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Provided by Dow Jones By Hannah Lang The South is leading the U.S. labor markets recovery from the pandemics initial shock as the only major region with continued payroll growth at the end of last year while the rest of the country lost jobs. Southern states logged job growth across the private sector in December, including services industries, which were hit hard by the pandemic, and manufacturing, according to a Labor Department report that provides details on t...

WRAL TechWire keeps tabs on the latest and greatest meetups, panels, workshops, conferences, application deadlines and all things happening in the North Carolina startup/tech world. “The Headliners” is a multi-part weekly roundup of upcoming events to add to your calendar. Following is a list of January events in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle area. To find out what’s happening this month in cities outside of the Triangle, check out part two of the “Headliners” ...

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WRAL TechWire keeps tabs on the latest and greatest meetups, panels, workshops, conferences, application deadlines and all things happening in the North Carolina startup/tech world. “The Headliners” is a multi-part weekly roundup of upcoming events to add to your calendar. Following is a list of January events in Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill and the greater Triangle area. To find out what’s happening this month in cities outside of the Triangle, check out part two of the “Headliners” ...

Las Vegas Weekly You don’t need us to tell you that 2020 was rough. And no one’s foolish enough to believe that simply because the calendar has turned past December 31, things will instantly get better. The next couple of months, in particular, could feel like an extension of what most consider the worst year of our lifetime. But there’s light on the horizon, for humanity in general and for Las Vegans in particular. You just have to know where to look … The vaccine rollout In a calendar...

mfr.com Dec. 28: Friday, Jan. 8, delivers the December employment report, along with November wholesale inventories and November consumer credit. The jobs data are tougher than usual to predict, with complicating factors including sizeable holiday-related seasonal adjustment that may distort outcomes, as patterns are anything but normal at the moment. Other tough-to-assess factors include the degree of pandemic-related softness in the service sector, and the speed at which underlying gains are ...

As COVID-19 Cases Rise and Restrictions Loom, Small Business Owners See Long Road to Recovery As COVID-19 Cases Rise and Restrictions Loom, Small Business Owners See Long Road to Recovery With COVID-19 cases surging and a new wave of restrictions looming, challenges persist for small business owners as they continue to weather the pandemic according to data from the Q4 Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. While the index score rose 12 points for the second straight quarter, overall optimis...

The area continues to outperform the state. Floridas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 6.4% in November, the same as in October. The local unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted.  The state has added 721,500 private sector jobs between May and November, according to the Department of Economic Opportunity. Nonagricultural employment grew by 4,000 jobs statewide between October and November.  States like Florida and Georgia, which are allowing businesses to open and operate i...

Wells Fargo economists foresee healthy recovery for U.S. in second half of 2021 Global economic recovery ‘already under way’ Monday, December 14, 2020 11:15 AM A return to normal from the coronavirus pandemic remains the biggest known wild card for both the U.S. and global economies, and the pace of the pending vaccine rollout could accelerate or put the brakes on the rate of economic recovery, according to an analysis Thursday by Wells Fargo economists. ...