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Survey: 1 in 5 Consumers Has Avoided Buying a Brand Over Its Data Practices

Survey: 1 in 5 Consumers Has Avoided Buying a Brand Over Its Data Practices

Survey finds widespread skepticism over how companies collect and use personal data.

HR Pros Say Recruiting, Hiring Is Most Challenging Issue for 2021

HR Pros Say Recruiting, Hiring Is Most Challenging Issue for 2021

Recruiting and hiring is HR professionals' top concern for next year, according to 563 US employers responding to XpertHR's Survey of HR Challenges fo...

Reshoring Initiative Data: Reshoring Is Up in 2020 Despite COVID

Reshoring Initiative Data: Reshoring Is Up in 2020 Despite COVID

Reshoring will continue to be key to manufacturing growth and to U.S. economic recovery in 2021 and beyond.

US Technology Industry M&A Deals Total $125.01 Billion in Q3 2020

US Technology Industry M&A Deals Total $125.01 Billion in Q3 2020

Total technology industry Merger & Acquisition deals in Q3 2020 worth $125.01bn were announced in the US, according to GlobalData’s deals database.

WI: Wisconsin-Based Firm Wins Highest U.S. Honor for Export Success

WI: Wisconsin-Based Firm Wins Highest U.S. Honor for Export Success

Patriot Taxiway Industries has been honored with a 2020 Presidential “E” Award for exports for demonstrating an increase in export sales over a four-y...

KS: Governor Announces $2 Billion in New Capital Investment in 2020

KS: Governor Announces $2 Billion in New Capital Investment in 2020

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced that the State of Kansas has officially surpassed $2 billion in new capital investment in 2020.

NJ: NJEDA Board Approves $2 Million Sustain and Serve NJ Program

NJ: NJEDA Board Approves $2 Million Sustain and Serve NJ Program

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board of Directors approved the creation of the Sustain and Serve NJ Program.

SC: Furman Innovation, Entrepreneurship Gains Global Recognition

SC: Furman Innovation, Entrepreneurship Gains Global Recognition

Furman University’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has been named an Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center.

U.S. Adds 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Rate Falls to 6.9%

U.S. Adds 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Rate Falls to 6.9%

The U.S. added 638,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 6.9 percent in October, according to data released Nov. 6 by the Labor Department.

NJ plastic ban

NJ: State Bans Plastic, Paper Bags in One of U.S.'s Most Stringent Laws

Supermarkets in New Jersey will no longer be able to give paper bags to customers starting in mid-2022.