Industry News | Trade and Industry Development

Industry News

hospitality

OysterLink Survey: Hospitality Adds 44,000 Jobs in March With Second-Strongest Private Sector Growth

Leisure and hospitality added 44,000 jobs in March, marking its rebound from February’s loss of 11,000 jobs, according to OysterLink analysis of new d...

AI

Survey: More Than a Third of Workers Say They Rarely Check AI Output Before Using It

As AI quickly reshapes daily work, a growing share of employees are letting machine-generated output pass through with little to no human review. Acco...

workplace

Gallup's Annual State of the Global Workplace Report: Global Employee Engagement Continues to Decline

In 2025, global employee engagement declined for the second year in row, as reported in Gallup’s annual State of the Global Workplace report, the worl...

workforce

Eagle Hill Employee Retention Index Indicates That U.S. Workers Are Staying Put

The latest Eagle Hill Consulting Employee Retention Index rose to 105.5 in the first quarter of 2026, up 0.5 points from the previous period and just ...

space

New Orleans Launches the United States Back to Space with NASA’s Artemis Moon Mission

In recognition of NASA’s Artemis II launch, Louisiana and New Orleans are highlighting a legacy decades in the making. Nearly 90 percent of the rock...

tariffs

KPMG Tariff Survey: Businesses Navigate Declining Margins as 55% Plan Further Price Increases

One year after the imposition of significant U.S. tariffs reshaped global trade, new KPMG research stretching across a year of survey data finds U.S. ...

manufacturing

ISM Manufacturing PMI Report: Economic Activity Expands in March for 3rd Straight Month

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in March for the third consecutive month, say the nation's supply executives in the latest ISM®...

workforce

KS: Grant Applications Open to Expand Rural Registered Apprenticeship Programs

Kansas Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland announced $500,000 in Rural Apprenticeship Innovation for a Strong Economy (RAISE) f...

business

Survey: 63% of Workers Say AI Will Make the Workplace Feel Less Human in 2026

A new national survey of more than 1,000 employed U.S. adults from AI resume builder Resume Now® suggests that the biggest impact of AI may not be jus...

ports

GA: Georgia Ports Authority Welcomes New President of Gateway Terminals Savannah

Gateway Terminals Savannah has announced the appointment of Bryan Blalock as President effective April 13. He will succeed the current President of Ga...