WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers are posting more job openings than they did before the pandemic struck 2½ years ago. Problem is, there aren’t enough applicants. The labor force is smaller than when the pandemic struck. The reasons vary — an unexpected wave of retirements, a drop in legal immigration, the loss of workers to … Read more
“A Dangerous Business” by Jane Smiley (Alfred A. Knopf) After a fall publishing season filled with Big Books by John Irving, Cormac McCarthy and Barbara Kingsolver, to name just a few, it’s refreshing to read this taut tale from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley (“A Thousand Acres”). Set in Monterey, California, about a decade before … Read more
Microsoft is taking a roughly 4% stake in the operator of the London Stock Exchange, which has agreed to spend at least $2.8 billion in cloud-computing services from the technology giant. That spending commitment will be spread out over 10 years, according to the terms of the deal announced Sunday by Microsoft. Major exchanges have … Read more
Some great bites are included in this list.
SAN ANTONIO – Local insurance and financial services giant USAA announced that the company will be vacating its downtown office space by the end of 2022. After largely leaving the 300 Convent building and putting it on the sublease market, the company had retained a relative skeleton crew within the urban core. It’s a remarkable … Read more
Now, there are many restaurants that are currently under construction, but here are 15 food and drink spots that opened for business in 2022. Boerne No line or food behind the glass here. Photo by Gabriel Romero Bill Miller Bar-B-Q After a two-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill Miller Bar-B-Q finally opened its … Read more
Grilling company Weber is being taken private in a deal valued at about $3.7 billion. Investment funds managed by BDT Capital Partners LLC will buy all of the outstanding shares of Weber Inc. that they don’t already own for $8.05 per share. Weber’s board has approved the transaction, which is expected to close in the … Read more