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Seniors Who “Age in Place” Are Shrinking the Housing Market

by Evelina Nedlund | May 27, 2019 | Housing, Uncategorized

Maria Elena and Dave Byron bought their four-bedroom, three-bath house in Hayward, Calif., in 1973. Forty-six years later, the Byrons, now empty-nesters, have made the home improvements so they can age in place. They are two of a growing number of seniors who are...

Refugees bolster shrinking workforces, but policy changes limit labor pool

by Kelly Zegers | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

Since 2011, Minnesota wholesaler Bailey Nurseries has tapped into the local refugee community to hire full-time and seasonal workers. It was a win-win situation, to fill open positions and help new neighbors adjust to a different life. “We just kept working with it...

Offshore wind will create U.S. manufacturing jobs — if it can woo investors

by Daniel Whateley | May 13, 2019 | Manufacturing, Uncategorized

Launched in 2016, Rhode Island’s Block Island Wind Farm is the country’s first and only operational offshore site. (Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL) In 2014, Gulf Island Fabrication, a U.S. manufacturing company that builds support structures for offshore...
U.S. Dairy Farmers Can’t Afford a New NAFTA Deal to Not Go Through

U.S. Dairy Farmers Can’t Afford a New NAFTA Deal to Not Go Through

by Megan Myscofski | May 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

An employee at Beecher’s Cheese, where dairy farmer Eric Ooms sends a large portion of his products, uses milk powder to make cheese. Courtesy of Megan Conn. Eric Ooms is a farmer in upstate New York. He runs a dairy farm with his two brothers and can trace his...

Five Things to Watch in Tuesday’s Home Price Report

by Evelina Nedlund | Apr 30, 2019 | Housing, Uncategorized

National home price numbers, measured by the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index, will be released Tuesday morning. Here are five things to watch for when the report comes out. 1. Growth Continues to Slow The data released tomorrow for February 2019 will...
A Hard Brexit is Bad News for the U.S., Even if a Few Industries Could Gain from Lost Trade Between the U.K. and Europe

A Hard Brexit is Bad News for the U.S., Even if a Few Industries Could Gain from Lost Trade Between the U.K. and Europe

by Megan Myscofski | Apr 17, 2019 | Uncategorized

It’s rare that a bottle of wine from Napa Valley in California makes it overseas. If a brand already exports to the U.K., however, they might just see their exports, along with exports from a number of other industries, get a bump from a hard Brexit. About ten years...
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