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Stocks sink, yields tumble, oil prices steady: Stock market news today

US stocks sank and oil prices held steady Tuesday as new data showed fresh signs of labor market cooling and declining factory orders from businesses.

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) decreased nearly 0.6%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) slipped around the same amount. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) 0.5% slides.

Oil prices steady, with WTI crude oil — the US benchmark — wavering around $80 a barrel. After Monday’s big gains, oil was back in its four-month trading range after OPEC+ announced it would slash output by 1.16 million barrels per day.

On the economic front, vacancies at US

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Marketing and web design are most commonly outsourced jobs

US has the most freelancers available for work

Remote and flexible working policies mean employers are no longer bound by geographical constraints when seeking out freelance support, meaning they can more easily hire contractors based in different countries.

This means that the talent pool has been drastically widened and, in many cases, local skills gaps can be bypassed.

With this in mind, Remote examined which of the 38 countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) had the most freelancers available to work.

And the US came out on top, with 22.1% of the total number of

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My Loved One Passed Away – What Do I Need To Do?

Losing a loved one is incredibly hard. We help our clients with the administrative and legal aspects following the death of a loved one.

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When a loved one dies, there are many things to do and many are time sensitive.

First, there are many practical items to consider. These may include:

  • Finding care for any pets;
  • Determining if there are funeral instructions, arrangements, or prepayments;
  • Notifying family and friends;
  • Preparing
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6 Steps for Your Small Business to Avoid a Financial Crisis

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The Main Street economy is facing some stiff headwinds.

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep boosting interest rates this year. That could push the rate on Small Business Administration loans to 10%, the highest in 15 years. Add in higher wages and supply costs, and small business owners are feeling the pain.

Heavier borrowing costs weigh down the entire economy. They sabotage

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Why Automation is Crucial for all Small Business Owners

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Most small business owners want to increase the value of their business, and they often do so over time by adjusting their marketing, coming up with new products or services or making what they do more convenient. Automation is another pathway to value that leaders often overlook because most large automation providers do not focus on selling to smaller accounts. Bringing these technologies into your small business can improve what the company is worth and, as a bonus, improve work-life balance.

Related: How to Use Automation (and Avoid the Pitfalls) as an

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Top Republican takes on the Biden administration over new energy rules for mobile homes [Video]

Mon. Tim Scott (R-SC) is asking the Biden administration to delay new energy standards for mobile homes set to go into effect at the end of next month.

In a new letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm given exclusively to Yahoo Finance, Scott said “this costly and misguided regulation” will squeeze low-income Americans who will be “unfairly asked to bear the costs imposed by climate alarmists.”

The new rules require more insulation and energy-efficient windows, changes that will increase the costs of building the homes. But they will also save Americans hundreds of dollars on their electricity bills while also

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Budget could have included more help for small businesses: CFIB CEO

There was some good news for small businesses in the federal budget but the head of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) said entrepreneurs are still facing big worries and the majority aren’t back to where they were before the pandemic.

In an interview with BNN Bloomberg on Tuesday, Dan Kelly, president and chief executive officer of CFIB, said the “government has to worry about how much firepower it has left, but so do small business owners.”

“One of the pieces in that mix is ​​the fact that they’re sitting on a mountain of debt that the business has

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Do you need a deck to raise from VCs? Not always

How one founder raised from a16z without breaking open PowerPoint

For all the focus on pitch decks (and more than 80 articles on the topic), you’d think that it’s impossible for startups to raise from angels or institutional investors without one. That’s not entirely correct. Here’s why.

Going far enough back into the history of investing, you need a comprehensive business plan to raise funding from institutional investors. The Harvard Business Review has a great guide to how to create one. The exact details of what goes into a business plan vary but often include history, market analyses, strategy, product

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