Georgia-based company that dominates a segment of the state’s subprime lending industry known as title lending.

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‘Right To Repair’ Advocate Plans To Wait And See If Recent MOU Really Helps

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/24/2023 - 4:00am

LINCOLN — If a tractor on State Sen. Tom Brandt’s farm near Plymouth breaks down, he doesn’t reach for a wrench but for a telephone — because only a John Deere technician can discern what a computer-coded alert of a problem means on one of its modern tractors or combines.

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2023 Nebraska Business Hall Of Fame Honorees Announced

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 5:00am

LINCOLN, Nebraska — January 12, 2023 — The NE Chamber and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) College of Business today announced the 2023 inductees into the Nebraska Business Hall of Fame, including:

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Worker Strikes And Union Elections Surged In 2022 – Could It Mark A Turning Point For Organized Labor?

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/10/2023 - 5:00am

Workers organized and took to the picket line in increased numbers in 2022 to demand better pay and working conditions, leading to optimism among labor leaders and advocates that they’re witnessing a turnaround in labor’s sagging fortunes.

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Creighton University’s Latest Economic Conditions Survey Shows Rising Risk Of Recession

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/10/2023 - 4:00am

OMAHA — Creighton University’s latest survey of manufacturing supply managers in a region including Nebraska signals a rising risk this year of a recession.

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Global Economy 2023: Why There Will Still Be Plenty Of Pressure On Food Prices In The Year Ahead

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/10/2023 - 3:00am

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, the closely watched food price index of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reached its highest recorded level, stoking consumer prices across the world. In the UK, for example, the prices of many everyday items increased way ahead of inflation, with bread and eggs both up 18% in the year to December, and milk up 30%.

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Bellevue Chamber Of Commerce Suspends Programming In Wake Of Woes With Tax-Exempt Status

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/10/2023 - 1:00am

BELLEVUE, Nebraska — Programs have been suspended at the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce & Community as the agency tries to regain tax-exempt status, which it lost a decade ago for failure to properly file federal tax forms.

Chamber president and CEO Michelle Andahl this week announced her departure in light of the tax problem that apparently she was not told about when hired less than two years ago.

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Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 5:00am

In late 2021, the right-wing site Conservative Beaver published a story falsely claiming the FBI had arrested Pfizer’s CEO for fraud.

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Americans’ Personal Savings Rate Is Near An All-Time Low – An Economist Explains What It Means As A Potential Recession Looms

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 4:00am

The rate at which Americans are saving money has dipped close to an all-time low, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The personal savings rate was 2.3% as of October, down from 7.3% a year earlier. It’s the lowest since July 2005, when the rate hit a record low of 2.1%.

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6 Ways To Make Extra Money In Retirement

Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/03/2023 - 2:00am

More than 1 in 4 retirees say they're spending more than they can afford, according to an October 2022 survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. With inflation at 7.1% in November, it's not surprising that savings aren't going as far as they used to. But there are ways to bring in extra income without taking on a full-time job.