Health care prices in October 2013 rose 0.9% above October 2012, the lowest reading in the fifty-plus years for which we have data. Prices for physician services rose by a mere 0.2% while prescription drug prices rose by 0.5%. Hospital prices rose by 1.2%, the lowest rate since November 1998, held down by very low… Keep reading →
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Tennessee Manufacturing Boosted by Auto Sector, Gained Industrial Jobs for Second Straight Year
By businesswireManufacturers’ News, Inc. — For a second straight year, industrial employment in Tennessee posted a gain according to the 2014 Tennessee Manufacturers Register®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. The report, based on data collected by Manufacturers’ News, states Tennessee gained 4,197 manufacturing jobs from September 2012 to… Keep reading →
More than 60 advanced biofuel companies and four leading trade organizations today wrote to leaders of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, encouraging Congress to extend critical tax provisions set to expire at the end of this month. The Advanced Ethanol Council, Advanced Biofuel Association, Algae Biomass Organization and Biotechnology Industry Organization… Keep reading →
Results of Business Roundtable’s (BRT) fourth quarter 2013 CEO Economic Outlook Survey show a modest uptick in CEO expectations for the economy over the next six months, with expectations for sales, capital expenditures and hiring increasing from the third quarter of 2013. The Business Roundtable CEO Economic Outlook Index increased to 84.5 from 79.1 in… Keep reading →
Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a new report detailing how congressional candidates are benefitting from companies operating hydraulically fractured wells and trade associations supporting the fracking industry. In the new report, Natural Cash: How the Fracking Industry Fuels Congress, CREW — utilizing federal campaign contribution data tracked by MapLight —… Keep reading →
JPMorgan Chase Reaches Settlement with the President’s Task Force on Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
By businesswireJPMorgan Chase & Co. announced today that it has reached a $13 billion settlement in principle negotiated by the President’s RMBS Working Group of the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. Today’s settlement resolves actual and potential civil claims by the Department of Justice (DoJ), several State Attorneys General (State AGs), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation… Keep reading →
Manufacturers’ News, Inc.– For a second straight year, industrial employment in South Carolina posted a gain reports the 2014 South Carolina Manufacturers Register®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. According to data collected by Manufacturers’ News, South Carolina gained 1,967 manufacturing jobs from September 2012 to September 2013,… Keep reading →
Manufacturers’ News, Inc. — For a second straight year, industrial employment in Ohio posted a gain, reports the 2014 Ohio Manufacturers Directory®, an industrial directory and database published by Manufacturers’ News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. According to data collected by Manufacturers’ News, Ohio gained 5,761 manufacturing jobs from September 2012 to September 2013, or about… Keep reading →
Janet Yellen’s comments at her confirmation hearing to become Federal Reserve chairman reverberated beyond the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, and could influence the planning and decision making of nearly two-thirds of the nation’s CFOs and finance chiefs. Sixty-one percent of senior Chartered Global Management Accountant designation holders surveyed by the American Institute of CPAs said the comments and… Keep reading →