Tag Archives: small

In his State of the Union speech, President Biden called for Congress to pass a $15 minimum wage. Eyes rolled everywhere. Democrats, who have narrow majorities in both houses of Congress, tried to pass a $15 minimum wage last year. They didn’t have the votes. They could have gotten the votes for raising the wage floor to $10 or $11, from the current $7.25. But that wasn’t good enough for Sen. Bernie Sanders and other party liberals. So Democrats haven’t raised the minimum wage at all,… Source link

Google says a fix is on the way for Pixel 6 owners who are dealing with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity issues after installing a security patch earlier this month, as reported by 9to5Google. In response to a user on Reddit, Google acknowledges the problem and says it’s bundling a fix in a March software update. “A software fix that will be available in the next Google Pixel Update” “After some investigation, we identified the root cause and determined that it impacts a very… Source link

With markets still concerned with inflation and how the Fed may react in regard to rate hikes, investors are gearing up for an uncertain 2022.  And according to Francis Gannon, co-chief investment officer at Royce Investment Partners, small caps may be the place to weather these uncertainties in the new year. “I think part of the opportunity here with small caps is the fact that they haven’t done as well as some of the other asset classes,” Gannon said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above)…. Source link

A deadline for COVID-era recovery loans lapsed on Friday, with questions lingering about how much funding is available to help backstop small businesses hunkering down as the Omicron variant surges across the economy.   Small business owners had until Friday to apply for the regular Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and the Targeted EIDL Advance program. However, the Small Business Association (SBA) didn’t clarify how much remains in those funds. A representative told Yahoo Finance the… Source link

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, in a plot that feels way too similar to the hit show “Schitt’s Creek,” is now the owner of a small town in Texas. Cuban purchased the town of Mustang, Texas, this week, according to The Dallas Morning News, and now controls all 77 acres of the Navarro County, Texas, community. The longtime “Shark Tank” investor said a good friend needed to sell it, which is why he went through with the deal in the first place. “I don’t know what, if anything, I… Source link

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today Yahoo Small Business, a division of Verizon Business, announced it will officially adopt the name Verizon Small Business Essentials. As a key part of the Verizon Business Group, the newly rebranded Verizon Small Business Essentials will continue to provide small businesses with industry-leading, personalized tools designed to help them start, manage and grow their business in today’s digital world, no matter where they are in the small… Source link

US President Joe Biden speaks about the economy and the middle class, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 16, 2021. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) Anybody seen the Tea Party? It ought to be an epic moment for the small-government movement that grew out of government bailouts following the financial crash of 2008. Democrats who control the White House and both houses of Congress by narrow margins are working… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Facebook Inc. Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said small businesses will keep choosing the internet to reach their customers even after the pandemic subsides and brick-and-mortar advertising options become more useful. “That digital transformation will continue to happen,” Sandberg said in an interview with Bloomberg News. “It might happen at a slightly slower rate but I think that the transformation and people moving to be online is going to continue to… Source link

Restaurants walloped by COVID-19 have suffered a silent epidemic of financial woes among an unlikely segment: Franchise eateries. The pandemic’s impact on the food industry has been well chronicled, with many having to shutter, drastically cut staffing and hours, or resort to other desperate measures just to stay afloat. However, some experts say franchises — third party operators licensed by larger brands — are just as vulnerable to closure and operational struggles, like food and… Source link

Google has become a part of our lives in Mountain Home.   While the company started as a simple search engine, it quickly expanded into one of the largest and wealthiest corporations in the world.   The company produces everything from phones, to computers, to server farms for the U.S. government.   School children use it to finish their book reports, while businesses both big and small rely on Google to promote their products or services. Simply making the front page of Google can… Source link