Mercy expects hospice facility to open this summer
Fundraising to wrap up by the end of the year
DATE: Jan 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Private-jet industry giddy as Trump takes office
Ever since the U.S. presidential election, Ed Dahlberg has pretty much had a smile on his face. He brokers the sale of private jets, and already he’s seeing interest pick up and used-aircraf...
DATE: Jan 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Candy no longer Mars’ biggest business
Candy giant Mars Inc., is digging even deeper into the world’s love affair with pets with the $7.7 billion acquisition of VCA Inc., a veterinary and doggie day-care company based in Los Ange...
DATE: Jan 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Red state homes are luring young blue buyers inland
Dayton, Ohio, gave the world the Wright Brothers and the electric cash register. As recently as 1990, manufacturing jobs there were the backbone of the local economy. But in the two decades ...
DATE: Jan 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Hygge is winter’s hottest trend
Scandinavian decor brings warm-glow feeling home
DATE: Jan 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
What’s trending in Durango kitchen designs
Remodelers and designers talk about 2017 trends
DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Unemployment rate ticks up to 4.7 percent
WASHINGTON – U.S. employers added 156,000 jobs in December, capping a year of slower but solid hiring and providing the last major snapshot of the economy President-elect Donald Trump will i...
DATE: Jan 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Sears to sell Craftsman tool brand and close 150 stores
Sears on Thursday announced that it has agreed to sell its Craftsman tools brand to Stanley Black & Decker in a deal valued at $900 million, the latest bid by the flailing retail chain to tr...
DATE: Jan 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
U.S. auto sales hit a record 17.55M in 2016
DETROIT – U.S. consumers bought a record number of new cars and trucks in 2016. A repeat performance in 2017 could be a tall order.
Low gas prices, rising employment and low inter...
DATE: Jan 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Trump’s latest US corporate Twitter target: General Motors
DETROIT – In another tweet targeting a U.S. company, President-elect Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to slap a tax on General Motors for importing compact cars to the U.S. from Mexico. ...
DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Analyst sees Starbucks overtaking McDonald’s
Starbucks is poised to overtake McDonald’s as the world’s most valuable restaurant chain, and the coffee giant could ultimately have a staggering 50,000 locations.
That’s the pred...
DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
Understanding your financial health is all about the numbers
Some numbers matter more than others. How much you make is important, for example, but your financial health depends far more on how much you keep.
Knowing certain numbers can hel...
DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
