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IPG Building Company | 2025 Small Business Award
TK Business Magazine - Kansas
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IPG Building Company | Owner Manny Herron | Minority-Owned Small Business Award Winner & TopCity Business of the Year Winner What inspired you to start your business? After my brother was murdered, I made a terrible decision at 16 that led to...
California State Treasurer talks small business in Torrance
Daily Breeze - California
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July 11, 2025
When current California State Treasurer Fiona Ma worked for a large accounting firm, she realized “there were no women or people of color in the leadership at the time.” That was when the certified public accountant quit and started her own...
Small Business Spotlight: Little Valley Goods
ABC 30 - California
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July 9, 2025
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Craftsmanship meets creativity at Little Valley Goods. Located off of Barstow and Sunnyside in Old Town Clovis, the warehouse features personalized gifts, favors, and even something to add a little flair to your hydration...
What Are the Best Freight Shipping Solutions for Small Businesses?
BOSS Magazine - California
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July 10, 2025
Reading Time: 8 minutes Balancing shipping cost, speed and safety is essential for small business owners. You need shipments to arrive on time and intact while being cost-effective. Luckily, there are logistics brokerages and third-party logistics...
Trump’s SBA leader highlights small business benefits of ‘big, beautiful bill’ in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun - Maryland
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July 10, 2025
Small Business Administration leader Kelly Loeffler took to a Baltimore brewery Thursday to highlight the benefits of President Donald Trump’s recently signed “big, beautiful bill.” “What we want to make sure is that we’re moving people into an...
Major change coming to ice cream recipes by 2028
The Independent
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July 15, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
MB Piland Advertising + Marketing | 2025 Small Business Awards
TK Business Magazine - Kansas
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MB Piland Advertising + Marketing | Owner Martha Bartlett Piland | Legacy in Business Award Winner How does your company help the community? We improve the health and well-being of our community by working with clients in the health, advocacy,...
Two men harassed Ferndale small businesses via extortion scheme, Michigan AG alleges
CBS 62 Detroit - Michigan
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office has filed a lawsuit that claims two brothers targeted small businesses in Ferndale with similar company names in order to extort money. The lawsuit was filed in Wayne County Third Circuit Court...
FCMB commits to flexible financing for small businesses
Business Day
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July 10, 2025
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has reiterated its commitment to provide a flexible financing model for small businesses, in its drive to bring more people into the formal economy. Yemisi Edun, managing director/CEO, FCMB, said the bank is...
One Big Beautiful Bill Updates to Qualified Small Business Stock Rules under Section 1202
JD Supra - California
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July 10, 2025
As part of the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA),[1] Congress adopted the first substantive amendments to Section 1202[2]–which prescribes the qualified small business stock (QSBS) rules–in over a decade. The OBBBA amended...
How to reduce business energy costs (without cutting corners)
NCW News - Washington State
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Alani Asis for NEXT How to reduce business energy costs (without cutting corners) U.S. small businesses spend an average of $1,500 per month (or $18,000 a year) for business energy costs like electricity and natural gas, according to EnergyBot....
Outer Banks Chamber accepting applications for small business awards
The Coastland Times - North Carolina
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July 10, 2025
Published 11:14 am Thursday, July 10, 2025 The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce is seeking applications for the 2025 Small Business of the Year Awards to be presented on Thursday, September 4 at the Outer Banks Business Update & Small Business...
'Uniquely Positioned': How Small Business Owners Can Successfully Navigate the Tariffs
Entrepreneur
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July 10, 2025
As tariffs and their effects on the supply chain begin to take shape, Kerim Kfuri, the president and CEO of the Atlas Network, a global supply chain solutions company, has his eyes on the headlines. "We produce a more efficient and effective...
Hurricane-Battered small businesses to access grants under BERRy project
NBC SVG
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July 9, 2025
Owners of businesses which sustained damage during the passage of Hurricane Beryl will soon be able to access grant funding from the Micro and small enterprise Business Support Grant. The grant is a part of the Beryl Emergency Resilient Recovery...
Small business optimism dips slightly amid inventory concerns
Keystone Today - Pennsylvania
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July 8, 2025
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index showed a slight decline in June, dropping by 0.2 points to 98.6, which remains slightly above the long-term average of 98. The decrease was primarily due to an...
UN marks International Day of Cooperatives
Co-Operative News
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July 14, 2025
The Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) held a high-level event last Tuesday in collaboration with the United Nations Federal Credit Union and the New York City Department of Small Business Services to mark the...
Small business optimism dips slightly in June amid rising tax concerns
Pine State News - Maine
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July 9, 2025
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its June 2025 Small Business Optimism Index, which showed a slight decrease by 0.2 points to 98.6. This figure remains slightly above the long-term average of 98. An increase in...
Small business optimism index shows slight decline in June
Evergreen Reporter - Washington
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July 8, 2025
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its monthly Small Business Optimism Index, showing a slight decrease in June. The index edged down by 0.2 points to 98.6, which remains slightly above the 51-year average of 98....
Massachusetts legislature approves automatic IRA for small businesses
Repairer Driven News - Michigan
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July 10, 2025
The Massachusetts legislature has passed a budgetary bill that would establish the Massachusetts Secure Choice Savings Program, creating an automatic enrollment payroll deduction IRA. Under H.4240, employers with 25 or more employees who don’t...
Small business optimism steady despite inventory concerns
Show-Me State Times - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its Small Business Optimism Index for June, which saw a slight decrease of 0.2 points to 98.6. This figure remains marginally above the long-term average of 98 over the past 51 years....