Last Friday the Labor Department reported for the 104th straight month the economy added jobs, but the news wasn’t all roses because 75,000 jobs were added vs 263,000 in April. The lower jobs report...
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There is an interesting and demographically important trend toward solo living. Today 35.7 million Americans live alone representing 28% of US households. That is up from 13% in 1960 and 23% in 1980,...
Last week I took a one-day round-trip flight between New York and Los Angeles. At some point during my journey, I pondered how much oil the plane was consuming. Unfortunately I took the bait, and...
Over the past 10 years we have been barraged by news of the millennial generation who are charting a new course with different values impacting housing, retailing, the workplace, social mores, and a...
Tuesday morning the Wall Street Journal ran a front page article reporting that small firms are hiring employees at the lowest rate in eight years, and it’s not because they aren’t hiring....
The push to bring more women directors into US boardrooms is front and center. There are more women appointed to board seats than ever, yet the overall percentage of female directors is barely...
Airbnb Inc. has put the hotel business on its ear. The company currently lists 4.92 million rooms compared with Marriott, the largest hotel company globally, who trumpets its 1.29 million room. For...
The Wall Street Journal yesterday published a section on “The Case Against Retirement”. It’s a must read because it outlines two primary statistics against hanging up your spurs. The first is...