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March 29, 2020 at 5:31 am

Small businesses fear holdups in $350 billion rescue program

Providing fast relief to small-business owners and helping them keep their workers on payroll is central to shore up the economy.

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This undated image provided by Philip Morris in January 2018 shows the company’s iQOS product. (Philip Morris via AP)

October 6, 2019 at 6:36 pm

Philip Morris quietly brings IQOS to U.S. amid vaping uproar

The discreet launch shows how Altria and Philip Morris are trying to delicately test the U.S. waters with IQOS — which is key to the...

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FILE- In this July 23, 2018, file photo construction workers put down roofing paper on home in Houston. General contractors and other small businesses in the home remodeling industry can expect revenue to slow in 2019, the result of rising mortgage rates and sluggish home sales. That’s the prediction of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, which last week issued its quarterly report on home remodeling. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) NYBZ117

June 12, 2019 at 9:26 am

Home-flipping trend weakens as high-interest lenders jump 40%

Some Western cities are seeing big declines in home flips, including in Seattle and San Jose, California, based on the rate of those types of...

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April 29, 2019 at 6:00 am

Big money, no debt: The blunt new pitch to entice blue-collar workers

"We probably need to do a better job hammering in how much debt you're going to have going to college."

September 9, 2018 at 5:00 pm

Death of the salesman: Humans lose out as computers close deals

The automation wave that has displaced so many workers in manufacturing and data entry is hitting the nation’s sales force, particularly among “business-to-business” salespeople who...

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June 5, 2018 at 5:22 am

Demand — and pay — for data geeks soars

A typical data scientist job pays about $119,000 at the midpoint of salaries and rises to $168,000 at the 95th percentile, according to staffing agency...

A United Parcel Service plane. (Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg)

April 2, 2018 at 6:54 pm

UPS seen at ‘breaking point’ as pilots lament outsourcing

Pilots are angry that UPS has turned to third-party cargo airlines to help make up for a shortage of aircraft capacity, needed to handle its...

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October 26, 2017 at 6:30 pm

E-commerce investment at UPS faces holiday test

Getting the holidays right is crucial for UPS to convince investors it can profit from the rise of e-commerce, and the company has been stepping...

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June 19, 2017 at 4:54 pm

UPS to charge more during holiday delivery surge

United Parcel Service will place its first holiday-season surcharges on U.S. packages, as the world’s largest package-delivery company seeks to defray a surge in year-end costs.

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In this Thursday, May 12, 2016, photo, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian speaks during an interview in his office at the company’s headquarters in Atlanta. Delta Air Lines is posting record profits and is generally envied by the rest of the industry, due largely to its success in catering to high-paying business passengers. Bastian is trying to improve the airline’s regional carriers and get coach passengers to think about service before price. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

May 21, 2017 at 5:00 pm

Delta CEO Bastian changes pugnacious airline’s tone

As Delta’s Ed Bastian reaches his anniversary as CEO this month, aviation experts and former regulators say they see signs that the Atlanta-based airline is stepping away...