American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global Jewish advocacy organization, is urging concerted initiatives by European governments to confront rising anti-Semitism, following the release of deeply troubling findings from an EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) survey of Jews across Europe. The survey results were announced today in Brussels by European Union First Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioner for Justice Věra Jourová….
The Problem of Men and Women Defining “Sexual Harassment” Differently
According to a recent survey, the American Family Survey, what constitutes sexual harassment depends on one’s age and gender. The survey found that younger people and men were less likely than women and older Americans to view actions as sexual harassment. The survey found large gaps between women and men’s experiences. For example, 28% of…
Arguably George HW Bush’s Biggest Domestic Success
By the Price of Business show, Media Partner of The Times USA. Recently Kevin Price, Host of the nationally syndicated Price of Business show, interviewed Hessam Parzivand, who practices Employment Law in the Houston area. Parzivand is a show regular and has is an important source of information on the law as it deal with…
UCLA Anderson Forecast’s Economy is in the Process of Downshifting
UCLA Anderson Forecast’s final quarterly report for 2018 indicates that the economy is in the process of downshifting from 3% growth in real GDP this year to 2% in 2019, and 1% in 2020. Recognizing that the nation and California are experiencing full employment, the Forecast asserts that 3% quarterly growth is not sustainable. With the Federal…
November Online Hiring Takes a Slight Hit in November
Beginning with the December 2018 release, The Conference Board launched the Help Wanted OnLine (HWOL) Index and the revised Help Wanted OnLine® Data Series. The HWOL Index measures changes over time in advertised online job vacancies, improving upon the prior Data Series’ ability to assess local labor market trends. The index does not measure differences…
Amazon’s Influence on the Real Estate Market Most Likely to Overperform in 2019
A handful of metro areas that spent the past year competing for Amazon’s second headquarters – including Washington, D.C., one of the winners – are expected to see their home-value growth outpace the nation in the coming year, according to the 2018 Q4 Zillow® Home Price Expectations Surveyi. The quarterly survey, sponsored by Zillow and…
Canadian Consumers will See a Jump in Food Prices
The average Canadian family is expected to spend $411 more on food in 2019 than in 2018, bringing the total cost of healthy food to $12,157 for the year, according to Canada’s Food Price Report 2019. This is the report’s 9th edition, and the second time it has been released jointly by Dalhousie University and…
The Right Way to Trust Your Process
By Daphne Michaels, Special for The Time USA As a business owner, leader or entrepreneur, has a coach ever said to you, “trust the process?” If so, this may be a good sign — they may be saying that what you’re doing will take you to where you want to go. But, unfortunately, it may also…
Data Privacy’s Importance to Americans
By the Price of Business Show, Hosted by Kevin Price. The Price of Business is a media partner of this site. Price of Business Host Kevin Price talked with cybersecurity expert Tom Kelly, president and CEO of ID Experts, about a recent survey in USA Today that found data privacy was the number one social issue Americans wanted companies to address – above health…
Look Back at the Labor Market of 2018 and Preview of 2019
As a leading provider of research on labor markets, people and performance, ADP today announced the biggest trends that could impact the workplace in 2019. Looking back at the state of the labor market according to the monthly ADP National Employment Report and quarterly Workforce Vitality Report, the U.S. workforce experienced historic gains in 2018. …
“Tale of Two” Housing Markets
The U.S. housing market showed signs of cooling in many of the nation’s largest metros this month with inventory increases outpacing the rest of the country, listing prices slowing and price cuts increasing. In contrast, smaller, more affordable markets continued to see price gains, according to realtor.com’s November housing report released today. During the month…
How Technology is Aiding a GRC Revolution
GRC – Growth, Risk, and Compliance – has fast become the most important movement in business management. Organizations across different industries are implementing GRC solutions to improve overall management, compliance levels, and risk management. One major overlooked factor in the growth of GRC is the advancements in technology. While GRC solutions may seem similar to…
GOP Leaders Celebrate New Trade Deal with Mexico and Canada
President Trump has said from the beginning that his tariffs were designed to get trading partners back to the table and to hammer out deals that benefits all parties. One of the first areas of focus was with Canada and Mexico. We are now seeing the fruit of that labor. House Ways and Means Committee…
Sex Abuse Complaints on Flights Rampant, with Little Action to Stop It
FlyersRights.org has released 20 detailed passenger complaints of in-flight sexual assaults made to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), obtained pursuant to Freedom of Information Act requests, and posted them on its website at: https://flyersrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DOT-Sexual-Assault-Records.pdf. Paul Hudson, president of FlyersRights.org and a former counsel to the NYS Crime Victims Board, noted, “These complaints show in…
Do Minimum Wage Increases Harm Child Health?
