Holiday retail sales rose 8.3% from 2019, according to data released by the National Retail Federation on Friday, as consumers embraced the gift-giving season as a way to cheer themselves up during the pandemic.

OVID-19 arrived in the U.S. in the beginning of 2020 and within a couple months the pandemic was virtually closing down the entire country. The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruptions, pain, suffering and negative consequences for a broad spectrum of our world population and economies.  

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court spoke to the issue of the required consideration for restrictive covenants in employment contracting in Rullex Co., LLC v. Tel-Stream, Inc. The Court was tasked with determining whether a non-compete agreement that was signed by the parties after employment began was enforceable.

As of 2019, Pennsylvania’s manufacturing industry accounted for 11.9% of the commonwealth’s total output, according to statistics from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Following the global financial crisis of 2008, the sector has been on a trajectory of consistent growth, producing $93.75 billion at the end of 2018 - up from less than $74 billion in 2009. 

Applications are now being accepted for a new grant program to benefit groups traditionally that have “been exploited and racialized to the benefit of their white counterparts,” said the James Beard Foundation.

“Our goal with the introduction of our new vaccine support stipend is to ensure that, when the time comes, Instacart shoppers don’t have to choose between earning income as an essential service provider or getting vaccinated,”

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell affirmed his commitment to keeping interest rates low for the foreseeable future even as he expressed hope for a strong economic recovery.

D.G. Yuengling & Sons said it is now ready to begin the westward expansion that it announced last year – first stop Texas.

"What keeps me up at night is that nine months after the beginning of the pandemic, that there are still no specific requirements, that as a nation, every business that has employees has to implement to mitigate the spread of COVID-19,"

Delta Air Lines closed the books on a disastrous 2020 with a comparatively small fourth-quarter loss, and executives expect a few more rocky months before — they hope — widespread coronavirus vaccinations and testing might salvage something of the upcoming summer travel season.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance jumped to 965,000 last week amid signs of a slowdown in hiring due to pandemic restrictions, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

Semiconductors are at the heart of our phones and computers, but they're critical components for new cars, too — and not just in fancy touchscreens and infotainment modules.

“We’re not going to back down because our employees still need to eat, they still need that income,”

Unemployment for the lowest-paid workers in the U.S. is above 20%, a figure that Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said underscores the importance of policy help for the economy.

“We had a solid 2020,” president and operating partner Geoff Fix of WRI Construction Services said. “We’re very fortunate.”