Economy

By Linda Chase. How to start a local small business Are you scouring JobbingHood for the perfect job but not finding your calling? Maybe job descriptions feel too limiting or you cringe at the thought of a 9-to-5. Or perhaps you…
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By Ted James. The average tax refund in the United States totals about $3,000. That's a good chunk of change, so it's no wonder that Americans are eager to take advantage of this financial boost. While many people spend their refunds…
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It is true that the topic of being your own boss brings with it a myriad of benefits, such as financial and personal improvement, but usually, when this information is shared, it is accompanied by quite generalized advice or quite…
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You see the word SEO all the time on the web. You know it stands for Search Engine Optimization. By now you also know it's important for your business which means you know you need it, but, do you really know what it is? Do…
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By Jobbinghood's editor There are two ways to promote your business online: One is through paid search advertising and the other is through free or low cost Organic Search techniques. Paid advertising, also known as Search Engine…
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Retransmitted by Jobbinghood's editor 2020 was an incredibly challenging year for everybody – few people who could claim that it wasn’t. For those involved in retail, both in-store and online, it was a whole other. The effects of the…
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When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed America’s first federal minimum wage into law in 1938, it was 25 cents per hour. Adjusted for inflation, that would be worth about $4.45 today.Scroll over the chart to see the US federal…
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Some Republicans say high wages in the U.S. are hurting America's global competitiveness. See the countries where wages are even higher.
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Lehman's failure shook Wall Street to its core. The Dow plummeted 504 points, the equivalent of 1,300 points today. Some $700 billion vanished from retirement plans and other investment funds. The panic that followed plunged the American…
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1. Trouble in paradise: For the past decade, a river of easy money rushed into emerging markets. Now that powerful force is reversing. Rising interest rates, along with trade wars, have started a stampede out of some…
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