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Looking forward to a raise in 2026? You may be getting “peanut butter”.A new report from compensation software and data provider Payscale predicts that in 2026,…

Regardless of all the challenges they face, small businesses have been doing pretty well in this country across the board. Don’t believe me? Take a look…

It has been a full year since one of the worst measles outbreaks in recent U.S. history began ripping through West Texas. The highly infectious disease…

A recent survey of more than 3,000 US workers for employment search site FlexJobs found that almost a quarter didn’t take a vacation day during the…

Are mom-and-pop stores going bankrupt at historically high levels? That would seem to be the impression you’d get from recent news reports referencing data released from…

US taxpayers will have a “gigantic refund year in the first quarter” of 2026, the treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, recently said in an interview.Given all the…

While standing on the sideline watching a high school soccer game, my friend, who owned a small and successful construction company, complained that his son –…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Syria is marking one year since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad after nearly 14 years of war.Published On 8 Dec 20258…

Will retailers and merchants have a strong holiday season? That depends. This year, more than most, the 2025 holiday season will actually be two holiday seasons.If…

Want to buy a new shirt from your friendly neighborhood small business? In some cases, be prepared to pay out 2.5% more as a “financing” fee…