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Many small businesses are online now, but so are cyber criminals trying to take advantage. On today's show, how one bar owner fell victim to a Facebook scam and if big tech could do more to protect small business owners from increasing cyber attacks. Read Stephan's original piece ... Show More

We are just at the start of hurricane season, and we're already seeing the danger and tragedy brought on by storms. There's another cost that gets much less attention, but it's a gamble everyone in the path of a storm has to make.Today on the show, we examine the decision on whet ... Show More

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is now law. It's expected to cost the government a pretty penny. The Congressional Budget Office predicts a $3.4 trillion increase in the deficit over ten years. This is driven by significant tax cuts, including extensions of those made in 2017. Tru ... Show More

On this podcast we keep trying to make sense out of this economy. It is confusing and there are numerous contradictory signals.  On today’s show we are taking a look at why there appears to be a labor shortage. We keep hearing about the so-called labor shortage and politicians an ... Show More

Early numbers are in for the Black Friday weekend with strong growth over last year. That momentum has even extended to brick-and-mortar retailers, which saw only small traffic declines during the busy period. Find out why department stores are feeling confident about the quarter ... Show More

Nonfarm payrolls come in light with down revisions but the jobless rate falls to 3.5%. (0:12) Fortinet (FTNT) stock hammered. (3:03) Why it may be too soon to throw in the recession towel. (4:00) Read a transcxript of this esisode at Seeking Alpha. Show Notes: U.S. jobs growth in ... Show More

With the UAE's move to a Monday-Friday working week and a reduction of hours for public sector employees to four-and-a-half days, the country is leading the charge of a milestone shift in the way we work in the 21st century. Less than a month into the new model, the private secto ... Show More

You can't make this stuff up. On today's show we are taking a deeper look at the incredibly strong January jobs report that 517,000 jobs were created in the month of January in the US.  The report was at odds with the daily reports of layoffs in multiple industries across the nat ... Show More

Employers added 336,000 jobs in September, almost double the 170,000 estimated, according to figures released by the Labor Department. Great news if you're looking for work there, of course, but if you're in the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, and worried about the econo ... Show More

A four and a half day working week, with Saturday and Sunday as full days off, marks a massive shift to work culture in the UAE. The federal government will adopt these measures beginning January 1, 2022, but it remains unclear if the private sector will follow suit. Co-hosts Mus ... Show More

Will Bain explores whether working on a Friday is a thing of the past. Plus, we look ahead to UK GDP figures.