Category: La Finca
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State of Consumer Risks 2025 Series: Register before January 8th to join a free CFPB webinar on tax time resources for consumers (First of 15)
This webinar is designed for frontline service providers and program managers who want to know more about free filing options for the people they serve.
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Social Security: Five Topics of Conversation for Holiday Gatherings
If the topic of Social Security comes up during a holiday get-together, we’ve put together 5 basic messages you can share with your loved ones.
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The Tax Man is Catching Up with “Gig Economy” Workers
U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee for the Central District of California found that there is a reasonable basis for believing that U.S. taxpayers who were paid by JustAnswer to answer questions as experts may have failed to comply with federal tax laws.
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Many Businesses
Regardless of the holiday, food-sharing and family gatherings are all part of seasonal traditions.
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X Marks the Spot: Making Missing Markets
“There is a high correlation between gaps and deficiencies, including those relating to climate, health, and economic investment.”
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Inflation Expectations Decline Slightly; Labor Market Expectations Improve
Perceptions of credit access and expectations for future credit access both improved in October.
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Consumers Report Higher Credit Rejection Rates, Expect Fewer Credit Applications
Households anticipate that they will be less likely to apply for at least one type of credit over the next 12 months.
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Household Debt Rose Modestly; Delinquency Rates Remain Elevated
Mortgage balances increased by $75 billion from the previous quarter and reached $12.59 trillion at the end of September.
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Artificial Intelligence Camera Captures Bird Behavior Around Solar Panels to Inform Siting and Conservation—Success Story
A team at Argonne National Laboratory set out to develop a camera system that could continuously monitor how birds behave around solar panels using artificial intelligence.
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Apple and Goldman Sachs Ordered to Pay Over $89 Million for Apple Card Failures
Apple and Goldman launched Apple Card despite third-party warnings to Goldman that the Apple Card disputes system was not ready due to technological issues.
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report Update
In the week ending August 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 232,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week’s revised level.
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A Driver Can Easily Get More Miles from an Hour of Level 2 Charging while their EV is Parked than the Average Person Drives in a Day
A driver can easily get more miles from an hour of level 2 charging while their light-duty EV is parked and plugged into a charger than the average person drives in a day.
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NMSU Alumnus devotes career to helping others preserve and grow their finances
Wealth management professionals like New Mexico State University alumnus CJ Dennis devote their careers to helping others preserve and grow their finances.
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The Federal Reserve and its Monetary Policy Implementation Framework
The Federal Reserve System is the central bank of the United States. Its key entities are the Board of Governors, which is an independent federal government agency, 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks, and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
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Regulating Decentralized Systems: Evidence from Sanctions on Tornado Cash
Blockchain-based systems are run by a decentralized network of participants and are designed to be censorship-resistant.
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NMSU to host 40th annual Career Expo, Engineering, Science and Technology Fair
New Mexico State University’s Office of Experiential Learning will host the 40th annual Career Expo Fair and Engineering, Science and Technology Fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 17-18.
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Employment Opportunities as of Friday, August 16, 2024
Over the course of the past week, Las Cruces Digest received dozens of announcements of open positions, and employers hoping to fill them. To be sure, these are not all local jobs; however, these employers are casting a wide net in hopes of finding help. A Las Cruces Digest Report Disclaimer: The following links and…
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New Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize Gets to Work– Department of Energy Offering Over $3 Million to Create Clean Energy Jobs
DOE’s new Good Jobs in Clean Energy Prize will award over $3 million to new or existing place-based coalitions focused on creating accessible, good-paying jobs in clean energy.
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report 08/15/2024 08:00 AM EDT
In the week ending August 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 227,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week’s revised level.
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Learn to be financially Savvy with the City of Las Cruces and the United Way of Southwest New Mexico.
Join the FREE 6-part financial literacy program to learn the basics of finances through a range of class topics.
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims: New Mexico had 799 New Claims with 10,000 still looking for work
Nationally, the advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.2 percent for the week ending July 27, unchanged from the previous week’s unrevised rate.
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Employment Opportunity Roundup: August 9, 2024
Over the course of the past week, Las Cruces Digest received dozens of announcements of open positions, and employers hoping to fill them. To be sure, these are not all local jobs; however, these employers are casting a wide net in hopes of finding help.
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Arrowhead Center at NMSU to host state’s first Startup World Cup competition in Albuquerque
New Mexico has been selected to join the 2024 Startup World Cup, a prestigious global competition organized by San Jose, California-based Pegasus Tech Ventures, offering a $1 million prize to the winner.
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Demographic Characteristics of Nonemployer Business Owners
This release also includes business owners’ urban and rural classification, receipt size of firm, legal form of organization (e.g., sole proprietorships and partnerships), and for the first time, tabulation of nonemployer business data by county.
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Trade liberalization reduces entrepreneurship rate
Entrepreneurship is an extremely important driver of economic growth and wealth creation. However, entrepreneurship opportunities may be significantly different in a globally interconnected economy relative to the past.
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The Anatomy of Labor Demand Pre- and Post-COVID
Has labor demand changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? The authors leverage detailed data on the universe of U.S. online job listings to study the dynamics of labor demand pre- and post-COVID.
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Study shows NM outdoor recreation businesses expect growth–Grants Available
The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Outdoor Recreation Division (ORD) Director Karina Armijo announced the opening of both the Outdoor Equity Fund (OEF) and the Outdoor Recreation Trails+ Grant. Both grant programs opened for applications on July 1, 2024.
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Las Cruces Reads about Money Tech: The DeFi Intermediation Chain
Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is a rapidly growing ecosystem of financial applications built on blockchain technology, primarily on the Ethereum network.
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Webinar: Helpful Filing Tips and Recommendations Webinar for the 2024 H-2A Farmworker Protection–August 7, 2024
On August 7, 2024, the Department of Labor will host a public webinar to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on the changes to the H-2A program made by the 2024 H-2A Farmworker Protection Final Rule.
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Center of Supply Chain Entrepreneurship program sets up students for success
Victor Pimentel, assistant professor of supply chain/business analytics and director of CSCE program, said the program initiated in 2021 and aims to connect local, national and international businesses to College of Business faculty and students.
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Household Debt Rose by $184 Billion in Q1 2024; Delinquency Transition Rates Increased Across All Debt Types
“In the first quarter of 2024, credit card and auto loan transition rates into serious delinquency continued to rise across all age groups,” said Joelle Scally, Regional Economic Principal within the Household and Public Policy Research Division at the New York Fed.
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The Mysterious Slowdown in U.S. Manufacturing Productivity
Throughout the twentieth century, steady technological and organizational innovations, along with the accumulation of productive capital, increased labor productivity at a steady rate of around 2 percent per year.