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Hospitality and leisure businesses leading job growth in South Carolina
While job growth has been generally sluggish across both the state and nation, South Carolina's leisure and hospitality industries are showing promising gains, according to a recent workforce report.
U.S. workers more optimistic on economy, but still cautious on spending
More American workers feel secure about the country's overall economic outlook, according to new research from the Principal Financial Well-Being Index: American Workers. More than a third of workers (35 percent) describe their economic outlook as optimistic, up from just 21 percent in the third quarter of 2012, the last time workers were asked their views on the overall economy.
SBA loan program results in $1.3 billion in defaults
Lax federal oversight dating back years allowed lenders to repeatedly make bad loans to small businesses under a government program that has cost taxpayers $1.3 billion since 2000 on defaulted loans, a Dayton Daily News investigation found.
States increasing watch for fraud on income tax returns
To fight a growing problem of tax fraud, state authorities are flagging more tax returns as possibly fraudulent, part of a problem that tax authorities across the country are fighting.
IRS considering taxing employee perks like free meals, massages and other ‘motivators’
For thousands of Bay Area techies blessed to be working for benevolent behemoths like Google and Facebook, there could be an end to the free lunch. And the free shuttle to work. And maybe even the free haircut.
Recent new jobs gains have mostly gone to men; March numbers showed only 28 percent to women
New research and analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) shows that women gained 25,000 (28 percent) of the new jobs added in March, while men gained 63,000 (72 percent).
Paying for college with bubblegum? This highschooler is doing it with his own small business
He's saving for college 25 cents at a time. For Firestone High School senior David Krichbaum, that means handfuls of peanut M&Ms and shiny quarters, a ton of sales pitches and more than 200 rejections.
Initial Claims for Unemployment Rise
The U.S. Labor Department released the latest weekly jobs numbers today, which showed that, for the week ending March 30, initial claims for unemploymnet rose to 385,000, which is an increase of 28,000 new claimants compared to last week.