Homebuyers compete to score in metro Detroit residential real estate frenzy
Metro Detroit's spring residential real estate market is coming in like a lion, setting a blistering pace for already frantic homebuyers who are willing to wave extra cash at any available house, a scenario where agents and brokers are working long hours to find new listings before rising interest…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sales of Lego sets surged last year as more children stayed home during global pandemic lockdowns - and parents bought the colorful plastic brick toys to keep them...
COVID-19 drives sales bump for Benton Harbor-based high-end furniture maker
The nationwide move to working from home has been devastating to such makers of office furniture as Steelcase Corp. of Grand Rapids.It has been a boon, though, for Vincent Leman, the owner of a small furniture business in Benton Harbor. Sales jumped 60 percent last year, all of that increase coming…
PayPal profit tops estimates as pandemic drives online spending to record levels | Reuters
PayPal Holdings Inc beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, with a coronavirus-driven shift to online shopping and digital transactions driving record levels of payment volumes for both the quarter and the year.
As America devours more wings than ever, restaurants double down
America's appetite for chicken wings appears unending and restaurant chains of all sorts are rushing to feed it.It might seem impossible, but the pandemic actually made one of the country's favorite menu items even more popular. After governments forced restaurants to close and curtail indoor…
Hello Everyone, I hope that this note finds you all healthy and well. This pandemic and resulting isolation has reminded us of the deep need for human connections, people’s adaptability and...
FedEx profit leaps on rate hikes, e-commerce shipments
U.S. delivery firm FedEx Corp on Thursday said quarterly profit almost doubled after rate hikes and spiking volume helped lower the cost of delivering pandemic-fueled e-commerce purchases to residential addresses.