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How to Read Business News Like an Analyst
A working method for separating the filing from the press release, the number from the spin, and the story from the consequence.
Jay Douglas · October 28, 2026
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Company news covered through what follows it: site openings and closures, relocation, mass layoff notices, acquisitions and capital commitments, with headcount and location detail where filed. Entries name the communities involved. Read by workforce boards, economic development officers, investors and reporters covering regional economies.
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Credit Unions vs Banks: What Actually Changes for Your Money
Ownership, insurance and pricing differ more than the lobby décor does. Here is what an everyday account holder should weigh.
Jay Douglas · October 20, 2026
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Unemployment Benefits Duration — Unemployment Insurance Week by Week: What a Claim Actually Pays and When It Runs Out
A plain week-by-week walk through an unemployment claim: who qualifies, what a weekly check pays, the rules, and when the money runs out.
Jay Douglas · October 4, 2026
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Boeing's 17,000 Job Cuts Land on a Company Already on Strike
Boeing announced plans in October 2024 to cut about 17,000 jobs — one in ten employees — while 33,000 machinists were on strike over wages, a collision of a restructuring and a walkout with consequences already reaching supplier towns.
Jay Douglas · August 24, 2026
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The SBA's ESOP Loan Program Is Broken Again: A Citizenship Rule Is Why
A financing tool built to help owners sell small businesses to their own employees has been gutted by a citizenship-verification rule, the nonprofit that helped design the program says.
Jay Douglas · August 10, 2026