Streamline refinances: What are they and do I qualify?
With interest rates increasing, but hovering near historic lows, many homeowners are wondering if they should refinance. As of mid-March 2021, rates have increased from…
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Ready for a good night’s sleep?
Studies show consistently getting adequate sleep improves mental, emotional and physical health in many ways, making sleep just as important to optimizing our health as…
Executive moves
Fidelity promotes 3 Fidelity Bank & Trust has announced three promotions. Alan Besler was promoted to central regional president. Todd Steffen was promoted to market…
What you need to know about the end of third-party cookie tracking
Google’s Chrome joined Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox to announce it will phase out third-party cookies by 2022. This will have a significant impact on…
Biz local
LANCASTER, Wis. — A Boscobel-based bank is expanding its locations with the purchase of a branch in Lancaster. Community First Bank has reached an agreement…
The power of self-reflection
In our focus of evaluating people in the context of providing services in retained search, outplacement, coaching, team building, human resource consulting and conflict resolution,…
Fed in March saw brighter outlook, yet underscored patience
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials were encouraged last month by evidence the U.S. economy was picking up, but they showed no sign of moving closer…
Target to spend more than $2B at Black-owned businesses
NEW YORK (AP) — Target will spend a total of more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses by 2025 as part of its effort to…
Carnival says it lost $2 billion in 1Q but bookings are up
Cruise giant Carnival Corp. said today that it lost $2 billion in the first quarter as its corner of the travel industry remained closed down…
US trade deficit jumps 4.8% to $71.1 billion in February
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit grew to a record $71.1 billion in February as a decline in exports more than offset…