Arkansas and Missouri will increase their minimum wage as a result of midterm election initiatives, and additional ballot measures are in the works in other states for 2020. By studying minimum wage increases in a global context, more can be learned about the health implications minimum wage increases pose for low-income populations in the…
Is the UK on the Verge of a Credit Crisis?
Almost three quarters of retail consumers in the UK (those with liquid assets between £0 and £3,918) do not pay off their credit card balances in full each month, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. By contrast, less than a third of mass affluent consumers (those with liquid assets over £39,177) revolve their…
Women Owned Businesses Have Unique Growth Challenges
Access to bank loans for small businesses climbed last quarter signaling strength and optimism in the economy, according to the latest Private Capital Access Index (PCA Index) from Dun & Bradstreet and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. Fifty-five percent (55%) of surveyed businesses reported successful financing with a business bank loan, a record high since the…
GM Warned Trump of Massive Job Cuts After Tariffs
For many Americans, Thanksgiving weekend is a time to anticipate and look forward to the gift giving of the holiday season. For approximately 14,000 employees of GM and their families (and the many businesses that derive their income from them), that gift planning was dampened by the news that the auto maker were making numerous…
The Gifts in “The 12 Days of Christmas” will Cost More this Year
The PNC Christmas Price Index predicts True Loves will need to have more money on hand to fill the stockings on the mantle this holiday shopping season. To purchase the gifts included in the classic holiday song “The 12 Days of Christmas,” it will cost 1.2 percent more than it did in 2017, according to…
What Impact will Midterms Have on Regulatory Reform?
A divided Congress probably means the status quo will reign on regulation. This is a mixed bag from a free-market perspective. President Trump made some positive reforms upon taking office, but they were via executive order, and can be easily overturned by a future president—Congress needs to pass legislation to give reforms any staying power….
British Taxpayers will Pay Dearly for Incompetent Brexit Handling
United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May recently announced a tentative deal for the UK’s exit from the European Union after a 2016 national referendum ended in a vote to leave the EU. In the wake of the announcement, two cabinet ministers – Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab and Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey – resigned…
From “Recruiting” to “Talent Acquisition”
By the Price of Business of Business show, Media Partner of TTUSA. James Talerico, Jr. who is a contributor on the Price of Business and a leading business consultant with Greater Prairie Business Consulting. Recently he was on the Price of Business show with Kevin Price discussing the paradigm shift in business from “recruiting” to…
New Report Shows How Food Stamp Dollars Flow to Terrorists
By the Price of Business show, Media Partner of The Times USA. Kevin Price, host of the Price of Business show, recently interviewed New York Times best selling author, Peter Schweitzer, about a new report released by the Government Accountability Institute. The Institute’s mission is to hold government agencies accountable. According to its website, the…
Stop Your Meetings from Going Off Track
By the Price of Business Show, Hosted by Kevin Price. The Price of Business is a media partner of this site. Meeting expert Mamie Kanfer Stewart, founder/CEO of Meeteor and co-author of Momentum: Creating Effective, Engaging and Enjoyable Meetings visited The Price of Business Show to speak with host Kevin Price about how to keep your meetings on track.Too often meeting…
To B or not to B
By Marion McGovern, Special for The Times USA I am proud to be part of the leadership team of the Myers-Briggs Company that made the effort to become a Certified B Corporation. Not only did we do all of the necessary work to become certified by B Labs in a way that makes us accountable…
The Supremes Hear Challenge to “Unfair” Class Action Settlement
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a landmark case brought by the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s (CEI) Center for Class Action Fairness (CCAF) challenging an unfair class action settlement in which lawyers and their hand-picked universities and pet causes got millions while class members got nothing. “The Supreme Court has an opportunity to stop…
Is There a “Third Way” in a World of Political Polarization?
