Tag: Small business
Inflation? Recession? Starting Black Friday, America plans to spend
Pedestrians view the holiday windows at the Macy's Inc. flagship department store in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Thursday, Dec. 2, 20 [...]
Layoffs mount, and Main Street still can’t get anyone to take jobs
A "Now hiring" sign is displayed on the window of an IN-N-OUT fast food restaurant in Encinitas, California, May 9, 2022.Mike Blake | ReutersWhen it c [...]
Business owners have a big tax deadline coming up well before April
New business formation has boomed, and that means more new business owners than ever are dealing with tax season and potential tax nightmares. While t [...]
How the pay transparency movement’s success will change job listings
A growing number of states and municipalities are enacting salary transparency laws, a stepping stone toward eliminating wage discrepancies based on g [...]
How much small business owners should pay themselves
Many small business owners have trouble figuring out an appropriate take-home pay as the company expands, and some don’t pay themselves at all. These [...]
How the Fed’s increasing rate hikes will hit most American businesses
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) i [...]
‘I work just 3.5 days a week’
In 2017, after I graduated from college, I started working as an engineer at an oil company. I was 23 and making $98,500 a year.At first, I thought I [...]
The rent crisis on Main Street just took a turn for the worse
The Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Friday there will be "pain" to come in the economy as a result of the central bank's battle with infla [...]
Household cash is headed higher. Here’s what it means for economy
Customers shop at a Walmart in Houston on Aug. 4, 2021.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesAfter a year-long dip, household cash flow will begin growing again [...]
Why Meta and Mark Zuckerberg are betting big on Whatsapp for business
Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta is seen on smartpone in front of displayed logo of Facebook, Messenger, Intagram, Whatsapp and Oculus in this illustr [...]
The Walmart, Target inventory misses include a message for Main Street
Filip Radwanski | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe retail battle narrative over the past few decades has cited one of two wars: Amazon and e-commerce aga [...]
‘I work just 5 hours a week’
I never was the entrepreneurial type. But after losing my job as an audio engineer in 2009, I had to get creative to make ends meet.Thirteen years lat [...]
Main Street confidence hits all-time low on worsening sales outlook
Fg Trade | E+ | Getty ImagesSmall business confidence has hit an all-time low as the majority of Main Street expects runaway inflation and a Federal R [...]
The 8 best options to get small business funding
For many small businesses, access to funding can be a matter of life and death. The stakes are especially high given that 18.4% of U.S. businesses fai [...]
What Main Street and the economy need from Congress: Goldman Sachs CEO
Pawel Toczynski | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesThe U.S. economy is going through one of the most difficult periods I've seen in my 40-year career. Inf [...]