Tag: Business

The 4 Traits of Good Leaders to Be Empathetic and Achieve Good Results in Teamwork

By Daniel Colombo Leading is one of the most important functions that a person can develop in front of a team; however, the challenges of being able to do it properly are many and varied. It is common to hear those who are directed speak saying that they feel excessive pressure or harshness from their superiors; and these,…


Borrow Your Own Money?

Dear Dave, I have a question about self-banking with whole term life insurance. The way I understand it, you can accrue a cash balance, borrow against it, and then pay interest to yourself. Is this worth it, or should I stay away from it and continue using a bank? Kunal Dear Kunal, Actually, it’s a…


Growing Crackdown Sparks Foreign Exodus From Chinese Stocks

WASHINGTON—China has escalated its regulatory crackdown on its private sector, sending shockwaves across the global markets. The move, which wiped out more than $765 billion of value from U.S.-listed Chinese companies in the past few months, sends a stark message to dozens of domestic firms that seek to tap into U.S. capital markets. Beijing’s crackdown…


Delta Airlines Announces the Hiring of More Than 2,000 Employees in Georgia

Georgia’s largest private employer has announced the hiring of more than 2,000 employees since January, bolstering the state’s pandemic recovery. Delta Air Lines announced the hiring of 2,216 people this week, adding to the nearly 30,000 employees who work for the company in the state. It also plans to expand nonstop international routes in Atlanta…


Struggling Startup Lordstown Motors Gets $400 Million Investment

LORDSTOWN, Ohio—Lordstown Motors has received a $400 million investment as the struggling electric truck maker continues to push toward production of its new pickup this fall. The Ohio company, which has been under scrutiny over the claims it has made about the number of orders it has received for its trucks, said in a filing…


Lockheed’s F-35A Could Face First Price Rise in Years as Inflation Bites

WASHINGTON—Lockheed Martin Corp said future F-35A fighter jets could be more expensive as rising inflation and customer demands halt a 64 percent drop in price since the jet was first introduced in 2007. The first F-35A cost $221 million when it came off the production line in 2007. Since then, production quantities and know-how have…


Bezos Offers NASA $2 Billion in Exchange for Moon Mission Contract

SEATTLE—Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. NASA in April awarded rival billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s…


Analysis: Arizona, Virginia Cities Dominate Top 10 Places to Buy First Home

Despite the coronavirus pandemic that overtook the country during 2020, 40 percent of all housing purchases last year were made by first-time buyers, a 14 percent increase over 2019. A new study from WalletHub looks at 300 cities nationwide of varying sizes to rank the best places for new home buyers based on key indicators….


Crocs Sues Walmart for ‘Copying’ Its Famous Shoes

By Entrepreneur Staff The Crocs firm filed lawsuits against firms such as Walmart, Hobby Lobby and Loeffler Randall “for copying” the design of its famous plastic shoes. The company believes that more than 20 companies have violated its intellectual property rights and that, in the case of Walmart, it sells its version of plastic shoes…


6 Career Paths You Can Dominate Without a College Degree

The percentage of Americans aged 25 or older with at least a bachelor’s degree jumped 7 percentage points last decade, from about 29 percent in 2010 to 36 percent in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But there are career paths you can dominate without a college degree. The U.S. Census Bureau statistic means…