Women business owners, on average, are less likely than male business owners to take a salary, and, when they do, they they pay themselves $17,470 less than their male counterparts, according to a new American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor survey. Fewer small business owners are taking home salaries, but those who are gave themselves…
WILMINGTON– The Chemours Company, the global chemistry company based in Wilmington, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of .03 cents per share on common stock. The second-quarter dividend will be paid on June 15 to stockholders of record as of May 17.
Brandywine Toastmasters, the oldest Toastmasters club in Delaware, will celebrate its 70th anniversary at a dinner May 16. The dinner will feature guest speaker Kate Olsen, who will share how Toastmasters helped her heal from a traumatic brain injury. The event is scheduled from 6-8 p.m. at Ed Oliver Golf Course, 800 N. DuPont Rd,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy inched forward at the weakest pace in two years from January through March, as consumer spending growth slowed, business investment plunged and exports declined further. The gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic health, grew by a tiny 0.5 percent in the first quarter, the Commerce Department reported…
Location: 716 N. Market St., Wilmington Asking price: $529,000 Size: 6,420 square feet Price per square foot: $82.40 Setting: Three-story building is located in the Market Street retail corridor, within walking distance of the Queen, the Grand Opera House, DCAD and downtown offices and government buildings. Features: The first floor and second-floor mezzanine are leased to…
Division of Revenue Director Patrick T. Carter has announced that Delaware tax season filing deadline this year is Monday, May 2, 2016. Citizens are encouraged to file their 2015 State of Delaware Personal Income Taxes or file an extension to Monday, October 17, 2016 by using online services at www.delaware.gov. For paper-filed returns, the State…
A new study shows average total compensation of state employees — excluding teachers and law enforcement — substantially exceeds compensation for workers in Delaware’s private sector who have similar levels of education and experience. A Delaware Public Policy Institute study found state employees earn about 12.4 percent less than similarly qualified private-sector workers but they…
Is your team ready to follow other Delaware companies in the agile-office concept? Delaware’s strategically focused companies are all about disruption, turning the old office model on its head. Technology, connectivity, and perceptions about how work gets done are changing so rapidly that the focus of today’s discussions about office space design has changed from…
Senate Republicans recently unveiled an 11-point plan to combat inter-generational poverty in Delaware and they deserve a lot of credit for stepping forward on the issue. Not all the ideas will become law, but some will, and all deserve an honest debate. The objective is to make Delaware the lowest-poverty state in the nation by…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Short of savings and burdened by debt, America’s millennials are struggling to afford their first homes in the face of sharply higher prices in many of the most desirable cities. Surveys show that most Americans under 35 lack adequate savings for down payments. The result is that many will likely be forced…
