Report: Small businesses are failing at higher rates in their first year LendingTree analyzed small business data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that almost 1 in 4 businesses fail in their first year. The 23% failure rate from 2023 is two percentage points ... 05/15/2024 - 9:46 am | View Link
Hiring barriers haven't cleared for small businesses — and pay is still a problem According to a survey of more than 1,600 owners and executives by The Business Journals Intelligence, almost 28% of respondents said it was "extremely" or "significantly" difficult to hire talent in ... 05/15/2024 - 9:22 am | View Link
Funding is now available for small businesses in Charlotte The city of Charlotte, along with lenders and corporations have teamed up to launch a new fund for small business owners. 05/14/2024 - 2:44 pm | View Link
Charlotte leaders announce $40 million to help minority, women-owned small businesses A new loan program with $40 million staked to it may help ease the burden for entrepreneurs like Downey, with the launch of the Charlotte Small Business Growth Fund. CLT Alliance Foundation and Scale ... 05/14/2024 - 8:51 am | View Link
Small businesses struggle to stay afloat as inflation hits Kansas neighborhood Local store owners are opening up about the struggles they’re facing to keep their small businesses afloat.Buck Wimberly and Joey Mendez, Co-owners of Luna by Ulah, said business has been slow since ... 05/10/2024 - 12:33 pm | View Link
Georgia MAGA/QAnon/Klan Mom Marjorie Taylor Greene told traitor Steve Bannon (she's apparently a regular now on his show?) how furious she is that Speaker Johnson will not put forth a bill to defund Special Counsel Jack Smith.
First, Marge made sure to explain why Speaker Johnson makes her sick.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: He made me sick to my stomach this morning, ma'am.
Trump soiling himself in court again has even Laura Ingraham complaining.
Source: Newsweek
Fox News host Laura Ingraham has said the courtroom where Donald Trump is on trial for alleged hush-money payments smells "musty."
"To give you a sense of what the GOP front-runner has been dealing with the past three weeks: The air is musty," Ingraham said on an episode of The Ingraham Angle.
Elbridge Colby "is an American national security policy professional who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development from 2017 to 2018 during the Trump administration," Wikipedia told me. He's also the grandson of William Colby who was the Director of the CIA in the mid-1970s.
Speaker of the House (barely) Mike Johnson told the press that his office, along with MAGA cultists James Comer and Jim Jordan, are seeking to interfere with the Special Counsel's case against Donald Trump in the secret documents case.
Johnson first claimed he was in Manhattan just acting as a friend when he decided to join Trump at the courthouse.
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to meet for a pair of televised debates before the Nov. 5 election.
The first debate will be on June 27 hosted by CNN, the network announced Wednesday, giving voters an opportunity to hear from both candidates before casting their ballots.
LONDON — King Charles III has unveiled the first portrait of the monarch completed since he assumed the throne, a vivid image that depicts him in the bright red uniform of the Welsh Guards against a background of similar hues.
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The larger-than-life painting by artist Jonathan Yeo captures the king with his hands clasped atop the hilt of his sword and a butterfly flitting above his right shoulder.