Business
McDonald’s Says Service Needs Fixing
OAK BROOK, Ill., (UPI) — McDonald’s Corp. executives said they would focus on improving the service at restaurants where complaints about unfriendly staff have been on the rise. In a recent webcast for executives and franchise owners, the fast-food giant said one out of every five customer complaints is about the service, and that ratio […]
First-Time Jobless Claims Drop By 42,000
WASHINGTON, (UPI) — The U.S. Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits claims dropped by 42,000 to 346,000 in the week that ended last Saturday. The drop erases much of the gains of the past three weeks when claims rose by 49,000. The department revised last week’s initial claims figure from 385,000 to 388,000. The four-week […]
Foreclosure Starts Rose In March
IRVINE, Calif., (UPI) — U.S. foreclosure starts rose in March for the second consecutive month, but bank repossessions dropped, online real estate tracking firm RealtyTrac said. Foreclosure starts in March rose in 23 states and were higher on a 12-month basis in a dozen states, led by New York, where starts rose 200 percent on […]
Bosses Are OK, Despite Odd Requests
CHICAGO, (UPI) — U.S. bosses make some odd requests but most workers give them top marks anyway, a survey released Thursday by CareerBuilder indicated. Bosses are prone to asking employees to perform tasks that are not in job descriptions, the survey found. Among the off-the-page requests, employees said they were asked to be ready to […]
CareerBuilder Says Hire Outside The Box
CHICAGO (UPI) — U.S. employers having difficulty finding a perfect match for a job opening might do well to think outside the box, CareerBuilder said Tuesday. CareerBuilder said nearly half of all employers — 47 percent — indicated that they almost always hire a candidate who has had the same job title in the past. […]
Poll: Confidence In Economy Is Steady
PRINCETON, N.J. (UPI) — Confidence in the U.S. economy held steady in the week that ended Sunday, holding in the vicinity of a five-year high, a Gallup poll indicates. For the week, the Gallup Economic Confidence Index — a compilation of current condition and future expectations indexes — was minus 13, Galllup said. The index […]
U.S. Wine Sales Hit Record In 2012
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) — U.S. wine sales reached a record $34.6 billion in 2012 with California vintners accounting for 58 percent of the total, the Wine Institute said. The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday U.S. wine sales climbed 2 percent over 2011 to 360.1 million cases worth $34.6 billion. U.S. wine exports, 90 percent of […]
Unemployment Ticks Down To 7.6 Percent
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 7.6 percent in March on a gain of only 88,000 jobs, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The jobless rate was 7.7 percent in February. The number of new jobs is the lowest in 10 months and less than half of what […]
Trade Gap Narrows By $1.5 Billion
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The U.S. trade deficit dropped modestly in February, sliding to $43 billion from $44.5 billion in January, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said. The decrease of $1.5 billion included a gain of $1.6 billion in exports, which was slightly offset by a $0.1 billion increase in imports. Economists had expected the trade […]
First Quarter Layoffs Highest In A Year
CHICAGO (UPI) — The monthly number of layoffs at U.S. firms has exceeded the same month a year earlier for four of the past six months, a private employment firm said. Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said there were 49,255 announced job layoffs in March, which was a drop of 11 percent from February, […]
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