Fifty-nine percent of Americans say they are better off financially today than they were a year ago, the highest since 1999, according to a Gallup survey released last week. And nearly three-quarters predict they will do better a year from now, the most optimistic reading that Gallup’s annual “Mood of the Nation” survey has ever recorded.

Dart is waging a broader campaign to argue that its products are being used as scapegoats for a society fueled by on-the-go consumerism.

The traditional stepping stones to the chief executive position are jobs responsible for the bottom line – such as head of division – and those roles are still overwhelmingly filled by men.

New York City tech companies are hungry for new hires, with some even sending their own workers into college classrooms to make sure students have the skills they need after graduation.