Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 5:00am
When the Federal Reserve convenes at the end of January 2023 to set interest rates, it will be guided by one key bit of data: the U.S. inflation rate. The problem is, that stat ignores a sizable chunk of the country – rural America.
Currently sitting at 6.5%, the rate of inflation is still high, even though it has fallen back slightly from the end of 2022.
Published by Nikki Palmer on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 4:00am
Environmental, social and governance business standards and principles, often referred to as ESG, are becoming both more commonplace and controversial.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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%.
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.