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business

LA: Louisiana Launches Third Annual American Academy of Entrepreneurs to Accelerate Business Growth

Sixteen Louisiana-based, growth-oriented companies are the third group of participants in the American Academy of Entrepreneurs, a program designed to...

business

Study Finds Nearly Half of Workers Only Receive Feedback on an Annual or Semi-Annual Basis

New research finds a disconnect between employees’ need for performance feedback and how much feedback they receive. About half of workers (48 percent...

business

U.S. GDP for Q2 Falls at 0.9% Rate; Second Straight Quarterly Decrease, Stoking Recession Fears

Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 0.9 percent in the second quarter of 2022, according to the "advance" estimate releas...

alternative energy

Solar and Storage Industry Commends Energy Dept. for Targeted Actions to Expand Community Solar

Sean Gallagher, vice president of state and regulatory affairs at the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), comments on the administration’s eff...

workforce

Alignable's July Hiring Report Says 45% of Small Biz Employers Put Hiring on Hold

For more than a year, small business employers have struggled to fill open positions. And while 51% are still trying to find workers for those posts, ...

energy

U.S Dept. Of Energy, Carnegie Mellon to Host Global Clean Energy Action Forum Sept. 21-23

Join thousands of clean energy leaders from around the world at the Global Clean Energy Action Forum (Global Energy Forum) at the David L. Lawrence Co...

supply chain

Supply Chains Unlikely to Stabilize Until First Half of 2024 or Beyond, According to New Survey

A new survey of supply chain executives by Carl Marks Advisors, in partnership with SupplyChainBrain, underscores the deep and lasting impact of COVID...

ports

AAPA Launches 'Port Opportunities with Energy, Resilience, and Sustainability (POWERS) Program'

The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) — the unified voice of the seaport industry in the Americas — officially launched its Port Opportu...

alt energy

TX: Meijer Invests in Wind Energy, Looks to 50 Percent Reduction of Absolute Carbon Emissions by 2025

Just six months after announcing its goal to reduce 50 percent of its absolute carbon emissions by 2025 – and four months after entering into a solar ...

business

NM: Film Production Spending in State Hits Record at $855 Million for FY2022, a 36% Increase

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham recently announced that direct spending into New Mexico’s economy by the film, television, and digital media pr...