When Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in Manhattan’s Flatiron District re-opened in January, there were a slew of stars and celebrities there to celebrate, including Spike Lee, CC Sabathia and even Warren Buffet. Tonight’s party at the club has a distinctly different reason for celebration: a startup launch party for mobile social network YuuZoo, tech blog BetaBeat reports. After his [...]
A growing number of cyberattacks are targeting small businesses, from construction companies to local grocery stores, presenting an emerging threat that government officials are trying to combat. While attacks against large corporations like Sony and Citigroup have garnered attention this year, experts are increasingly worried about the digital vulnerabilities of small businesses, who often lack [...]
WASHINGTON — Joseph Rotella is president and owner of the Spencer Organ Co., a small business with 10 employees that specializes in rehabilitating pipe organs from churches and communities around the country. The operation does quite well, with roughly $2 million in revenue a year and enough profit to land Rotella squarely in the top [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. — Starbucks hopes customers will be willing to pay at least $5 more when they stop in for their morning cup of Joe. Starting Nov. 1, Starbucks will begin collecting donations of $5 or more from customers to stimulate U.S. job growth through its “Jobs for USA” program. The Seattle-based coffee chain is [...]
House Republican Joe Walsh, a Tea Party favorite from Illinois, will not be attending President Barack Obama’s Sept. 8 jobs speech, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I don’t see the point of being a prop for another of the president’s speeches asking for more failed stimulus spending and more subsidies for his pet projects,” he said in [...]
Optimism for the American economy continues to evaporate, even as President Obama readies a supposedly major jobs plan to be unveiled in a speech before a joint session of Congress next Thursday. Months of sluggish growth, high unemployment, political infighting and market fragility continue to take their toll on American confidence, as polls show that many [...]
(Reuters) – Hiring by small businesses slowed in August and employers reduced hours, an independent survey showed on Sunday, suggesting the recent stock market turmoil may have dampened job creation. Intuit, a payrolls processing company, said small businesses added 35,000 jobs after increasing employment by 40,000 in July. The survey is based on responses from [...]
A few weeks ago, I did a post for this column onidentifying bad clients and knowing when to fire them. In the emails and comments that followed, many of you mentioned the flip side of the coin — building a business based on ideal clients. These are the clients we created our companies to serve. [...]
NEW YORK — Michael Gardner, owner of Siegel’s Clothing Superstore & Tuxedos in San Francisco, has written orders for underwear and socks, but he hasn’t sent them. He wants to hire a part-time worker, but he has put that plan on hold. Earlier this month, he said, a drop-off in demand almost caused his mail-order [...]
WASHINGTON — As political leaders push to reduce the nation’s deficit with dramatic spending cuts, small business owners are asking Washington to lower the deficit by closing offshore tax loopholes, which cost the United States as much as $100 billion a year. “This is just another example of how the tax issue is distorted by members [...]
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