WESTFIELD — Westfield area businesses have won several awards in the Lake Erie Living Magazine “Best of Lake Erie” competition covering communities across Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Westfield area businesses home 13 awards out of 27 categories and 84 total winners. ...
Greater Chautauqua Federal Credit Union celebrated the opening of its new Jamestown branch at 501 W. Fifth St. A ribbon-cutting ceremony included Mayor Eddie Sundquist, state Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and county legislator Lisa Vanstrom, also representating state Sen. George Borrello, as ...
WASHINGTON — What keeps driving inflation so high? The answer, it seems, is nearly everything. Supply chain snarls and parts shortages inflated the cost of factory goods when the economy rocketed out of the pandemic recession two years ago. Then it was a surge in consumer spending fueled by federal stimulus checks. Then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine disrupted gas and food supplies and sent those prices skyward. Since March, the Federal Reserve has been aggressively raising interest rates to try to cool the price spikes. So far, there’s little sign of progress. Thursday’s ...
NEW YORK — After breaking into the mainstream of the investment world, ESG investing has become big enough to be a political target too. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Republicans around the country are criticizing funds that consider environmental, social and corporate-governance ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most pets hate visiting the vet. Now it’s becoming a lot more unpleasant for their owners, too. America’s worst bout of inflation in four decades has swollen the cost of your dog or cat’s visit to the animal doctor. Prices for vet services have jumped 10% in the past ...
The Biden administration proposed new standards that could make it more difficult to classify millions of workers as independent contractors and deny them minimum wage and benefits. The U.S. Department of Labor rule, which could take months to take effect, would replace a scrapped Trump-era ...
