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US small business

September 2024

  • Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak during a campaign stop at the Throwback Brewery, in North Hampton, N.H., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

    Harris plans to help small businesses – but she’s targeting the wrong ones

  • rows of plastic pumpkins on a shelf

    Halloween before Labor Day? Businesses should just go for it

August 2024

  • FILE PHOTO: A jogger runs past the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, U.S., August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo

    Any US interest cut would be good – but don’t expect miracles right away

    The Federal Reserve is widely expected to start cutting rates in September after 11 rises in 16 months
  • Blue-painted doorframe with white lace curtains and a blue-and-white sign that says 'Come In, We're Open'

    Boomers are selling businesses to millennials in a generational handover

    Despite interest rates being at a 20-year high, sales of small businesses are strong, and may continue for years
    • Race and money
      ‘It legitimizes us’: the minority businesses still fighting for recognition

    • LinkedIn is a mess. Here’s how to fix it

    • Chevrolet dealership’s The Office-inspired TikTok series goes viral

July 2024

  • An illustration of a blue digital background with the words in white AI Artificial Intelligence, and silhouettes of figures sitting at desktop computers, at laptops, and on the phone.

    The world is not quite ready for ‘digital workers’

    CEO Sarah Franklin got such intense pushback on her company’s plans that she suspended them after three days
  • a person walks across a flooded street

    America's dirty divide
    ‘It is devastating’: unprecedented floods in US strain small businesses

    As the climate crisis causes heavier and more frequent floods across the US, one in four small businesses are one disaster away from shutting down
  • Happy smiley face helium yellow balloons for happiness feature in Observer New Review

    Why are 91% of small-business owners so darned happy?

    Running your own company is full of stress, frustration and headaches. But most owners wouldn’t have it any other way

June 2024

  • a close-up of a woman applying red lipstick

    What can lipstick and underwear sales tell us about the economy?

    Some look beyond typical metrics like GDP and job data, but these alternatives shouldn’t be taken seriously
  • three very rich men walk together

    Your company is not your family. And you should be thankful it’s not

    I’ve worked with family-owned businesses, and their internecine battles and succession struggles ain’t great
  • a group of people waiting for an interview

    Parents attending their child’s job interview? As a manager, I’m all for it!

    There’s only one thing parents love more than their kids: complaining about them. I want to hear what they say

May 2024

  • National Women in Construction Week<br>BOSTON, MA - MARCH 2: Alicia Miksic. apprentice electrician, bends an electrical pipe with electrician Adam DeFilippo at a work site at Brigham and Women's Hospital emergency department in Boston on March 2, 2020. This week, Skanska employees on construction sites all over Greater Boston are celebrating their female peers and colleagues on the job during national Women in Construction week. Skanska women in construction are welders, project managers, plumbers, carpenters, superintendents and everything in between, helping to build what matters in our communities while paving the way for future generations of female trades and construction workers in the industry. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

    Gen-Z students are choosing a trade over college. That shows they’re smart

    Young people are increasingly opting to train as plumbers, electricians, welders and carpenters and similar vocations
  • a man hold his head in front of a computer screen

    Your office software is not the problem – you are

    HR platforms like Workday are often the target of staff vitriol but managers and owners need to play their part
  • an "open" sign

    What is a US small business? One owner explains

    Small businesses are difficult to define – and even more difficult to run – but here’s what I’ve learned as a small business owner

April 2024

  • Close up white paper desk calendar with blurred bokeh background appointment and business meeting concept

    Less work for the same pay won’t fly – but here’s a four-day week that might

  • a house under construction

    Yes, inflation has slowed, but business is still paying the price – and so are you

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    Do you care if your employees are high at work? I don’t

  • ‘How did a shell company, which manufactured nothing and produced no services, rise to such a value?’

    Trump isn’t doing anything new with his recent Truth Social windfall

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