by David Westenhaver | May 23, 2022 | Economy, Featured, International Trade, Jobs, Newest
Robert Miller, the president and founder of Travel Advocates, was on pace for his best year ever when Covid hit. His business, which helps large groups book travel and accommodations throughout the country, earned two-thirds of its revenue from foreigners traveling to...
by Lucy Papachristou | May 17, 2022 | Economy, Featured, Manufacturing
Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf meets manufacturing workers in Hatboro, Penn. in 2015. (Photo: Flickr, CC BY 2:0) Stephen Ory’s career in manufacturing stretches back three decades, in shipyards, electricity utility, and nuclear. But when the nuclear power station he...
by Brianna Monsanto | May 17, 2022 | Economy, Featured
A cook with no cookware is like a fish with no water. For an Alabama cook at a Huntsville gastropub cuisine restaurant, who asked to go by Sean, what sounds like a cook’s worst nightmare has become a recurring problem for the past two years. Sean and his...
by David Westenhaver | May 3, 2022 | Economy, Featured, International Trade
The last two international trade reports have shown the US trade deficit holding at a record high. Tomorrow, the latest report will be released. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect the deficit to hit a new record, likely over $100 billion, compared with about $89...
by Ana Teresa Solá | May 1, 2022 | Featured, Manufacturing
The manufacturing sector made slight progress in the month of March, and evidence points towards a similar outcome for April. Regional indexes from the Chicago and Philadelphia Fed declined last month, also signaling that the ISM number may not spike drastically. ...
by David Westenhaver | Apr 6, 2022 | Economy, Featured, International Trade
At least once a month, Bobby Garg, the president and CEO of SG Worldwide Inc., pays for a shipment of high-end whiskey and gin from India. A distillery in Uttar Pradesh makes the liquor. Dockworkers load the alcohol into a 20-foot crate, then place the crate on a ship...
