If you are lucky enough to be employed and insured by a major provider, you may not need to use these Consumer Reports tips on how to fight large medical bills. If you have experienced a medical emergency, these tips may come in handy. A leading...
Manufacturing, which in many places hasn’t fundamentally changed in hundreds of years, is now poised to become a lot smarter. Automation and AI are creating innovations not seen since the First Industrial Revolution 300 years ago. By 2025, Forbes Magazine predicts, the Fourth Industrial Revolution,...
The U.S. and the EU have suspended tariffs for four months on $11.5 billion of each other’s goods, while they attempt to iron out a deal on a long-running dispute related to aerospace subsidies. The U.S. also struck an independent deal with Britain, since they...
The U.S. is breaking a record that is nothing to boast about. In 2020, the U.S. budget deficit was $3.1 trillion. The Treasury Department reported that the October through February deficit was 68% larger than the $624.5 billion deficit records during the same period in...
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) surveyed its members and reports that most U.S. manufacturers see clear skies in 2021. 87.6% of respondents reported that they are at least somewhat positive about their company’s outlook in the first quarter of 2021. NAM CEO, Jay Timmons,...
Lupton Associates is excited to announce that Kurt Bell joined our team effective March 1, 2021. Kurt brings over twenty years experience in channel sales development, marketing and strategic technology relationships. He has been instrumental in establishing world-wide brand recognition and exponential sales growth throughout...
Early on, at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, businesses were forced to close when state mandates were enacted requiring workers to stay at home. In many cases, exemptions were granted, allowing businesses to re-open as they were deemed essential. Some businesses pivoted internal operations,...
The Kiplinger Letter expects a big jump in consumer spending as more U.S. citizens are vaccinated against COVID-19. There is a pent up demand for services that many consumers have had to do without for the past year. People are also sitting on large amounts...
Bloomberg Businessweek published an editorial related to the knee-jerk reaction to buy American, after the recent (and sometimes life-threatening) shortages in household goods and medical supplies. There is a political movement swelling that suggests compelling companies to move production to U.S. soil is the answer....
LinkedIn is having a moment. Just like Facebook five years ago, the platform is finding new content creators and organic usage is in a big growth mode. An Entrepreneur Magazine writer and content creator, Rosie Purr, recently shared ideas on how to get noticed and...