22 June 2020
1) Oil has passed$40 a barrel, continuing a slow but steady recovery. This could be signaling a reawakening of the U.S. shale oil production. This rally allows the oil industry…
The Major Factor in Black Lives Matter!
As so often the case with social problems, the obsolescence of people is ignored which makes finding any real solutions impossible. James Lyman BSAE, BSEE, MSSM The problems for American…
19 June 2020
1) Kroger, the largest supermarket chain in the U.S., has been surprised by a 92% gain in its e-commerce sales. The giant has lagged behind its competitors like Walmart, Amazon…
18 June 2020
1) Retail giant Target has announced it is raising the minimum wage they pay to store and warehouse workers to $15 an hour, a $2 increase. Target had 350,000 workers…
17 June 2020
1) As restaurants start to reopen, they are finding a serious problem- it takes cash to reopen again, cash that many don’t have in the bank. The cost of food,…
16 June 2020
1) The markets sank Monday, down by 762 points, when the news of the Feds bond-buying plan became known, reversing the selling to buying which raised the Dow up 150…
15 June 2020
1) The Independent Restaurant Coalition estimates that 85% of the independent restaurants may go bust by the end of 2020. The independent restaurants comprise 70% of all the restaurants in…
12 June 2020
1) The markets took a sharp drop over fears of another shutdown as the number of Convid-19 cases began rising from states starting to opening up for business. The Dow…
GENERAL CHARLES “CQ” BROWN BECOMES FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN USA MILITARY SERVICE CHIEF
By: Economic & Finance Report General Charles “CQ” Brown has done it…. He is the first African American US Air Force chief of staff, and the first African American to…
11 June 2020
1) This last April, the government offered $349 billion dollars to small businesses, in their stimulates package called the Paycheck Protection Program or PPP, as a way of limiting the…