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business

WI: Greater Milwaukee Urban League Honors WEDC

The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) was honored with two awards from the Greater Milwaukee Urban League (GMUL) recently.

workforce

Greenwald Releases New Research on Attitudes, Motivation of Job-Seekers

New Research Reveals Job-Seekers in Search of Higher Pay, Work-Life Balance, and Emerging Benefits Amid the Great Resignation

ports

White House Senior Advisor Landrieu to Speak at AAPA Summit

White House Senior Advisor for Infrastructure Implementation Mitch Landrieu will speak at the 2022 AAPA Legislative Summit: Now We Build!

manufacturing

KS: Kansas Business Honored for National Economic Development Award

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly applauded Hill's Pet Nutrition and the Kansas Department of Commerce for being nationally recognized with a Business Facilitie...

technology

MS: Mississippi Awarded $32.7M for Broadband Infrastructure Expansion

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration awarded nearly $32.7 million to the State of Mississippi for broadband infrastructure. ...

equipment

Report: 2021 Machine Tool Orders at Hit Record High $5.91B

December orders for new machine tools totaled $597.1 million, pushing the 12-month total for 2021 new machine-tool orders to $5.91 billion.

retail

NRF: Jan. Retail Sales Overcome Omicron, Inflation To Show Strong Gains

Retail sales powered through COVID-19’s omicron variant, inflation and other challenges to post strong increases in January, the NRF said.

workforce

Salary.com Survey: 52% of Orgs Planning More $$ for Merit Increases in 2022

Half of organizations (52 percent) in Salary.com's Annual Pay Practices and Compensation Strategy Survey are increasing funding for merit increases.

equipment

Equipment Finance Industry Confidence Slips Slightly in February

The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation released the February 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI) last week.

retail

Mastercard SpendingPulse: Retail Sales Off to Solid Start in January

2022 kicked off with gains across nearly all retail sectors, according to Mastercard SpendingPulseTM, which measures in-store and online retail sales....