Sep 9, 2026 | Business, Featured, Great Lakes, Tariffs
On Saturday, the Trump administration rolled out a 50 percent tariff on many Canadian imports after failed trade talks. These latest tariffs cover a range of Canadian goods including dairy and paper products and alcoholic beverages. And they are in addition to...
Jul 15, 2026 | Featured, SMB, Tariffs
Not long after announcing the sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs in April 2025, President Donald Trump claimed the taxes on imports would be good news for American small businesses. “I’m proud to be the president for the workers, not the...
Apr 22, 2026 | Featured, Tariffs
Today is tariff refund day. After weeks of waiting, business owners can finally log onto a new government portal and ask for their money back. Now, this is for most of the tariffs President Trump imposed last year. The Supreme Court rejected them as unconstitutional...
Oct 29, 2025 | Featured, Tariffs
Like many ideas that take off on “Shark Tank,” Silverman and Kinoshita promised to scale quickly and keep costs low by producing in China, where their $399 Plufls could be made for $140. By 2023, Plufl had logged $1 million in sales. Heading into...
Sep 10, 2025 | Featured, Jobs, SMB, Tariffs
The report found that small businesses’ payments to hiring firms fell for the third straight month in July, according to Bank of America’s proprietary small business data. The firm’s data showed that hiring was down 6.7% year-over-year on a...
Sep 3, 2025 | Featured, SMB, Tariffs, US Economy
For nearly a century, the “de minimis” trade exemption let people skip import fees for shipping small stuff. But after the U.S. raised its limit to $800, that small stuff became big business, driven by online shopping. “We’re talking about 4...
