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LendingTree analyzed small business data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that almost 1 in 4 businesses fail in their first year. The 23% failure rate from 2023 is two percentage points more than the year before and four percentage points more than in 2021.
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There are still 16 Las Vegas properties that have not signed new contracts with the culinary union.
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Congress invoked the Railway Labor Act, passed nearly a century ago, that forced the four remaining rail unions that had rejected the Biden Administration's brokered deal largely due to a lack of stipulations for paid time off to accept it, avoiding a nationwide strike. But a Gillette union leader indicated there are potential positives for rail unions and workers in their relationships with the the railroads.
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The Ford Wyoming Center, formerly known as the Casper Events Center, is celebrating its 40 anniversary this year. It’s hosted some of the biggest names in entertainment, music, politics, and sports over the last four decades. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook spoke with Brad Murphy, the facility’s general manager, about its history, how it’s celebrating 40 years, and its future.
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A new currency is gaining popularity in several states in our region. The company that makes it is using new technology to simplify buying and reselling a precious metal.
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Pivot Prosthetics & Orthotics hosts events and activities for those who use prosthetics as well as social connections for others who are in similar situations. Their adaptive mobility group uses activities such as archery in addition to social events that offer community and encouragement adapting to life with these devices.
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McGinley Orthopedics offers medical care for orthopedic issues but is also active in research and development to patent medical devices and technologies that improve patient care and seek to improve this kind of care and how it's practiced in medicine. So far, countries such as Panama and Egypt have adopted McGinley-made technologies with the hospital in Thermopolis approving the use of two technologies. To date, over 125 patents have been issued to McGinley and his operation.
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Visionary Broadband initially launched in the mid-1990s and has grown to serve traditionally underserved communities in a three state region. The company is continuing its mission to provide high-speed internet access to these areas. Currently, Wyoming ranks as one of the worst states in the country for internet speed and accessibility.
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The Biden administration played a key role in brokering the agreement, which was done to avoid a strike that would have brought trains to a halt across the country. Now, there are renewed concerns that a strike could occur in the coming months after the country's third largest rail union rejected the contract. The impacts of a strike would significantly impact the economies in Wyoming and nationwide.
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The Wyoming Afterschool Alliance is offering Young Entrepreneur Pitch Challenge for school-aged students to submit ideas for services or products that can benefit their communities, the environment, or the state as a whole. The application window opened at the beginning of October and runs through the end of November.
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Some jobs are coming back in Wyoming after the effects of the pandemic, but others aren’t as quicklyThe COVID-19 pandemic impacted seemingly every sector of the global economy. And those impacts are continuing to make their mark on the national and Wyoming economies. Wyoming Public Radio’s Hugh Cook asked Wenlin Liu of the state’s Department of Administration and Information's Economic Analysis Division how the Cowboy state is holding up after COVID.
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Manufacturing businesses, including those in Sheridan, Buffalo, Casper, Cheyenne, Laramie, and Rock Springs are participating in the initiative, which aims to increase awareness, understanding, and interest in local manufacturing sectors.