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Small business owners often face hurdles trying to borrow money. Data from the Federal Reserve shows that 85% experienced financial difficulties in 2021. And during that time, more than half of owners who sought loans were looking to meet their operating expenses rather than to expand their businesses, the report found. In addition, small business owners are also feeling the sting of higher prices. Inflation in the country is now running at annual 7.9% for the 12-month period ended February,… Source link

Inflation is seriously changing Ligia Murillo’s buying patterns — and she’s upset about it. “Prices are out of control,” Murillo, 55, of Norwalk, Conn., told Yahoo Finance. “I’m always looking for sales. I stopped buying steaks. I buy chicken; it’s less expensive.” Like millions of people, Murillo’s purchasing power has shrunk as inflation — at a 40-year high — continues to impact virtually every category of goods and services. “I am angry,” Murillo said. “I’m angry… Source link

Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh says the Biden administration’s new vaccine requirements will help boost the labor force participation rate. On Friday, the Labor Department said the labor force participation rate was unchanged in October, at 61.6%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the participation rate has stayed between 61.4% and 61.7% since June 2020.  “We really have to focus on how do we bring confidence back to those folks that are just afraid of coming back,” said Walsh in… Source link

Google Pixel 6 will be unveiled at an event on Oct. 19. Google Google is… Source link

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the nation’s child care system is “broken.” We wanted to find out if working parents agree. Turns out, they do. In a new Yahoo Finance–Harris poll, 71% of working parents with kids under 18 said managing childcare decisions is “overwhelming.” Dads were a bit more likely to feel that way than moms, which is perhaps surprising. Among all parents—whether working or not—66% said they find childcare overwhelming. Harris polled 1,066 adult… Source link

(Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images) Google is working to make Android app installs feel much quicker with its new “App Install optimization” feature. 9to5 Google found a support document for the feature, which will be used to analyze which parts of an app are used when opened for the first time. From there, Google will use that data to continue updating and improving the post-launch process. For instance, when you first open an app, Google will work to analyze the components… Source link

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is trying to draw more people to its payment app and keep them there longer with features such as a reward system, new financial management services and a format for listing payments that evokes text-message conversations. The Google Pay app will eventually offer Plex, mobile checking and savings accounts being introduced by Google in partnership with 11 banks and credit unions. “It positions the mobile app and Google Pay to solve for… Source link

Google’s privacy standoff with Apple has lasted so long that even the company’s own apps are complaining about it. Since early December, Apple has required any iOS app to include a privacy “nutrition label”, listing all the ways the app uses personal data. Those labels, which are written by the app developers, range from short and sweet – the podcast app Overcast, for instance, lists six uses of personal data, from usage information for analytics to user IDs for the app’s sign-in… Source link