Nearshoring built factories faster than it built jobs
Manufacturing construction hit record levels after the subsidy wave — employment followed slowly, and the gap is the story.
Amara Okonkwo · March 22, 2026
Business developments reported for their consequences inside the organization. Coverage includes earnings that trigger cost programs, mergers and the integration that follows, executive appointments and departures, and restructurings that remove whole functions. The question in every item is which jobs the decision creates, changes or ends.
Business developments reported for their consequences inside the organization. Coverage includes earnings that trigger cost programs, mergers and the integration that follows, executive appointments and departures, and restructurings that remove whole functions. The question in every item is which jobs the decision creates, changes or ends.
Manufacturing construction hit record levels after the subsidy wave — employment followed slowly, and the gap is the story.
Amara Okonkwo · March 22, 2026
Corporate trips recovered to pre-pandemic volumes in dollars — but fewer, extended trips replaced the quick sales visit, and travel managers now police the receipts.
Amara Okonkwo · February 27, 2026
Bankers opened the lending spigot for small firms through 2025, but the era of cheap money didn't come back with it.
Amara Okonkwo · February 4, 2026
The disclosed ratio of chief-executive pay to the median employee keeps widening — and it's the proxy statements, not the headlines, that explain why.
Amara Okonkwo · January 13, 2026