The New Center—an organization focused on creating the space for a political center in America – today launched its website and an accompanying policy paper entitled “The Immigration Debate: The Poison Affecting Our Politics.” The New Center grew out of an unlikely partnership between Brookings Institute Scholar Bill Galston and Weekly Standard founder Bill Kristol….
The Most Stressful Part of the Holiday Season
According to a new survey from CompareCards.com, nothing stresses Americans out during the holiday season like shopping. Nearly two-thirds of Americans agreed with the following statement: Shopping is the most stressful part of the holiday season. That doesn’t mean that Americans hate to shop, though. In a wide-ranging series of questions about their views on…
Consumers and Their Relationship with Smart Phones
With an estimated 270 million Americans viewing their smartphones about 14 billion times per day, the smartphone continues to reign supreme as consumers’ preferred device for online actions, as well as for controlling and monitoring many daily activities, according to Deloitte’s U.S. edition of the “2018 Global Mobile Consumer Survey.” This year smartphone penetration rose…
Are You Owner #1 or Owner #2?
By the Price of Business Show, Hosted by Kevin Price. The Price of Business is a media partner of this site. You Don’t Have to be Mean to Be in the Black Which company owner are you? Company Owner #1 was really liked by his employees. His employees should like him. Employees had no controls over how…
Is it Time to Rethink Veterans Day?
Kevin Price, Editor at The Times USA, considers new ways to commemorate Veterans Day in a recent article for Medium…
Iconic Business Magazine Brand Sold for $150 Million
Meredith Corporationtoday announced an agreement to sell the FORTUNE media brand for $150 million cash to Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited, wholly owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close in 2018. Mr. Jiaravanon is affiliated with the Charoen Pokphand Group (www.cpgroupglobal.com), an international conglomerate with businesses…
Everything You Need to Prepare for a Busy Holiday Travel Season
AAA projects 54.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more away from home this Thanksgiving, a 4.8 percent increase over last year. The 2018 holiday weekend will see the highest Thanksgiving travel volume in more than a dozen years (since 2005), with 2.5 million more people taking to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and…
Why Everyone Should Own A Realistic Dildo
There is simply no refuting that modern technology is altering whatever. Hell, simply check out what it has actually done to the Internet and online gambling. And, take a look at what innovation has done for the vehicle and manufacturing industry. Basically, modern technology has actually transformed many locations of life for lots of people….
Extensive and Live Coverage of the 2018 Midterm Elections
The Future of Warfare is Ingenious and Very Sci-fi
The first book in its genre, Genius Weapons: Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Weaponry, and the Future of Warfare (Prometheus Books, November 6, 2018) by Louis A. Del Monte, delineates the new arms race between the United States, China, and Russia to develop genius weapons, weapons whose artificial intelligence greatly exceeds human intelligence and the destructive force…
Majority of Workers Are Fine Seeking Other Employment
Most professionals feel confident testing the employment waters, even from their current office, research suggests. In a survey from global staffing firm Accountemps, 78 percent of workers said they would feel at least somewhat comfortable looking for a new job while with their present company. More than six in 10 respondents (64 percent) indicated they’d…
They Say Bernie Sanders has Avoided a Debate with His GOP Opponent, this May be Why
On Monday, Bernie Sanders showed why he has avoided debating Lawrence Zupan, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. Sanders also refused Zupan’s request for an additional debate. Sanders was frustrated and bewildered during much of the debate, unable to answer directly most of the questions asked, according to sources. The contrasts between the two Senate…
Medical Doctor Group and Nurse Practitioners are at Odds
Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are among the fast growing fields in the healthcare industry. Increasingly, both of these professionals are doing roles that were exclusively for MDs and ODs. This has been due to many factors, including: There’s a need for more medical professional access, particularly with our aging population in the US. NP…
How to Recognize Self-Doubt Before it Makes You Fail
By Daphne Michaels, Special for The Times USA Here is some advice that may save you a lot of anguish on your path to success. Be aware of hidden ravines of self-doubt along the way. Self-doubt can be crippling — it can keep you up at night second guessing yourself; it can undermine your plans…