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Dairy Farmers to Be Compensated for Losses From Pandemic-Related Price Volatility

Under the USDA's new Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program, qualified dairy farmers will be reimbursed for 80 percent of the revenue difference per month based on an annual production of up to 5 million pounds of milk marketed and on fluid milk sales from July through December 2020.

By The Epoch Times

Business News

Inflation Growth Slows in July, Still a Concern as It Broadens and Stays Historically High

By The Epoch Times

Business News

Key Inflation Gauge Posts Fastest Annual Price Gain In 30 Years

By The Epoch Times

Business News

Inflation and Higher Wages: A Look at the Effect of Extra Income

By The Epoch Times

Entrepreneurs

How to Use Economic Regret Theory to Achieve Happiness

It's all about attaining a net gain in our life's portfolio.

By R. Paulo Delgado

Thought Leaders

Why Conscious Economics Is the Leadership Style of the Future

The pandemic reinforced the truth that consumers have the power. It's now up to leaders to understand the impact their decisions have on others.

By Raj Girn

Business Accounting

You Can Leverage Cryptocurrencies to Upset the Balance of Power

Inequality must be eroded, allowing for the construction of a truly global market.

By Andrey Sergeenkov

Building a Business

Startup Knickey Is Improving the Business of Women’s Underwear

Want to disrupt an aging industry? Start with changing how you define your supply chain.

By Patti Fletcher

Business Accounting

How to Make Learning Economics Easy

Author and economist Andrei Polgar sits down with Dave Meltzer to discuss how he built a platform to teach economics to the masses.

By David Meltzer

Thought Leaders

10 Books Every Leader Should Read to Be Successful

Reading is the only proven shortcut to success.

By Deep Patel

Building a Business

U.S. Economy Sees Best Performance in Two Years

Strong consumer spending has fueled the boost.

By Reuters

Building a Business

7 Ways Entrepreneurs Drive Economic Development

Entrepreneurs create businesses, businesses create jobs and people with jobs make good customers.

By Ed Sappin

Business Accounting

Firms Have to Approach Emerging Markets as Investors, Not ‘Tourists’

As long as investors keep hopping from one country to the next, they perpetuate the cycle of capital flight from areas that desperately need cash and continuity.

By Konstantin Makarov

Business News

The World’s 10 Most Expensive Cities

When one thinks of the world's most expensive cities, images of New York and London probably pop to mind. But those two do not even make the list.

By Jessica Hartogs

Business News

Guaranteed Basic Income Is Not Worth the Risks of Experimentation

As with all economic policies, basic income needs to be based on the balance sheet not the good intentions of Silicon Valley.

By Ray Hennessey

Business News

U.S. Created 38,000 Jobs in May Vs. 162,000 Expected

'There's one word for it, which is just shocking,' said Dan North, chief economist at Euler Hermes North America. 'Unfortunately it does look like a trend. It's not great news.'

By Jeff Cox

Business Accounting

Prepare for a Massive Recession

We are in for very hard economic times but the media can't tell you about it until it's too late.

By Grant Cardone

Business News

What Job Field Saw the Biggest Wage Growth?

A new report also highlights the biggest loser.

By Lindsay Friedman

Thought Leaders

Brush Up on Your Manners and Learn How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life With These Books

Start thinking differently about entrepreneurship with the help of today's best storytellers and successful business professionals.

By Rebekah Iliff

Business News

Report: It’s Getting Harder and Harder to Become a Homeowner

RealtyTrac found that home price growth exceeded wage growth in nearly two thirds of the nation's housing markets so far this year.

By Reuters

Business News

This Industry Just Had an Incredible Year

Jedi warriors, genetically modified dinosaurs and a gang of rescue pups helped the toy industry deliver its most robust growth figures in more than a decade.

By Krystina Gustafson

Building a Business

Wall Street in Relentless Selloff as Oil Prices Sink

The rout was across the board: all 30 Dow components and all 10 major S&P sectors were in the red, with nine down more than 2 percent.

By Reuters

Building a Business

3 Reasons You Should Care About Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis

Despite the severity of the crisis, Congress has not made resolving it a priority, and the issue has been barely mentioned in presidential debates.

By Chris Matthews

Building a Business

Why Small Business Failure Rates are Declining

Starting a business still carries risk, but the percentage of companies shutting down has slowed over the past few decades.

By Scott Shane

Business News

‘Star Wars’ Has Eclipsed the Annual GDP of These 10 Economies

The new film has surpassed $760 million at the box office.

By Elena Holodny

Thought Leaders

Entrepreneurs Need to Realize They’re All the C-Word

So many people like to identify as entrepreneurs while trying to ignore the economic system that got them there.

By Ray Hennessey

Building a Business

For Last Minute Gifts Consider Mark Zuckerberg’s 22 Favorite Books

The Facebook founder's reading list ranges from the sciences to global politics and economy, with one stop for science fiction.

By Murray Newlands

Building a Business

Profit’s Not the Only Thing. Businesses Driven By Values Succeed in the Long Run.

What does a Japanese hotel founded in 705 have in common with today's Tesla Motors? Long-term core values.

By Maite Baron

Thought Leaders

Why There Aren’t More Entrepreneurs

If there's one thing every entrepreneur needs to be successful, it's the courage to confront the challenges that threaten to derail us and persevere.

By Steve Tobak

Building a Business

10 Businesses to Start That Can Weather Any Economy

Worried our economy is headed south? Here are 10 ideas to build a recession-proof business.

By Susan Solovic