Finishing touches to add to your home office
Every home office needs to add a few finishing touches to make the space feel more personalized. Otherwise, it looks like every other office.
Every home office needs to add a few finishing touches to make the space feel more personalized. Otherwise, it looks like every other office.
Local retail businesses are managing to bring in so many new customers every day, thanks to the use and application of a few known methods. These tried and tested techniques are highly effective in enticing customers into stores. All local businesses which have physical stores in the area would do well to bear them in mind. They are generating a profit and creating future custom for the businesses in question. They are well worth knowing about for all retail business […]
(FarmWeekNow) -- Widespread drought and other weather challenges shouldn’t have a big impact on the production of corn and soybean seed for next year. In fact, seed industry representatives are quite bullish about new product offerings for 2024. “The (seed) crop is just now starting to get harvested, and all signs are thumbs up on what we have for the crop,” Eric Boeck, head of Syngenta Seeds, told FarmWeek at the Farm Progress Show (FPS). “Whether we have more soybeans […]
(FarmWeekNow) -- Offerings of plant-based meat alternatives expanded in recent years, but they haven’t captured consumers’ interest nearly as much as some economists expected. According to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, the market for plant-based meats likely reached a tipping point as the initial period of exceptional sales growth appears over. “Whatever their reason for purchase, plant-based offerings appear to have fallen short of consumers’ expectations in terms of either cost or performance,” said Billy Roberts, senior food […]
MANTENO (Capitol News Illinois) -- A new battery manufacturing plant is set to open in northern Illinois next year after the state offered more than $330 million in tax incentives to make it happen. Gotion, a Chinese battery manufacturing and development company, announced on Friday that it will build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in Manteno, about 50 miles south of Chicago. The roughly $2 billion project is set to create 2,600 jobs and begin production in 2024. The plant […]
JACKSONVILLE -- Iowa-based grocery chain Hy-Vee is coming to Jacksonville as the County Market store on West Morton Ave. was sold Thursday. It was confirmed via multiple sources, including WLDS, of the store's sale. The sale was later revealed to current County Market employees. "This time the rumor is true," Tina Potthoff, senior vice president of communications for Hy-Vee. "We are very excited to come to Jacksonville and be a part of the community." Potthoff declined to provide specific details […]
At some point, you will start looking for a new job. The reasons could vary from career progression or a better-paid position to a more convenient location or favorable working hours. There are many reasons why people look for new jobs. When looking for a new job, there are some factors to consider. What are the hours that you will have to do each week? What is the company culture like? Do they have much career progression? The stability of […]
Everyone knows instinctively that it’s a bad idea to drive internal combustion engine cars through deep puddles (unless, of course, the manufacturer’s specifications say you can). But what, exactly, is so bad about this practice? Why do regular cars conk out when you plow through a deep river or flood water? Cars can (and will) suffer water damage The main problem of driving through deep water is water damage. While manufacturers make vehicles to be water-resistant, most can’t survive being […]
Having a college student of my own, I can relate to this important article about money by Kathy Sweedler with Illinois Extension. Student loans, rental agreements, car purchases, employment contracts plus day-to-day spending – all in the life of a college student! Between the ages of 18 to 25 years old, people go from spending money on fun to significant financial decisions that can affect them for many years. Launching young adults includes helping them develop healthy financial behaviors. What […]