Small Business (SMB) Operations

1+ hour, 42+ min ago   (562+ words) CEO Josh Gaynor never lost faith in the power of the Lugano Jewelry brand. New York-based private investment firm Middle West Partners has acquired the luxury-jewelry house along with a small group of longtime Lugano clients, adding the company to…...

58+ min ago   (239+ words) Ford has already paid $10.5 million once to settle a lawsuit over grading managers on a curve. That was 2001. Now it faces a new job-bias suit. By The Auto Wire’s math, 10 percent of 18,000 is about 1,800 people per review cycle assigned to…...

6+ min ago   (316+ words) North Bay will play host to aviation leaders and airport industry professionals from across Canada when the Airport Management Council of Ontario (AMCO) brings its 42nd Annual Convention and Trade Show to the city from Oct. 3–6 next year. The hosting decision…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (568+ words) By Louise John, Head of IT Service Delivery at Virgin Active For IT managers, unexpected projects and changing business priorities are normal part of the job. You might have spent months planning your team’s workload, but only to be told…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago   (329+ words) “For too long, the trial bar has treated small businesses as easy targets for lawsuits and settlements,” Williams emphasized in a recent op-ed published in The Hill. The issue illustrates a growing trend where ordinary actions associated with running a…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (411+ words) The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council released its October 2026 Small Business Check Up Survey on October 8. It found that most owners are holding steady or growing, even as concern about prices and credit has sharpened since February. The poll covered…...

1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (923+ words) JPMorgan Chase will invest $750 billion through 2035 to expand U.S. housing supply, finance one million affordable units and help 500,000 people purchase homes under its American Dream Initiative. JPMorgan Chase issued a report this month seeking to determine the return on $214 million in…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (575+ words) | By: Bidemi Oke There was a stretch where I would wake up at 3am, heart going, before I even remembered why. Then I would remember payroll, or a number that wasn't moving, or a conversation I had been avoiding. I would…...

10+ hour, 41+ min ago   (1194+ words) SYDNEY, Aktualita.co — Australia's new ban on debit and credit card surcharges is facing growing resistance from small business owners, with concerns mounting that a policy designed to reduce consumer costs could instead lead to higher retail prices. The controversy…...

29+ min ago   (644+ words) Small Business Owners Uncertain About AI, But Ready To Invest Forbes Small Business’ AI Divide: A Minority Have Reaped Big Benefits, But Many Feel Unprepared There’s an artificial intelligence divide among the American small business community. A new survey of…...