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The Labor Force is Aging

Older Working Americans contemplating retirement today face a very different economic environment than prior cohorts did. Today, they face challenges. While many CEO’s don’t want to lose the experience and loyalty offered by older workers, they envision a phased in retirement for their employees – one that allows you to gradually move from full time...

Trump and the American Workforce

President-elect, Donald Trump, gave a speech before he was elected and it touched on the supposedly huge number of Americans who don’t have a job. He cited old and worn statistics: “58 percent of African-American youth are either outside the labor force or not employed.” He went further to say that the 5% figure given...

Wells Fargo in Trouble

Wells Fargo in Trouble Wells Fargo’s top executives are currently laying out strategies for moving past the recent sales-tactics scandal. Unfortunately, it seems as though things will get worse for the company before they get better. Wells Fargo has fired at least 5,300 employees for ethics violations like setting up illicit accounts without customers’ knowledge...

FOX NEWS PAYS GRETCHEN CARLSON $20 MILLION

In early July of this year, Gretchen Carlson, former Fox & Friends Co-host at Fox News, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against then-chairman Roger Ailes. Two months later, the network has agreed to pay Carlson $20 million in addition to making a “highly unusual public apology”. It went like this: “21st Century Fox is pleased...

Roger Ailes Resigns – What Happens Next?

21st Century Fox announced yesterday that Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network and Chairman of Fox Television Stations has resigned from his role effective immediately. Robert Murdoch will assume his roles. As previously reported, Fox news anchor Gretchen Carlson sued Ailes for sexual harassment earlier in the month. ...

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