SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — As the pandemic took a toll on many existing businesses throughout Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania, some actually began their business. Downtown Scranton is an example of that which welcomed the hair salon The Mane Room in September 2020 and Commonwealth Coffeehouse which opened this past February. Greater Scranton Chamber of […]
Bitcoin has slipped in price at the start of the week, having taken three days to recover from a mini flash crash last Thursday. Bitcoin is trading at just above $33,000 on Tuesday, with many leading cryptocurrencies also seeing a similar price slide. Binance Coin, Ethereum (ether), Ripple (XRP) and dogecoin all fell by between […]
People make their way in a local street of Chinatown in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo July 13 (Reuters) – Confidence among small businesses in the United States improved slightly in June after declining in May, despite owners worrying about a labor shortage and […]
U.S. consumer prices likely continued to climb swiftly in June, as the economic recovery gained steam and demand outpaced the supply of labor and materials. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal estimate that the Labor Department will report the consumer-price index increased 5% in June from a year ago, matching May’s increase and continuing […]
DENVER (CBS4) – A few small business owners outside Coors Field say the All-Star Game is the boost they needed to recover from the pandemic and fan-less 2020 season. The licensed street vendors say this is the opportunity they needed. (credit: CBS) “When we found out the All-Star was going to be here it was like, […]
The announcement last Friday that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) executive board approved an allocation of $650 billion worth of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) is a “much-needed step in the right direction,” Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said, “but more will be needed, and IMF member countries should aim at ultimately allocating […]
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Cresset Capital founder Jack Ablin and Payne Capital Management’s Courtney Dominguez join ‘Making Money with Charles Payne’ U.S. stocks rose across the board as investors position themselves ahead of key inflation data and earnings from the likes of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, both due Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose over 130 points or […]
The U.S. Dollar is trading higher against a basket of currencies on Monday as investors position-themselves ahead of the release of the June U.S. consumer price inflation (CPI) report on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters expect U.S. core consumer inflation in June to have risen 0.4% from May and 4.0% from a year earlier after […]
A JPMorgan logo is seen in New York City, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo July 12 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co’s (JPM.N) Securities Services division is setting up a new data business which will be led by Gerard Francis, who joins the bank from Bloomberg, a memo seen by Reuters showed. The […]
