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Louisiana's crawfish industry feels the pinch of limits on foreign workers

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CROWLEY, La. (AP) — Spring is peak season in Louisiana for crawfish, the hard-shelled star of outdoor parties. But a shortage of foreign workers is dampening the mood.
Deep in Louisiana's bayous, where crawfish production is a $300 million industry that is a key ingredient for backyard boils and buttery etouffees served in ... (full story)

A New Way to Report Tax Fraud to the IRS

Have you received suspicious emails, letters or phone calls from "the IRS"? Or, worse, have you actually been a victim of a tax scam or fraud?
The IRS is asking you to inform the federal government tax agency using a new service available as of Feb. 26. The service is on the IRS.gov website; look for the "Report ... (full story)

The seafood industry bets Americans will finally eat more fish if it looks more like meat

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BOSTON (AP) — The future of fish is looking a lot like… salami? And meatballs. And fried chicken. And breakfast sausage. And, of course, spareribs and burgers. This is America, after all.
Welcome to the era of surreptitious seafood, an industry gamble that overcoming Americans’ relative disinterest in the meat ... (full story)

Uh-oh -- Dividend Cut

Q. I saw that LyondellBasell Industries recently cut its quarterly dividend in half. Why would it do that? -- S.N., West Palm Beach, Florida
A. LyondellBasell Industries is a petrochemical company that has been struggling recently. Its annual revenue dropped from over $50 billion in 2022 to around $30 billion recently -- with ne ... (full story)

It's a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' outlook on the job market has turned increasingly pessimistic, a surprisingly negative shift given the low unemployment rate but one that likely reflects an ongoing hiring drought.
Just 28% of workers in a quarterly Gallup survey conducted late last year said now is a “good time” to ... (full story)