All The New Economy
- Chelsea Welch, Applebee's waitress, fired. How do you handle mandatory tipping?
Chelsea Welch, an Applebee's waitress was fired for posting online a pastor's complaint about a mandatory 18 percent tip. Chelsea Welch's response aside, how would you handle Applebee's mandatory tip?
US job growth like 'Groundhog Day' – all over againUS economy adds 157,000 jobs in January – tepid growth that the labor market can't seem to break out of. But upward revisions to last year's job numbers suggest the US has regained 61 percent of the employment it lost during the Great Recession.
Martin Luther King: His 'dream' is great business strategyMartin Luther King defined his dream and created a plan to reach it. Entrepreneurs who do the same may not achieve Dr. King's grand results, but they can achieve great success.
Home, car sales getting back their grooveNotes of optimism at Detroit auto show and stronger home sales and housing starts suggest recovery is gaining strength. But a return to normal will have to wait until 2014.
The one thing it takes to be an entrepreneurTo prepare to be an entrepreneur, forget the economic outlook and your personal uncertainty. Just focus on this one key factor motivating each entrepreneur.
Why we need pirates in cyberspaceWhenever governments have tried to regulate new common areas – from oceans to airwaves – pirates have moved in. They remind us that some areas should be free.
2013: the year to find a new job – if the economy will let youA third of workers are eager to change jobs. But with unemployment still high at 7.8 percent and job growth tepid, a job switch will prove more difficult for some workers than others.
Are we halfway back from the Great Recession? Not really.The private sector has regained just over half of the 7.7 million jobs it lost during the Great Recession. But many of those private-sector jobs are government-subsidized.
ADP employment report: Superstorm Sandy hit small firms hardestSandy trimmed job growth in November by 86,000 workers, ADP employment report says. Small businesses took the hardest hit, ADP says, creating the fewest jobs in nearly two years.
Credit card debt rises to nearly $5,000 per borrowerBorrowing on credit cards is up 4.9 percent from a year ago, TransUnion reports.
Nutella tax: Is France taking austerity too far?Nutella tax is aimed at reducing unhealthy ingredients in French food. But by taking on a French favorite, the Nutella tax is spurring a backlash.
Impose a moratorium on debt collection lawsuitsIndebted Americans and the economy would be better off if the US put a temporary stop to lawsuits by third-party debt collectors.
High unemployment gives Romney an edge – but it's complicatedThe uptick in October's unemployment gives challenger Romney an advantage over President Obama. But elections turn on more than just unemployment.
High taxes don’t drive the rich out of CaliforniaWhen their taxes were raised 1 percent in 2005, millionaires were actually less likely to move out of California than in other years, according to a new study. Tax decreases didn't lure the rich to California, either.
Sensible credit-card reform doesn’t make you anti-momThe new consumer financial watchdog is trying to help stay-at-home spouses qualify for credit cards. But its solution will hurt the credit-card industry unnecessarily.
Anglo American's female CEO stepping down. It's 'right time.'Anglo American's first female CEO, Cynthia Carroll, took over the when the platinum producer was booming. But missteps by Anglo American in Chile and strikes in South Africa have exacerbated a worldwide slide in commodity prices.
First-time entrepreneurs' biggest mistake? Lack of capital.Many entrepreneurs fail because they can't get funding for their great idea. Here's a solution.
America's best jobs program? Trade reform with China.China has flagrantly violated trade rules since joining the World Trade Organization – and the US has lost 50,000 factories and 6 million manufacturing jobs.
Candidates indulge in China-bashing. But it's a distraction, not a solution.Every presidential election seems to create a foreign bogeyman. But China in 2012 is no more a threat than NAFTA in 1996.
47 percent vs. 1 percent: the emergence of tax-class warfareFrom Mitt Romney's 47 percent gaffe to Warren Buffett's secretary's tax rate, this election is about taxes and who will be saddled with paying back America's huge debt.
