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Littering is a worldwide problem that’s not only unsightly on our highways and streets, but it also impacts our economy and environment. The Mississippi Department of Transportation spends more…
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Littering is a worldwide problem that’s not only unsightly on our highways and streets, but it also impacts our economy and environment. The Mississippi Department of Transportation spends more…
With such a diverse range of industry and businesses, Jackson County saw a lot of growth in 2022 and there’s no stopping that growth as we head into 2023.…
Hotels and casinos along the Coast are filling up with out-of-town guests for the upcoming New Year’s holiday. Biloxi City Councilman Kenny Glavan, who…
NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday sales rose this year as American spending remained resilient during the critical shopping season despite surging prices on everything from food to rent, according to one measure. Holiday sales rose 7.6, a slower pace than…
While the nation as a whole has seen a drop in rent prices this year, the state of Mississippi has gone in the opposite direction.…
By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has moving quickly to avert a rail strike that the Biden administration and business leaders say would greatly damage the economy. The Senate passed a bill Thursday…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi legislators are working quickly to approve nearly $247 million in state incentives for an aluminum plant. The project could bring 1,000 jobs to the northern part of the state…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell signaled that it’s too early for the central bank to consider pausing its interest rate increases, though…
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are off to a mostly higher start on Wall Street as traders take in a big round of earnings reports from big U.S. companies. General Motors was up after delivering solid results, while packaging maker…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks shook off an early bout of unsettled trading and ended higher ahead of a heavy week of earnings from big tech companies. Alphabet, Amazon, Apple and Facebook parent Meta…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Friday, notching sizable weekly gains for major indexes. The benchmark S&P 500 rose 2.4% Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks gave up an early gain and closed lower on Wall Street as markets continue an unsteady search for direction. Several companies made big moves, both higher and lower, as…
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week and remains historically low even as the U.S. economy slows in the midst of decades-high inflation. Jobless claims for the…
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in September for the eighth month in a row, matching the pre-pandemic sales pace from 10 years ago, as house hunters grappled with sharply higher mortgage rates,…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks rose on Wall Street, adding to weekly gains for major indexes that have been mired in a broad slump amid inflation and recession concerns. The S&P 500 rose 1.1%…
WASHINGTON (AP) - Millions of Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023. That’s a historic increase and welcome news for American retirees and others - but it’s tempered by the fact that it’s fueled…
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street lost more ground on worries that a still-strong U.S jobs market may actually make a recession more likely. The S&P 500 fell 2.8% Friday after…
With more people traveling down for Cruisin’ the Coast events, local businesses have been seeing an increase in sales. Coastal Daiquiri Bar and Grill is…
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - America’s employers slowed their hiring in September but still added 263,000 jobs, a solid figure that will likely keep the Federal Reserve on pace to keep raising interest rates aggressively to…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed lower again on Wall Street but still managed to hold onto sizable gains for the week. The S&P 500 fell 1% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks rose sharply on Wall Street Tuesday and clawed back more of the ground they lost in a miserable several weeks. The S&P 500 rose 2.9% in afternoon trading…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July as businesses grow less desperate for workers, a trend that could cool chronically high inflation. That is good news for the Federal Reserve in…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street rallied to its best day since July as falling bond yields eased some of the pressure that’s battered markets. The S&P 500 rose 2.6%…
By DAMIAN J. TROISE, STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are back to falling on Wall Street as worries about a possible recession and rising bond yields put the squeeze back on markets.…