business Companies Start to Lean More on Cost Savings Amid Persistent Inflation Christin Hakim, June 5, 2022 Companies are taking steps to cut costs and improve efficiency after many of them relied more on boosting prices in recent quarters to offset inflation and bolster their bottom lines. Inflation, at 8.3% in April, is at a nearly 40-year high and companies are being squeezed by snarls in global… Continue Reading
business Pandemic Led Man to Empty Savings, Start Business in Alabama | Georgia News Christin Hakim, September 25, 2021 By JOSHUA MIXON, Ledger-Enquirer FORT MITCHELL, Ala. (AP) — When COVID-19 hit in 2020, Nickolas Folmar combined his customer service experience and his father’s history in the carpet cleaning business to start fresh. Folmar was ready for a change and wanted to start his own business after working the 9-to-5… Continue Reading