NFL starts initiative to help teams partner with businesses owned by minorities, women
The National Football League announced a new initiative to help teams partner with more minority- and women-owned businesses. The initiative, called NFL Source, aims to “standardize how the NFL and its partners support year-round collaboration with underrepresented businesses locally and nationally” by its 32 franchises, the league said. Stated. “NFL Source is designed to amplify […]
Inflation’s silent impact on American family businesses
MURRYSVILLE, Pennsylvania — Seventy years after the Ferri family moved its grocery store from Turtle Creek to this Westmoreland County town, the family is calling it quits. The pressures of inflation and the unexpected closing of the Mainline Pharmacy, the independent pharmaceutical located inside their iconic structure, were the final two straws. The beloved family […]
Marijuana rescheduling moves businesses into ‘uncharted territory’
Marijuana business owners hoping to benefit from the Biden administration’s move to reschedule marijuana use may be disappointed, experts say. The administration announced Thursday that it plans to move forward with a rule that would reschedule marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Under U.S. tax law, companies that […]
White-owned businesses boxed out from $2.3 billion in contracts to renovate JFK International Airport
Leaders from New York City and across New York State celebrate the Port Authority of New York’s efforts to set aside a significant portion of the nearly $20 billion JFK International Airport renovation project for businesses owned by women and men of color. did. “What we didn’t want was to go back into the community… […]
Ad execs tout TikTok’s benefits for businesses in cringeworthy video: ‘So oblivious’
Bosses at a major advertising company are furious over a video that praises TikTok with a number of gags and cartoon scenes. This comes just days after Congress passed a bill that would force the sale and ban of Chinese-owned apps. a tone-deaf person, 75 second video circulating on LinkedIn Since Saturday, executives from Havas, […]
How much do US businesses lose due to malicious cyber activity?
Hardly a day goes by when a cyber incident doesn’t make national news. Recent examples are troubling Attack on Indiana water treatment facility By Russian hackers. Fortunately, this intrusion did not cause any major disruption to factory operations; concerns about what will happen next. Although disturbing, such attacks are not surprising, considering: Nation-state-linked hackers often […]
Small businesses are racking up credit card debt, raising some concerns
Joe Germanotta, owner of Joan Trattoria and father of Lady Gaga, talks about the economy and inflation, crime in New York City, and the state of small businesses in a wide-ranging interview on Mornings with Maria. Small businesses are increasingly turning to credit cards as a primary source of funding as they continue to grapple […]
NYC congestion pricing will take a toll on Chinatown businesses: critics
The nation’s first controversial $15 congestion charge for entering Manhattan’s business district south of 60th Street will hurt Chinatown’s tourist-dependent economy, critics said Thursday. argued. Chinatown activist Susan Lee, a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the MTA seeking a toll garnishment, said her downtown neighborhood is still recovering from the coronavirus outbreak amid protests against […]
California crime reform gets ‘unheard of’ support from DAs, small businesses, progressive mayors
California’s criminal referendum reform proposal, which lowers penalties for petty theft and drug possession, is expected to be voted on in November after collecting an “unprecedented” number of signatures. The 2014 law in question, Proposition 47, reclassified some felonies as misdemeanors, such as retail theft and property theft. Under Proposition 47, petty theft of merchandise […]
NY EmPIRE Act would kill small businesses
“No life, liberty, or property of man is safe while Congress is in session,” Manhattan Surrogate Judge Gideon Tucker wrote in 1866, and state Sen. Brad Hoylman and others still do so more than 150 years later. He continues to prove that he is right. His current worst brainstorm is the so-called EmPIRE Act, which […]