OMAHA, Neb. — The Agriculture Department announced more than $223 million in grants and loans Wednesday to help small- and mid-sized meat processing plants expand as part of a larger $1 billion effort to boost competition in the highly concentrated industry. The effort is expected to ...
NEW YORK — The National Retail Federation, the nation's largest retail trade group, expects holiday sales growth will slow to a range of 6% to 8%, compared with the blistering 13.5% growth of a year ago. But inflation can pump up sales even if people are buying less, and with prices surging to uncomfortable levels, industry analysts believe that inflation-adjusted sales could be flat, or even negative this year. Holiday sales have risen an average of 4.9% over the past 10 years but Americans ramped up spending during the pandemic, which accounted for some outsized sales ...
Bringing with him decades of experience in the real-estate business, Lawrence Ross is excited to be back in Pennsylvania with a downtown location specializing in real estate consulting. Ross began working on the downtown location of Ross and Rockwell Real Estate Consulting in early July of ...
Smokey Smoke Smoke Shop LLC, located at 1936 Frey Ave. is a newly opened tobacco smoke shop. The store, which held their grand opening on Aug. 2, offers tobacco products, CBD products, Pennsylvania skill games and more. “It’s a great business. A lot of people want to smoke to feel ...
The value of an internship is unmistakable. It teaches marketable skills, it builds professional networks, and it helps students test-drive careers. But the benefits are not available to all: Close to half of all internships are unpaid, putting them out of reach for students who need ...
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved antitrust legislation targeting the dominance of Big Tech companies by giving states greater power in competition cases and increasing money for federal regulators. The bipartisan measure passed by a 242-184 vote. It was separated from more ambitious provisions aimed at reining in Meta, Google, Amazon and Apple and cleared by key House and Senate committees. Those proposals have languished for months, giving the companies time for vigorous lobbying campaigns against them. The more limited bill would give states an upper hand over ...
