By ROBIN RABORN BURNS Voice correspondent After more than 20 years running ‘I Am Brakes,’ Ricky Skaggs is ready to retire and devote more time to his passions of creating metal art, designing earrings for local craft shows, and generally pursuing whatever creative spark guides him in this next chapter. ‘I Am Brakes’ has always […]
Quicken’s Business & Personal allows users to track both personal and business finances in one place, but there are things to know before subscribing. d3sign/Getty Images Running a small business or side hustle has arguably never been more common, or perhaps more complicated, than it is in today’s unusual economic landscape. Between managing expenses, separating […]
New York | US consumers showed signs of fatigue leading up to the longest government shutdown, and their outlook has worsened ever since, sending a note of caution heading into the holiday shopping season. Retail sales, not adjusted for inflation, rose a tame 0.2 per cent in September after several months of more robust spending, […]
DULUTH — With Bentleyville lit and the 2025 Christmas City of the North Parade only a memory, the holiday season is here. Check out our guide to related events, and read on for some additional ideas. Only in America would the week following Thanksgiving turn into a secular holy week full of prompts to drop […]
Altcoin prices are expected to surge. XRP and Solana ETFs are outpacing Bitcoin funds in inflows. It comes as markets show signs of recovery. Wall Street betting on XRP and Solana will drive up the price of those assets as altcoin exchange-traded funds gain momentum, analysts say. Newly launched US spot ETFs’ ability to attract […]
All things considered — including the fire that almost took the venue down — COP30 went about as well as it could have. Did the push by European countries to include an explicit new mandate on the “transition away from fossil fuels” make it into the final decision? No. But that was always almost certain […]
Theft of business’s registration leaves owners in limbo: ‘I feel like somebody stole our company’ WSB-TV Read the full article…
On November 19, 2025, AvalonBay Communities announced its Board of Directors declared a US$1.75 per share cash dividend for the fourth quarter of 2025 and completed a US$399.82 million fixed-income offering through the addition of multiple co-lead underwriters. The simultaneous dividend declaration and substantial bond deal highlight the company’s commitment to maintaining shareholder returns while […]
Islamabad, Pakistan – A new assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that corruption in Pakistan is behind an economic crisis driven by “state capture” – where public policy is manipulated to benefit a narrow circle of political and business elites. The Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA), finalised in November 2025, presents […]
(Bloomberg) — Canada’s corporations continue to expand their profits, even as the economy contends with tariff damage. Operating profits rose 3.8% to C$200 billion ($142 billion) in the third quarter, according to data released Monday by Statistics Canada. That’s the fastest pace of growth in two years and follows a seasonally adjusted contraction of 2.4% […]
