Home prices are rising coast to coast and are outstripping wages and rents. Some say it’s another housing bubble. But it’s nothing like the mid 2000s.
Author: Michael Braga, USA TODAY
Delays in holiday deliveries, delays in returns, plague small businesses
Unusually high holiday season shipping volumes and long delays at UPS, FedEx and especially USPS anger customers and hammer small businesses.
American manufacturers pine for home as COVID disruptions, Trump tariffs shake up supplies
President Trump’s trade war was supposed to encourage American manufacturers to pack up their international operations and move home. Did it happen?
Two small banks failed in October. They won’t be the last if COVID leaves some businesses struggling to pay loans.
Two banks failed in October and experts expect more to follow as Covid-related loan problems mount.
With stimulus stalled, shortfalls in tax revenues leave states facing layoffs, service cuts
Covid crisis and dropping oil prices have impacted state tax collections. Declining revenues may force layoffs cuts or tax increase in the year ahead.
State budget hits due to coronavirus are trickling in and it’s not pretty
States are reporting the first tax revenue decimated by the coronavirus pandemic. Georgia, Texas, Pennsylvania and Tennessee are seeing big declines.
Housing markets in most big cities struggle because of coronavirus shutdowns, but these markets buck the trend
Most major metro areas have seen a drop in new listings and inventory, but Atlanta, Raleigh_Durham and a couple of Texas cities are bucking the trend.
Summer internship canceled? Not at these companies embracing virtual versions
There won’t be any college kids on Humana’s five main campuses around the country this summer. Their summer intern program is going virtual.