Global Markets Are Healing

With the markets slowly recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the oil demand in Asia is starting to return to pre-pandemic levels. Saudi Aramco’s chief executive Amin Nasser said, “We are seeing a partial recovery in the energy market as countries around the world take steps to ease restrictions and reboot their economies”. This positive news […]

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Times Up!

It’s been one week since the $600 unemployment stimulus ran out for many jobless Americans. In my blog, “Time is Running Out,” I discussed how Congress was working to put together a bill that extend these benefits and yet we still do not have a bill as partisanship persists.

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Speedway Purchase

Over this past weekend, the parent company of 7-Eleven announced that they had come to a deal purchasing the Speedway gas station chain from Marathon Petroleum for $21 billion. According to CNN,  “It’s one of the biggest acquisitions in the world to be announced since the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this year. Japanese retail giant Seven […]

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Time is Running Out

With the current stimulus relief package that was put in place at the start of the pandemic set to expire today, Congress has yet to pass another relief package. After last efforts to extend the $600 stimulus failed Thursday and the Senate gone for the weekend, millions of Americans are left with much uncertainty moving […]

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Virtual Conferences of the Future

The COVID-19 virus may have provided a future view to the trade show industry. The global health crisis has caused hundreds of conferences, meetings, and trade shows to be postponed or cancelled this year. As a result of CDC social distance guidelines, the traditional in person conference may be changed forever. The Federal Motor Carrier […]

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Class is in session?

A new school year is fast approaching, with many parents questioning what will be considered the new norm for their children once they return to school. School districts across the country are working to unveil plans to reopen with new procedures for just about everything. However, none are set in stone because erratic hot spots […]

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Can the airline industry take off again?

As we sit in the height of travel season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, less travelers are turning to airlines to get them to their final destinations. With the downturn in all travel, airlines are forced to make difficult decisions. British Airlines announced today that it would be retiring its entire fleet of Boeing 747s. The […]

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Ohio’s Unveiling

Last year, Eastern Ohio was affected by a major loss when General Motors made the decision to close their Lordstown facility, a major part of this small town. Since then, a banker by the name of Steve Burns, now CEO for Lordstown Motors, is starting from the ground up with hopes to revive the facility […]

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U.S. and China Relations at a New Low?

United States and Chinese trade relations appear to have hit a new low after White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said that the trade deal was “over” on Fox News last night. Navarro later walked back his comments and said that his comments were taken out of context and, “was simply speaking to the lack […]

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