Damian Troise

Associated Press

5 Signs That It’s Time for a New ERP

5 Signs That It’s Time for a New ERP

Small to midsized manufacturing companies typically piece together multiple applications to run operations from accounting to order fulfillment, to sales and marketing. This new white paper gives you five triggers that should serve as red flags.

GM CEO, Mary Barra.

GM Suppliers Face Lingering Effects of Strike

A tentative deal between the union and management is expected to be finalized soon, but the impact on operations will hurt suppliers' third quarter profit and through the end of 2019.

Specialist Anthony Rinaldi works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street as tensions rose between Washington and Beijing just ahead of the latest round of trade talks.

Stocks Skid as U.S.-China Tensions Spike

The latest move casts more doubt on whether the world's two largest economies will find a resolution to their long-running and economically damaging trade war.

Freight Trailers At Warehouse

Weaker Manufacturing Threatens Growth

Warning bells rang on Wall Street earlier this month after factory output shrank for the first time in three years.

In this file photo pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange in New York.

Stocks Move as China Eases Tensions

Investors snapped up technology companies following China's move to exempt some U.S. products from a recent round of tariffs.

Railroads Face a Freight Slowdown

The Trump administration's trade fights and cheap natural gas are primary factors.

Trader Neil Catania works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street following big gains in Europe after the head of the European Central Bank said it was ready to cut interest rates and provide more economic stimulus if necessary.

Trump to Meet with Xi Next Week

Investors are hoping for any positive sign in the trade war between the world's largest economies.

The makers of Budweiser, Coors and other large-scale brewers are placing their bets on cannabis as a way to fight saturated markets and shifting consumer trends.

Beer Makers See Growth in Cannabis

"Cannabis could be the big disruptor."

In this March 17, 2011, file photo, cans of Coca-Cola and Diet Coke sit in a cooler at a deli in Portland, Ore. Items ranging from canned beverages to airline tickets will likely get more expensive, companies warn, as they face higher costs. Procter & Gamble, one of the biggest makers of consumer products, said Tuesday, July 31, 2018, that Pampers prices will increase by an average of 4 percent in North America, while the Bounty, Charmin and Puffs brands could see 5 percent increases.

Inflation, Gas Prices, Tariffs Squeeze Consumers

The consumer price index, the government's primary measure of inflation, rose 2.9 percent in June from a year earlier, the fastest increase in six years.

In this Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, file photo, Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, arrive for a State Dinner in honor of Chinese President Xi Jinping, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Despite no national law, paid family leave benefits are rising in some business sectors and regions thanks to company policy and laws. A majority of Americans over 40 support paid leave to care for family. Highly visible executives, like Zuckerberg, have spoken out in favor of paid family leave laws. He announced with a status update on Facebook that he was taking two months of parental leave to help care for his new daughter. Facebook offers 16 weeks of paid leave to new mothers and fathers.

Best & Worst for Paid Leave

The current best and worst industries and regions with regard to paid family leave benefits.