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Read more about 37 mn Americans to travel during Memorial Day weekend as tourism picks up on Business Standard. More than 37 million Americans are expected to travel during the Memorial Day holiday weekend as US tourism has substantially picked up after more than a year of the Covid-19 pandemic
But finding people has been a job itself. She's posted "help wanted" ads for home health aides on Craigslist, Indeed and Facebook, promising $13 to $16 per hour and weekly paychecks. She's had several people send in resumes, and many of them have been impressive, but after the initial screening phone call, she said she gets repeatedly ghosted. "My daughters play soccer, and it's gotten to the point where I go to the games and I ask all the parents, 'do you know anyone that needs a job?'" Gosline said. "It's so hard - it's tough." Nationwide labor shortage The U.S. is experiencing a la...
Did the April Housing-Starts Surprise Result from Weather or Materials and Labor Shortage? US new home construction dropped precipitously and permits were weak in the face of unprecedented demand for new homes, but multifamily construction showed signs of revival May 18, 2021 data: US Department of Commerce; graph: ForConstructionPros.com U.S. housing starts fell significantly more than expected in April. The Commerce Department’s monthly data release Tuesday estimating housing starts fell 9.5% in April to a 1.569 million-unit seasonally adjusted annual rate. Reuters’ monthly economist...
SC and NC were in the path of the pipeline hack. Here's what could be done in the future The Sun News 5 hrs ago Chase Karacostas, The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) May 19—The hack that shuttered a sprawling oil and gas pipeline system from Texas to New Jersey exposed major flaws in North and South Carolina's energy infrastructure and regulation, experts say. Popular Searches Colonial Pipeline shut down May 7 after Eastern European criminals took hold of its business information systems. After round-the-clock efforts, the company slowly began restarting operations on May 12...
View Comments Greenville earned recognition as one of the "breakout cities on the forefront of America’s economic recovery" in a Wall Street Journal article published Monday. Greenville's downtown and city center, home to Falls Park, earned a nod, as did its large and small-business recruitment driven by companies like Michelin and BMW. The city shared the spotlight with other midsize cities like Des Moines, Iowa, and Provo, Utah — locations with "high-tech jobs and old-line industries" that survived COVID-19 with fewer job losses and faster recoveries. The article also recogniz...