By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — A simple rule of thumb courses through AARP’s new survey of payroll deductions: the smaller the employer, the less likely workers are to have access to a pension or retirement plan. For companies with 10 or fewer…
Average New Car Price Hits A Whopping Record Of Nearly 50K!
By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — It might be more appropriate in this case to refer to the source as Kelly Black and Blue Book. Because in June, new car purchasers took a right beating. For the first time, the average transaction price paid for …
Trade War With China Tops Supply Chain Executive Fears For Next 12 Months: Survey
By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — There were both familiar and surprising answers in a recent poll of supply chain executives conducted by Carl Marks Advisors in partnership with SupplyChainBrain. In response to the question, “Over the next year,…
CDC Opioid Guideline Had Immediate And Expanding Impact On Prescribing Patterns: Study
By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — In 2017, non-opioid pain medication prescribing rates were higher in the U.S. by three percent. That percentage rose to 8.7 in 2018 and 9.7 percent in 2019. All thanks to a 2016 CDC guideline, which encouraged ca…
President Carter 1979 ‘Malaise’ Speech Resonates Strongly With Today’s Dissatisfied Americans: Poll
By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — Forty-three years ago today, President Jimmy Carter gave his “crisis of confidence” speech from the White House, one that would also come to be known as his “malaise” speech. To mark the occasion, American Prospe…
Length Of Stay in Europe, Asia Hotels Rebounds To Pre-Pandemic Levels. Here Is How Long People Are Staying.
By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — The latest in Trip.com’s ongoing series of “TripTrends” reports focuses on leisure travel in Europe and Asia. And one interesting trend is that average hotel stays are back to pre-pandemic norms. For Europe, the …
United Nations Project Confirms Ukrainian Refugees Are Highly Educated, Mostly Female
By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — One of the most astonishing things about the Ukrainian refugee crisis is the level of education among those fleeing. A recent United Nations interview project, which spoke to 4,871 refugees in Poland, Moldovia, S…
Watch This Wild Video Of A Whirlwind Taking A Spin In Las Vegas
By David Wetzel New York (Knewz) — Wild video of a whirlwind was captured in Las Vegas on July 14. Lou Palma caught footage of the whirlwind and shared it on Twitter. The video shows a whirlwind — a funnel-shaped column of air that spin — picking up du…
June Was The Sixth-Hottest Month On Record, Year Likely To Make Top 10
By David Wetzel New York (Knewz) — June was the sixth-hottest month on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The year so far is also the sixth hottest on records, the agency reported. Also, global sea ice reached nea…
These Are The Healthiest States In The Nation. Where Does Yours Rank?
By Richard Horgan Los Angeles (Knewz) — Sharecare’s annual ranking of health and well-being by state taps into data for close to 500,000 Americans. Data from five main domains is gathered: physical, social, community, purpose and financial. In 2020, Ma…