MARYSVILLE — For some time, Larry Iverson had been looking for a fixer-upper. But as home prices continued to climb, even places with serious problems were priced out of Iverson’s reach.
Kristy Stumpf, the HR director for a software firm, works from home two days a week — and greets her daughters at the bus stop after school. It's not just parents pushing for flexible work hours these days; millennials and aging boomers are also helping persuade employers to rethink what it means to be on the clock.
Money sent home by Filipinos overseas went up by almost a tenth to $1.4 billion in January from a year earlier, supported by the increased deployment of Filipino teachers, healthcare and service workers.