Charitable Giving By Corporations Is Also About Getting, A New Study Finds

– The New York Times

The researchers who conducted the new study don’t claim that any specific charitable contribution was meant to manipulate the political process. But their work lays bare the extent to which corporate donations may respond to political, rather than charitable, motivations.

Trucking Companies Are Struggling To Attract Drivers To The Big-Rig Life

– The Wall Street Journal

With huge implications for the country’s distribution network, the truck industry is literally running out of drivers.

For The First Time Ever, Young Americans Have Less Consumer Confidence Than Their Parents

– MarketWatch

For the first time in six decades, young Americans have less consumer confidence than their parents, according to data from University of Michigan, Haver Analytics and Deutsche Bank Global Research, as cited in MarketWatch.

If Walmart Buys Humana, Retailer Taps Booming Medicare Market Of Seniors

– Forbes

News Walmart is in talks to buy Humana would give the retail giant a health insurer and provider of medical care established in the booming market of senior citizens eligible for Medicare.