Running one business is hard work, let alone multiple businesses. But that hasn’t stopped Brian and Rebekah Waltz from pushing ahead and opening up a new ice cream shop. For a number of years, the couple have owned and operated Waltz Creamery & Farm House Cafe in Salladasburg. Now, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies crumbled Monday, after a major cryptocurrency lender effectively failed and halted all withdrawals from its platform, citing "extreme market conditions." It's the latest high-profile collapse of a pillar of the cryptocurrency ...
Rachel Major spent much of her eight-year career as a hair stylist working in salons, but with the rising cost of childcare, she had no choice but to stop working and be a stay-at-home-mom for her boys, now ages three and five. That left Major and her family to rely solely on her husband’s ...
FCCB is celebrating their 150th anniversary this year. As part of their ongoing commitment to building better communities, they recently announced the introduction of FCCB Academy, their new online Financial Literacy program. For years, FCCB has invested time, money, and industry experience in the communities they serve. Their partnership with Banzai, provider of an award-winning online program and content library, will allow users to practice real-world finance from the safety of their home or classroom using any internet-enabled device. Students and residents of the community ...
WASHINGTON — Mary Jane Riva, CEO of the Pizza Factory, has a cautionary message for her customers this summer: Prepare to wait longer for your Hawaiian pie or calzone. The Pizza Factory’s 100 West Coast locations are desperately short of workers. With about 12 employees per store, they’re barely half-staffed — just when many more Americans are venturing out to restaurant chains like hers. “The days of 15-minute orders,” Riva said, “may not be happening anymore.” Talk to other employers in America’s vast hospitality sector — hotels, restaurants, public pools, ice ...
HONOLULU — After guests checked out of a corner room at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort on Waikiki beach, housekeeper Luz Espejo collected enough trash, some strewn under beds, to stuff seven large garbage bags. She stripped the linens from the beds, wiped built-up dust off furniture ...
