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Fire. Equipment breakdown. Employee injury. Assault and battery. The day-to-day risks and threats restaurant small business owners face can feel never-ending. NEXT analyzed anonymized claims data to better understand the biggest risks and concerns of business owners, including tens of thousands of restaurants and other food service entrepreneurs. Read on for the most common and costly risks that restaurant owners face and how to protect your business. And for more restaurant insights into...
As the leaves turn and eerie decor starts to line the streets, one thing is as clear as a crystal ball: Halloween is just around the corner. As the spooky season rolls in, so does the demand for sugary treats, costumes, and decor. To understand the sweet confections people are enjoying and how they're enjoying them, Instacart calculated the share of grocery orders containing candy in October 2023 and commissioned an online survey conducted by The Harris Poll of more than 2,000 Americans. The...
October 18,2024 - MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Marty Redden announced today that Alabama's labor force participation rate for September held steady at 57.5%. The percentage of prime-age workers decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 79.3% over the month. Over the year, this number increased 1.3 percentage points from 78.0%. Prime-age workers are those aged 25-54 years. "Month after month, we are continuing to see yearly growth in the number of prime age workers w...
From golden age movie musicals to Billboard-charting songs, diamonds are embedded in cultures throughout the world. Egyptians saw diamonds as symbols of power. Indian myths have the deity Krishna giving his beloved a diamond to reflect her beauty. Romans and Greeks thought diamonds were splinters of falling stars. Using data from the Kimberley Process, an international body meant to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the market, Jewel360 examined the growing lab-grown diamond industry and...
October 18, 2024 - MONTGOMERY - the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), the Alabama Hospital Association, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama released a statement encouraging Alabamians to ask their physician about the flu shot and other vaccines as a part of a statewide Ask Your Doctor campaign. They provided more information and additional resources at https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/immunization/ask.html ADPH says that several vaccines are being recommended this...
October 18, 2024 – MONTGOMERY – Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) has called an emergency meeting of Governor Kay Ivey this morning called a special meeting of the State Board of Veterans Affairs for Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. to consider the immediate removal of Kent Davis as commissioner of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs. In addition to notifying the Board members, the governor sent a letter, along with enclosures, to Admiral Davis and members of the press. Ivey said in...
With just a few weeks until a historic presidential election, political anxiety has reached fever pitch. Four months ago, Hers took the pulse on overall stress levels across the country and the results are eye-opening. Obviously, the political landscape has changed quite a bit in the last four months—it's been an election season marked by a series of unprecedented events: not one but two assassination attempts, a major third party candidate dropping out and endorsing one of his rivals, and of co...
October 17, 2024 – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said that Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris "came across like a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," when she was interviewed by Fox News's Bret Baier. "The only thing that we learned was how obsessed-absolutely obsessed-she was with Donald Trump." Senator Tuberville made these comments when he joined Larry Kudlow on Fox Business Network to discuss Kamala Harris' Wednesday night interview with Bret Bai...
October 16, 2024 – MONTGOMERY -Efforts by Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) to purge the Alabama voter rolls of non-citizens (both legal and illegal immigrants) were thwarted by a federal judge on Friday. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Secretary of State's office from purging the known noncitizens from the voter rolls until after the November 5 general election. The State of Alabama was sued by both the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant J...
The U.S. Presidential elections are approaching, and although there are many political and societal factors that may determine the outcome of an election, November 2024 may be affected by economic factors. Voters are closely monitoring the economy due to the high inflation experienced in the aftermath of COVID-19. To combat inflation, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 11 times since April 2022. Although inflation has declined from its 2022 peak, it remains a concern in certain...
The sudden withdrawal of President Joe Biden for reelection has turned the presidential campaign on its head, and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will now face Republican candidate Donald Trump in the November 2024 election. Harris identifies with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, which seeks more radical change than "centrist" Democrats such as President Biden. As vice president, Harris has supported Biden's policies, but advocated progressive policies earlier in her career. As U....
Consumer spending habits are an important measure of economic activity, but these trends are not necessarily in lockstep nationwide. One way to observe where consumers are spending more than they did last year is by looking at their debt. This includes their credit card balances as well as the total amount of minimum monthly payments they're expected to pay on loans such as mortgages, credit cards, personal loans, auto notes, student loans, and more. Credit Card Usage and Payment Increases in...
There's the inflation you see, and then there's the inflation you feel. Put differently, while inflation is a perennial news item, it's not always as present in the daily lives of Americans as it has been in the years since the pandemic. After more than four years of unprecedented swings in supply, production, and prices, consumers have both seen and felt inflation. While they have borne the added burdens of shortages and sharply rising prices, it's becoming clearer that prices for most things a...
Imagine driving through a bustling intersection, free from the anxiety of red lights and the risk of head-on collisions. This peaceful scenario is becoming a reality in communities across the globe, thanks to the growing popularity of roundabouts. These circular intersections, often met with skepticism or even fear, have proven to be remarkably safer than traditional intersections. Studies have shown that roundabouts can significantly reduce the number of accidents, injuries, and fatalities. In...
October 21,2024 - MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Wes Allen (R) is reminding eligible Alabama citizens that today, October 21, 2024, is the deadline to register to vote before the November 5, 2024 General Election. Electronic voter registration may be completed up until 11:59 PM today by visiting https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration/voterRegistrationWelcome.action. A paper voter registration form may be delivered in person to your local Board of Registrars by the end of...
Big cities in America have undergone seismic shifts in recent years, largely influenced by the shift to remote work that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. As white-collar workers transitioned to remote and hybrid work models, many businesses found they were no longer tied to the physical office. Workers scattered beyond cities, triggering significant changes in the housing market. The migration pattern was dubbed "the donut effect" by Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom and...
The number of Americans falling behind on their mortgage payments has risen in recent months, nearly climbing to rates last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic. Netspend analyzed data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to show the uptick in homeowners falling behind on their mortgage payments since 2021. Since lows recorded in 2021, the number of homeowners falling behind on mortgage payments has risen, as evidenced by the increasing percentage of overall balances that are delinquent each...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure decreasing...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure decreasing...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure decreasing...
Gasoline prices are down several cents from last week following a drop in the cost of oil. Prices, on average, are almost 40 cents lower than one year ago. Concerns that Israel would strike at Iranian oil production facilities have spooked oil markets in recent weeks. The nation reportedly is no longer considering those targets, according to CNN citing an anonymous source familiar with Israeli military planning discussions. "With the potential of an attack on Iran's oil infrastructure...
