Do you remember when banks used to pay a reasonable sum for cash deposits? It may seem like quite a while ago, but money market investments used to yield between 3% and 4% while a 13 month CD could earn you a whopping 4.5% or even 5%.

The nationwide shortage of construction workers is posing challenges for the industry, including making it harder to meet deadlines, raising costs to complete projects, and forcing firms to ask their skilled laborers to do more work. There's no easy solutions in sight, but those in the field are making efforts to tackle the problem.

There have been a number of signals lately to indicate the US economy may be slowing or heading toward a recession. Here are some good procurement and strategic sourcing practices for both good times and bad.