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The good news for retirement savers using 401(k) plans and similar workplace retirement accounts is that the improving stock market is raising account balances. The average 401(k) is up by an average of $7,250 – a gain of 9.6% – since the end of 2022, according to a Bank of America report. The report also […] The post Here’s How Much Americans’ 401(k) Balances Have Grown in 2023. Is Yours Keeping Pace? appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset.
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The coffee chain and Workers United, that represents Starbucks workers in the United States, began negotiations this week on what they called a "foundational framework" to guide union organizing and collective bargaining across the country. Workers at more than 420 of Starbucks' 9,000 U.S. stores have voted to unionize since 2021. "We discussed a broad range of topics, including ... details relating to the union's representation of partners as both sides worked on the foundational framework that will contribute to single-store contract negotiations and ratification," Starbucks and the union said in a joint statement on Friday.
STRATHROY-CARADOC - Council recently approved the allocation of community event grants, sparking an in-depth council discussion regarding the transparency and procedures of committee recommendations and funding approval. The Community Events Program Grant Allocations report, which outlines the distribution of $39,762 among nine local organizations, was presented during the council meeting on April 2. Robert Lilbourne, Director of Community Services, provided specifics on the grant allocations, n
Car maker General Motors will close its manufacturing operations in Colombia and Ecuador, the company said in a statement on Friday, as part of its shift towards producing next-generation vehicles. Manufacturing will cease at company's Colmotores plant in Colombia from Friday, it said, while operations will halt at its factory in Ecuador at the end of August. In Colombia, the company is seeking permission from the labor ministry to lay off 850 workers, a spokesperson said.
Aon first-quarter profit missed estimates on Friday due to underperformance in its U.S. retail brokerage business, sending its shares down nearly 9%. While the company's retail brokerage revenue grew on the back of solid growth in EMEA, Asia and the Pacific, U.S. results faced pressure from lower net new business and the ongoing impacts from external capital markets activity, TD Cowen analysts said in a note. Still, interest income rose nearly six times to $28 million in the first quarter ended March, primarily due to interest earned on $5 billion investment of debt proceeds used to fund the purchase of NFP.
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MONTREAL — The head of Canada's biggest trucking firm says the U.S. election is dampening an already weak market for freight. Alain Bédard, chairman and CEO of TFI International Inc., says uncertainty over the outcome of the political contest means some customers are holding off on shipments until the result becomes clear after votes are cast in November. On a conference call Friday, Bédard gave the example of a green energy company spun off from General Electric that he says has adopted a wait-
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VANCOUVER — Striker Brian White isn’t sure how he will celebrate if he makes Vancouver Whitecaps history by scoring against his old New York Red Bulls team. White’s next goal will be his 44th across all competitions, the most of any Whitecap in the Major League Soccer era. "I'll see how the moment takes me," the 28-year-old, who grew up in Flemington, N.J., said as the Whitecaps prepared to face the Red Bulls on Saturday in New Jersey. "You try not to think about these kinds of things because th
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BROMONT, Que. — The federal and Quebec governments are spending close to $100 million to boost the country's manufacturing capacity for semiconductors, which are vital in technologies ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum computing. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters today in Bromont, Que., that Ottawa will invest $59.9 million to help fund IBM Canada’s semiconductor packaging facility in the town about 70 kilometres southeast of Montreal. He says the investment will also go
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The NFL will permit players to wear Guardian Caps during games in the 2024 season. Previously, they could only be used in practices.
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