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One-third of college faculty see their salaries dip

Written on 8 Mar, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 0 Comments
One-third of college faculty see their salaries dip

More than one third of college faculty nationwide took a pay cut this academic year, and overall faculty pay showed no salary increase, according to a new report. [Chronicle of Higher Education] The typical professor had received a pay raise of... (Continue reading)

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Increased minimum wage equals decreased teen jobs

Written on 6 Mar, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 0 Comments
Increased minimum wage equals decreased teen jobs

The increase in California’s minimum wage may have come at the expense of teen employment, according to some economists. [Daily Bulletin] Minimum wage in California has increased roughly 18 percent since 2005, but the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) claims the result... (Continue reading)

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Consensus: Central Coast lacks business support systems

Written on 19 Feb, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 1 Comment
Consensus: Central Coast lacks business support systems

While the Central Coast is a beautiful place to live, it fails to provide some of the community support systems required to help entrepreneurs thrive in San Luis Obispo County, according to a consensus of three business owners at the... (Continue reading)

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Certainly not California

Written on 28 Jan, 2010 in Opinion | 9 Comments

BY GREG KUDLICK It just amazes me that nobody in power, nobody in the “know,” actually understands what is going on. This is an enormous economic shift, one of the largest in our history, maybe the largest. I don’t say this lightly.... (Continue reading)

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UCLA study: Legalizing undocumented immigrants helps the economy

Written on 7 Jan, 2010 in Daily Briefs | 6 Comments
UCLA study: Legalizing undocumented immigrants helps the economy

A new study out of UCLA suggests that comprehensive immigration reform would add an estimated $1.5 trillion to the U.S. gross domestic product over the next ten years. [Los Angeles Times] The report, authored by UCLA associate professor Raul Hinojosa–Ojeda, claims... (Continue reading)

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Saving for a rainy day

Written on 23 Dec, 2009 in Opinion | 1 Comment

BY JEFF BLISS We have become 99 percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, laying a little by systematically for the proverbial rainy day which is due to come, can almost be listed among... (Continue reading)

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Retailers get nervous

Written on 11 Dec, 2009 in Daily Briefs | 0 Comments
Retailers get nervous

Holiday sales nationally are not looking good, according to The Wall Street Journal. The first week of December was especially slow, with sales dropping 18 percent over the previous week. One retail observer is saying, “It looks like the middle... (Continue reading)

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Retail sales up slightly for Black Friday

Written on 29 Nov, 2009 in Daily Briefs | 0 Comments
Retail sales up slightly for Black Friday

Shoppertrak, a national consumer spending research group, reports that retail sales nationally  for “Black Friday,” supposedly the busiest retail day of the year, increased only 0.5 percent over 2008. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times cites research indicating 195 million shoppers hit... (Continue reading)

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