Visualizing Job Growth in Top Tech Markets in North America The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. The tech boom is here, and it’s heating up. Over the past decade, the tech industry has created more than 1 million jobs across the United States. Between 2010 and 2017, […]
Continue ReadingStephens Inc. acquires restructuring advisory business of Blackhill Partners
Little Rock-based financial services firm Stephens Inc. has acquired the restructuring advisory business of Blackhill Partners in Dallas to lead the firm’s new North American restructuring advisory business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed “We have experienced a strong appetite for restructuring expertise in our Stephens Europe Limited operation, and the addition of […]
Continue ReadingCalabria says he’s willing to wipe out Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shareholders
Mark Calabria, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said he’s willing to wipe out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders if needed to protect taxpayers from another bailout. “I’m working for the taxpayers,” Calabria said during testimony Tuesday to the House Financial Services Committee. “If the circumstances present themselves where we have to […]
Continue ReadingDiesel drivers ‘paying more for fuel to subsidise petrol price rises’, AA claims
MOTORISTS with diesel cars are paying more for fuel to subsidise for low petrol price margins for suppliers, says the AA. The motoring association has found that petrol stations charge 3p more to provide a litre of fuel to a diesel car driver than to someone with unleaded. Petrol stations charge 3p more to provide […]
Continue ReadingMoney Saving Expert Martin Lewis says thousands of Brits are paying too much council tax – and reveals how to check
MONEY Saving Expert Martin Lewis has revealed that thousands of Brits are paying too much council tax. The personal finance guru says that up to 400,000 households in England and Scotland are in the wrong band. Martin Lewis revealed his money saving tips for council tax on This Morning today Speaking on This Morning, he […]
Continue Reading10 Key Considerations Before a New Product Launch
If launching a new product was easy, then everyone would be doing it. Instead, even as we’ve discovered in our planning for the launch of our new “coffee table” book of infographics, it requires an incredible combination of vision, deliberation, teamwork, and project management expertise to accomplish something that’s never been done before. And even […]
Continue ReadingGDP may slow to 1.5% in 2020’s first quarter
Remember when the GDP slowed to a three-year low in 2018’s fourth quarter, and everyone started talking about the possibility of a recession? Get ready for a remix, brought to you by China. GDP growth in 2020’s first quarter probably will slow to 1.5% from 2.1% in the prior period, according to a forecast from […]
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