J.C. Penney, one of the nations largest retail companies, is laying off 2,000 people and closing 33 stores. The news did not surprise most economists and those who keep an eye on the business world.
The University of California, Los Angeles, has the most driven students in the country, based on a report from the company Views On You.
The company, based in London, gathers information from students to help match them with the companies that best match their skill sets.
The company bases a person’s personality on three factors – energy, which gauges how you work; interpersonal, which gauges how you interact with others; and intelligence, which gauges how you think.
The announcement this month that as many as 40 million Target customers may have had their credit and debit account information stolen emphasizes the need for businesses to maintain strong cyber security.
Target revealed that between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, credit and debit card numbers, customer names, card expiration dates and three-digit security codes were all taken when the company’s database was hacked.
General Motors (GM) – as well as most major car companies – are offering a discount on car purchases for college students, allowing them to purchase vehicles for thousands of dollars less.
The offer is extended to college students, recent college graduates and current nursing school and graduate students, according to the GM website.
A better economy – and the appearance of 2014 models on dealership lots – have led to the lowest used car prices in four years.
Drivers who went through the recession and kept their old cars running have now reached a point where they need to purchase new vehicles, according to an article on USA Today. The newspaper reported that lower unemployment rates, an overall better economy, low loan rates and the willingness of banks to lend have also made this an attractive used car buying season.
In another sign of an improving economy, Macy’s reported on Wednesday that profits in the third quarter far exceeded analyst’s expectations.
Most experts had projected a 39-cent jump in Macy’s profits, but instead the retailer reported an increase of 47 cents per share. That’s a 31% jump from profits in the third quarter of 2012.
“We were able to achieve a very successful third quarter of 2013, despite the tepid economic climate,” said Terry J. Lundgren, chairman, president and CEO of Macy’s, according to USA Today.
About 75% of female entrepreneurs are upbeat about their businesses, and 79% said their business was not impacted by the government shutdown.
A new Cox business survey showed women business leaders are concerned about the national debt ceiling not being raise. About 56% said in the survey that another recession is likely unless Congress finds a compromise and agrees to raise the debt ceiling.
A new survey finds that 69% of Americans would rather remain jobless than work for a company with a bad reputation.
However, more than half of currently employed employees would go to a company with a bad reputation – if they were offered a substantial increase in pay.
A new poll finds that many workers suffer from the “Sunday night blues” – that feeling of dread about returning to the workplace on Monday morning.
The Monster.com poll found that only 22% of workers did not experience feelings of anxiety and dread as their weekend ends and they prepare to return to work on Monday morning. Almost half of the people surveyed – 47% – characterized their Sunday nights as “really bad.”
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits increased in the last full week of September, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report released this week. The number of …
