Business
AI Tools for Small Business Get a Meta Upgrade
Meta rolled out a set of AI features aimed at small businesses that connect to Instagram and Facebook accounts, Meta ad campaigns, and…
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Small Warehouse Space Model Expands Across Denver Metro
I used to tell product founders that their first warehouse would be the decision that nearly killed them, and now that advice is aging…
Business
AI Accounting Software Grows Up: Xero Bets on Agents
At its US conference in Denver this week, Xero announced embedded payroll and a set of new AI capabilities aimed at small businesses and…
Business
Recession 2026 Fears Rise, Yet Small Firms Beat Plan
Small business owners are feeling two things at once, according to Fora Financial’s 2026 Mid-Year Pulse survey. Three in four say the year…
News
The AI Gold Rush for Small Businesses: Why Founders Have a Short Window to Beat Enterprise Brands
AI platforms are quickly becoming the search tools of choice for many consumers. As their popularity increases, businesses will inevitably…
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New Business Applications Hit a Record Pace in 2026
The latest Census figures tell a story every founder should hear: new business applications are running at a record pace in 2026.…
Business
AI Tools Mean Smaller Companies Can Compete For the Elusive Big Fish
Not long ago, the notion that a small business could land a high-stakes client felt nearly impossible. Sure, small businesses make up a…
Politics
Video: How Tariffs Will Affect This Unique Cheese
new video loaded: How Tariffs Will Affect This Unique Cheese By Eshe Nelson, Nikolay Nikolov, Laura Salaberry, Emli Bendixen and Jon…
Business
Sweetgreen’s CEO on Robots, RFK Jr. and Why Salads Are So Expensive
When Jonathan Neman was a student at Georgetown in the mid-2000s, he and some friends wanted to start a restaurant. A fast-food…
Politics
Uncertainty Over Trump’s Tariffs Paralyzes U.S. Businesses
Three months ago, things were looking pretty good for Tim Fulton and Ramper Innovations, a manufacturer of airplane equipment based in…
Politics
Republicans Debate Higher Taxes on the Rich
As Republicans prepare to cut trillions of dollars in taxes, they are grasping for ways to keep down costs. There are the typical…
Politics
UK Cuts Tariffs on Dozens of Products as Global Trade Tensions Rise
Follow live updates on the Trump administration. The British government ramped up actions to help protect businesses and households from…
Politics
Swiss Indignant to Make the Top 10 of Trump’s Tariffs List
Of all the countries that expected to be immune to President Trump’s tariffs, Switzerland was at the top of the list. The tiny Alpine…
Politics
Trump’s De Minimis Order Could Raise Costs on Clothes and Goods From China
President Trump on Wednesday ordered the closure of a loophole that allows retailers to directly send clothes and other goods from China…
Politics
Trump’s Dismantling of Minority Business Agency Could Hinder Job Growth
The Trump administration’s move to gut an agency that aims to support minority-owned businesses has alarmed Democratic lawmakers and…
Politics
As Trump Stokes Uncertainty, the Fed Asks Businesses Where It Hurts
Chris Bergen, who runs a commercial greenhouse business in northern Minnesota, finds himself “walking a tightrope” roughly two months into…
News
How Small Restaurants Are Dealing With Record Egg Prices
“Making It Work” is a series about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. Bird flu outbreaks that wiped out about 15 percent…
Politics
Uncertainty About Economic Policy Is Hampering Business Decisions
It is an axiom heard countless times in business school lecture halls and on corporate earnings calls: Uncertainty is bad for business.…
News
Woman Pleads Guilty in Covid Tax Credit Scheme That Netted $33 Million
Some people binge-watched shows during the Covid pandemic. Others picked up pickleball. But according to federal prosecutors, one Las…
Lifestyle
Overlooked No More: Lena Richard, Who Brought Creole Cooking to the Masses
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The…
Politics
Trump Trade Nominee Defends Plan to Reorder International Trade
Jamieson Greer, President Trump’s nominee to be the next U.S. trade representative, defended the president’s plan to impose sweeping…
Culture
Sundance Made Park City the It Town. Now, It’s Moving.
Amid all the talk of films, fires and the state of the Oscar race, one question has dominated Sundance 2025: Where will the festival move?…
Business
How Improv Comedians Make a Living Teaching Corporate Workshops
In 1994, Bob Kulhan was in his early 20s and on the path to becoming a marketing executive at a top ad agency. The financial stability of…
Culture
Against All Odds, a Vegas Theater Scene With a ‘Sense of the Wild West’
If there is anything most entertainers master, it’s how to juggle gigs. In New York City, they may have sidelines in real estate or…