• Career Corner: How to Improve Your Job Search When You’re Not Finding the Openings You Want

    Career Corner: How to Improve Your Job Search When You’re Not Finding the Openings You Want

    Finding a job is always a draining process, and the conditions of the past year have only exacerbated that challenge. Scouring the same job boards can feel like spinning your wheels and leave you wondering if there’s anything else you could be trying. Gwen Moran of Fortune discusses this, explaining how sometimes the key to…

  • With 25% of U.S. Malls Expected to Close Within Five Years, How Will Chester County’s Shopping Meccas Adapt?

    With 25% of U.S. Malls Expected to Close Within Five Years, How Will Chester County’s Shopping Meccas Adapt?

    Everyone is well aware that the circumstances of the last year have caused shopping malls to struggle, but analysts now have data to ascertain just how much damage has been done. Likely to the surprise of few, some of the predictions are bleak. Shawn Baldwin of CNBC discusses this, explaining how data from Coresight Research…

  • Wiser Wealth: With Mortgage Rates Rising Homeowners Wonder if Now is the Time to Refinance

    Wiser Wealth: With Mortgage Rates Rising Homeowners Wonder if Now is the Time to Refinance

    It’s easy to get caught up in your day-to-day routine and put off making long-term decisions for another time. However, that makes it easy to get caught unprepared when your window of opportunity to make a decision suddenly starts closing. According to Julia Carpenter of the Wall Street Journal, the last year has seen a…

  • You Won’t Believe How Much Malls in the U.S. Lost Their Value in 2020

    You Won’t Believe How Much Malls in the U.S. Lost Their Value in 2020

    With vaccines gradually becoming more accessible, many people are hopeful that the hardships caused by the pandemic may soon be over. However, now one year removed from when COVID began spreading in America, the financial fallout from its damage is becoming clear. As reported by John Gittelsohn at Bloomberg, appraisals have revealed that malls in…

  • Wiser Wealth: Resist the Post-Vaccine “Revenge-spend” Urge

    Wiser Wealth: Resist the Post-Vaccine “Revenge-spend” Urge

    As we officially reach a year since COVID really began gaining momentum in America, many experts are talking about “pandemic fatigue.” Everyone craves a return to normalcy, and with there now being three FDA-approved vaccines, it looks like there may finally be an end in sight. However, analysts worry that the long deprivation from leisure…

  • Career Corner: New Job? Strategies for Negotiating and Countering Their Offer

    Career Corner: New Job? Strategies for Negotiating and Countering Their Offer

    It’s always exciting to find out you’ve been selected as the best candidate for a position, but that process is a two-way street.  The job needs to be right for you too. So before agreeing to start at a company, it’s always wise to ensure you’re getting a deal commensurate with your experience. Deborah Acosta…

  • Reddit Caused GameStop Stock to Surge, but That Won’t Help Places Like the Exton Mall

    Reddit Caused GameStop Stock to Surge, but That Won’t Help Places Like the Exton Mall

    Recent weeks have seen Reddit garner a lot of attention in the news as the social media site’s calculated efforts caused the stock of diminishing companies like GameStop to surge. Amid the stories of many Redditors who have now become wealthy from this tactic, it may also make many wonder whether this strategy could be…