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Digital Tools Expanding Reach & Power Of Small Businesses

Something significant is happening across America’s small business economy. Entrepreneurs and small firms are acquiring reach, capabilities, and operating capacity that not long ago were largely the domain of much bigger companies. Three recently released economic...

Higher Fuel Costs Lead To Price Increases For Consumers, Businesses Warn The Fed

A report Wednesday afternoon from the Federal Reserve added anecdotal evidence to the morning’s data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showing consumer prices rose unexpectedly fast in September. The ‘Beige Book’ report, a compilation of anecdotes from the central...

Inflation Surpassed Worker Paychecks For Third Straight Month

For the third straight month, workers' paychecks did not keep pace with rising prices, the Labor Department's final inflation report ahead of the midterm elections revealed. U.S. consumer prices rose 0.6% from the month before in September, above forecasters'...

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Cyber Attackers Have A New Favorite, The Browser

Browsers have become the go-to choice for hybrid workers who relish the flexibility of using multiple devices to access everything from collaborative meetings to cloud-stored files, all via a browser. The dominant use has also attracted a different persona, the...

When Payments Fail, Small Businesses Stop

Most small business owners didn’t sign up to be cybersecurity experts. Yet that’s exactly what the current threat landscape demands, and the gap between what attackers can do and what SMBs have in place to stop them has never been wider. Artificial intelligence is...

Why College–Industry Partnerships Matter

When students can connect what they learn in the classroom to real work environments, everything changes. According to Cameron Albring, Director of Career Services at Oakland Community College, the goal is simple: help students build momentum toward completion. That...

25 Best Small Business Ideas for 2026

There’s never been a more popular time to start a business. Over the past five years, there have been more than 5 million new business applications filed per year, according to the US Census Bureau. (Compare that to just 2.8 million new business applications...