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As small business owners try to recover and rebuild in the wake of the Covid pandemic, they face a new hurdle: a lack of workers. A March survey by the National Federation of Independent Business found that 42% of owners had job openings that could not be filled, a record high. Ninety-one percent of those
In this article AXP ANA-ES Vice President Kamala Harris (C), Reign Free, Owner of Red Door Catering, Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and California Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis (D-CA) listen to Luz Urrutia, CEO of Accion Opportunity Fund (front left) and Allison Kelly, Executive Director of Inner City Advisors (Front Right) during a visit to Red
A small business owner in Chinatown, San Francisco Source: CNBC The Paycheck Protection Program has run out of money for most borrowers before its planned May 31 end, the Small Business Administration said on Tuesday. Going forward, the program will only accept new applications from Community Financial Institutions, which typically serve minority borrowers, as about
In this article UBER Source: goPuff If you order potato chips, toothpaste or over-the-counter medication through the Uber Eats app, it will soon be fulfilled and delivered by start-up Gopuff. The two Softbank-backed companies announced a partnership Tuesday. Gopuff focuses on what it calls “everyday essentials,” items you would find in a convenience store. “It’s
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a listening session on broadband internet at the New Hampshire Electric Co-op in Plymouth, New Hampshire, April 23, 2021, as she travels to the state to promote the administration’s economic plans. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images As the White House attempts to sell President Joe Biden‘s multi-trillion-dollar
Life is Good was on the verge of filing for bankruptcy protection last year, according to its CEO, but the retailer managed to overhaul its business strategy in a matter of weeks to have its best year ever during the Covid pandemic. “When [Covid] hit, 50% of our business was wholesale … and that business
Tobi Parks surveys drinks at her recently reopened arts and music venue, xBk, in Des Moines, Iowa. Lily DeTaeye Like many small business owners, Tobi Parks saw her business devastated by the Covid pandemic. Parks had to shut the doors of her independent arts and music venu,e xBk, in Des Moines, Iowa, in March of
President Joe Biden greets workers during a visit at W.S. Jenks & Son hardware store in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Yuri Gripas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Small business owners across the U.S. are more confident, but just barely, as fears about price inflation, hiring costs, tax hikes and partisan politics
In this article ITPC Getty Images Real estate investors may soon pay more taxes on high-dollar transactions. President Joe Biden is asking for higher taxes on real estate transactions with gains of more than $500,000. The tax plan aims to help cover the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, which pumps money into child care, paid
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images April Harris of dessert company Keeping You Sweet, Melissa Butler of The Lip Bar, and Gwen Jimmere of Naturalicious share several things in common: they are Black female entrepreneurs who have succeeded building businesses on their own, and they have succeeded in winning deals with national retail partners including
Taking risks can feel a lot easier if you have a safety net. For Tori Dunlap, founder of the woman-focused financial education company Her First 100K, that security came in the form of $100,000. Dunlap, 26, landed an entry-level marketing job after graduating college and soon learned that the corporate grind wasn’t for her. She
President Joe Biden speaks while visiting Smith Flooring, a small minority-owned business, to promote his American Rescue Plan in Chester, Pennsylvania, on March 16, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Several top policy priorities in President Biden’s agenda seek to rein in the wealth and power of the biggest companies. But as the
President Joe Biden speaks during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on April 28, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Some business owners may have breathed a sigh of relief when the White House released details of President Joe Biden’s tax plan. That’s because he indicated family owned businesses and farms
A new Singapore-inspired tax law will reduce corporate income tax and boost foreign investment in the Philippines, finance secretary Carlos Dominguez told CNBC, as the country moves to speed up its economic recovery. The Philippines’ so-called corporate recovery and tax incentives for enterprises (CREATE) act, which was signed into law last month, aims to provide
A son hugs his mother as a concessions worker hands over napkins and soda inside the AMC movie theater at the Westfield Century City shopping mall in Los Angeles, California, on Monday, March 15, 2021. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Small Business Administration announced Friday that it will reopen an application portal
In this article JNJ US President Joe Biden makes a statement of a police shooting in Minnesota in the Oval Office of the White House after a meeting with members of Congress about the American Jobs Plan April 12, 2021, in Washington, DC. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Wednesday
Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Mastercard announced Tuesday a multimillion dollar investment in Fearless Fund, a venture capital firm founded by Black women with the mission of investing in minority female entrepreneurs. The credit card giant also unveiled a partnership with Greenwood, a fintech firm aimed at Black and Latinx consumers and
In this article DIS SEAS CMCSA Disneyland and Universal Theme Parks set to reopen. Paul Rovere | Getty Images In March, Michael Afram’s transportation company had its best sales month since California closed down last year due to the pandemic. As the state loosened some of its coronavirus restrictions and vaccinations rates increased, Karmel Shuttle
Korena Keys’ small business was hard hit when the pandemic first took hold last year. Her digital media firm, KeyMedia Solutions in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, saw its sales plummet 60% in May from the previous year. She was able to secure a loan from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program for $115,000 to