Requested tax code overhaul would up taxes on ‘wealthiest individuals and corporations’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 29, 2024
Scores of consumer-oriented organizations are petitioning Congress to make changes to the tax code that would increase taxes on corporations.
Workers value health insurance, paid time off, retirement plans ahead of other benefits
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 22, 2024
Healthcare workers value health insurance, paid time off and access to a retirement plan above any other benefits an employer might offer, according to a report released Tuesday by the TIAA Institute.
Vi Living nears completion $300 million redevelopment in Naples, FL
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2024
Vi Living on Monday opened the first building in the sixth and final phase of a $300 million redevelopment project at Bentley Village in Naples, FL. The cost for this phase was $92 million.
Maryland becomes sixth state to require salary, wage disclosures in job listings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2024
Effective Oct. 1, Maryland will join five other states and the District of Columbia in requiring employers to disclose salary or wage ranges upfront in job listings.
Omega Healthcare Investors’ first-quarter financial performance resulted in “higher-than-expected interest income as well as earlier-than-anticipated cash payments received related to a turnaround...
20 percent of 50+ Americans lack retirement savings: AARP
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2024
Twenty percent of Americans aged 50 or more years have no retirement savings, and more than 50% worry they will not have enough money to support themselves in retirement. That’s according to a recent...
Noncompete agreement ban faces first legal challenge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2024
Less than 24 hours after the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule Tuesday that will prohibit employers across the country from using noncompete agreements in most instances, the rule faces its...
Main Street Lending program off to sluggish start
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Amy Novotney
Jul 02, 2020
More than two weeks ago, the Federal Reserve launched its long-awaited $600 billion Main Street Lending Program, designed to help small and midsize businesses weather the coronavirus-induced recession....
Business briefs for Wednesday, April 29
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 29, 2020
More companies have suspended dividends so far this year than in the previous 10 years combined … Medicaid increases providing pandemic cushion for providers … Massachusetts’ first SNF-based COVID-19...
Fed study: More firms cutting investments and payouts during pandemic than last recession
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Amy Novotney
May 07, 2020
Last month’s earnings calls – some of the first to occur since the global coronavirus began – pointed to financing fears throughout corporate America that far exceeded the 2008 crisis, according...