Small Business
Practical advice for people running small businesses. Cash flow, pricing, getting paid, hiring and the admin nobody warns you about.
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The Earnings Boom Is Real, and Smaller Than the Headline Says
NEW YORK, September 8 — S&P 500 companies closed out the second-quarter earnings season with analysts lifting earnings-per-share…
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Nikkei Plunges 1,130 Points as Yen Surge Hits Exporters
TOKYO, Sept. 8 — A violent swing in the yen tore through Japanese equities on Monday, with the…
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Nucor Rides the Tariff Trade to a 50 Percent Gain, and a Stretch Valuation
NEW YORK, September 2 — Nucor’s stock is up more than 50% in 2026, and MarketBeat’s August 26…
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Chinese Competition Eats at Germany’s Industrial Edge As Exports Slide
Moosburg, August 25 — German companies are under mounting pressure to adapt as China challenges them in their…
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San Diego County Approves $300K Grant for Small Business Loans
San Diego — $300,000. That’s the figure that matters for East County small businesses after the San Diego…
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Lululemon Athletica Inc. Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2026 Results
VANCOUVER, September 6 — lululemon athletica’s second-quarter numbers showed a decline, and the company’s own guidance suggests the…
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NZ Trade Terms Plunge On 79 Percent Fuel Import Price Surge
WELLINGTON, Sept 6 — New Zealand’s terms of trade suffered their steepest quarterly deterioration in over a decade…
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Canada Sheds 42,000 Jobs as Strong U.S. Payrolls Push Stocks Lower
TORONTO, September 5 — Markets in Canada and the United States fell on Friday following the release of…
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Central Banks Led by China, Poland Keep Buying Gold in July
LONDON, Sept. 5 — Central banks kept buying gold in July, but the pace is cooling. Net reported…
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Deere Stock And Other U.S. Industrial Winners From Canada Tariffs
MOLINE, Ill., Sept. 4 — Deere & Company, the farm and construction machinery maker, is caught in the…
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J.M. Smucker Stock’s Rally Has More Than Tariffs Behind It
ORRVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 4 — The J.M. Smucker Company saw its shares rally on March 5, 2025, in…
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US Economy Adds 162K Jobs in August, Beating Forecasts
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 — The US economy added 162,000 jobs in August, surpassing economists’ expectations of around 150,000…
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Helping businesses adapt, grow, create jobs through new grants
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 3 — C$2.7 million (about US$2.0 million) in new grant funding opens Wednesday in…
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Oil Hits One-Week High and Wall Street Slips as Hopes for U.S.-Iran Deal Fade
MUMBAI, September 1 — The mechanics here are straightforward enough. Two trading sessions of losses on India’s benchmark…
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US M&A Activity Falls 13.6% in July; Spending Drops 46.1%
MUMBAI, September 3 — The pace of American dealmaking hit a mid-summer lull in July, with both the…
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US National Debt Hits $40 Trillion Amid Rising Costs
WASHINGTON — The national debt of the United States has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, according…
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Treasury yields jump as traders bet on a Fed rate hike while US stocks slip
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 — The yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury note climbed to its highest level…
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Australian Stocks Fall Almost 1% as US Strikes on Iran Lift Oil and Bond Yields
SYDNEY, Sept. 2 — Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed at 8,978.4 points on Wednesday, down 88.3 points,…
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Bank CEOs call latest tariff dispute manageable for Canada
TORONTO, Sept. 2 — Canada’s biggest banks are brushing off the latest U.S.-Canada trade flare-up as manageable, with…
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Six Months Into the Iran War, Investors Prosper While Consumers Pay
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 — Six months into the Iran war, the conflict’s economic toll has split sharply along…
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JD.com’s $1.3 Billion Hong Kong Expansion Challenges
Hong Kong, August 30 — JD.com has invested more than HK$10 billion (US$1.3 billion) in Hong Kong property…
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Central Florida Steel Manufacturer Warns Of Higher Prices From Tariffs
Orlando, August 29 — Southeast Steel, a family-owned steel manufacturer in Orlando, Florida, faces rising costs as the…
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India Eyes $8.1 Billion Sports Equipment Exports, but a 15 Per Cent Cost Gap Stands in the Way
New Delhi, August 23 — India’s push to transform its sports-equipment manufacturing into an $8.1 billion export industry…
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CHS reports $267.4 million third-quarter net income as refining margins offset record RIN costs
Inver Grove Heights, September 4 — CHS Inc., the largest farmer-owned cooperative in the United States, reported net…
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