Tatiana Bailey: Consumers likely to pay higher prices as business costs rise

On Aug. 14, an economic data point that I pay close attention to was released. The Producer Price Index for July showed that business input costs surged 0.9%, the highest monthly gain since June 2022. Year over year, the PPI is up 3.3%. As you’ve...

How Benjamin and Jodie Caron Went from Playing Business in Their Childhood Home to Launching Square Eyed Pictures

Growing up above their parent’s pub in the West Midlands, England, Benjamin and Jodie Caron would bustle around the office pretending to oversee a business. “I can’t remember what we were running, but I would be typing furiously on the typewriter...

Raymond A. “Chip” Mason, namesake of William & Mary Mason School of Business, passes away

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (WWBT) - Raymond A. “Chip” Mason, the namesake of the William & Mary Mason School of Business and former CEO of Legg Mason, passed away on August 22, 2025, in Naples, Florida. He was 88. William & Mary President Katherine A. Rowe...

10 Best Incident Response Companies To Handle Data Breaches in 2025

Data breaches, encompassing everything from unauthorized access and data exfiltration to ransomware-induced data destruction, pose severe threats to an organization’s financial stability, reputation, and customer trust. The immediate aftermath of...

10 Best Endpoint Detection And Response (EDR) Companies in 2025

In 2025, the endpoint remains the primary battleground for cyber attackers, making the implementation of EDR solutions a critical necessity for robust cybersecurity defenses. Laptops, desktops, servers, mobile devices, and cloud workloads are...

Opinion: ‘Surge pricing’ on meters will hurt residents, small business

Parking meters on a commercial street in San Diego. (File photo courtesy of the City of San Diego) New laws often have unintended consequences, and those impacts are almost always negative. In San Diego, predatory developers and their investors...

GOP lawmakers push for tariffs tailored to help home-state companies

Congressional Republicans are embracing Donald Trump’s tariff campaign as a way to advance home-state causes, lobbying the president to impose more import duties to protect local companies. The rank-and-file GOP lawmakers’ entreaties, which often...

Women business owners celebrate openings in Decatur

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Three women business owners celebrated Saturday as they opened their businesses to the Decatur community. Laurie Burnett, owner of the Willow Nest, said the small business world is not about competition, but community. "I'm...

Advance Auto Parts: Turnaround On Track With Help From The Pro Business

Sunday, August 24, 2025 3:00 PM EDT Image Source: Pixabay Each week, we try to cover one or two companies we have discussed in previous podcasts and/or own for clients (including personally). Let’s review Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP), which...

Montgomery honors small businesses at MGM Small Business Awards

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - More than 300 businesses gathered at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Friday for the city’s first-ever MGM Small Business Awards. The event, hosted by the city of Montgomery, is meant to spotlight local entrepreneurs,...

Research, development spending in Israel’s business sector hits 36 billion

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 24 (ANI/TPS): In 2023, total spending by Israeli businesses on internal R&D was 121.8 billion Shekels (USD 36 billion), and spending on external R&D (purchased by external parties) was 13.3 billion Shekels (USD 3.9...

Letter to the editor: Healthy workers are good for Missouri business

Hub hoped to boost business

The small town of Luggate is only weeks away from having a brand-new small commercial hub. After a year of hard work, Wanaka developer Stuart Pinfold is almost ready to welcome the local community into The Green, a collection of food vendors and...

Ottawa business owners optimistic as Canada drops most retaliatory tariffs

Business owners in the nation's capital are reacting with guarded optimism after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he plans to drop most of Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods by the start of September. On Friday, Carney revealed that...

Windsor business owner busted for marijuana possession

Published 2:05 pm Sunday, August 24, 2025 WINDSOR – The owner of a local business faces numerous felony charges after a search warrant was executed on Friday morning. Bertie County Sheriff Tyrone Ruffin said felony warrants have been obtained for...

Business Briefs

PEOPLE St. Charles County Ambulance District [SCCAD] Mobile Integrated Health [MIH] Capt. Sherri Hercules has been recognized by the Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association [MEMSA] with its Community Paramedic of the Year Award. In her...

Heart-led leadership: Transforming business and community dynamics - Tania McInnes

That ‘something’ is heart-led leadership, which rather than being ‘new’ is an ancient way. Heart-led leadership isn’t about being nice for the sake of it, or diluting accountability. It’s about leading with courage, clarity, and compassion. It’s...

Business Sense | Next month, Humboldt gets its moment on the big screen

"A $1 million project can feel more like $2.95 million once you factor in indirect spending such as crew dinners after filming or days exploring local shops, and the dollars circulating multiple times." Originally Published: August 24, 2025 at...

LUD partners with Al-Amal Contracting to launch Apex Business Complex in New Capital

Lozan Urban Developments (LUD) has officially signed a partnership agreement with Al-Amal Engineering & General Contracting Company, headed by Haitham Farhat, to begin the construction of the highly anticipated Apex Business Complex in the New...

How drinkers put this Aussie winery out of business

The towering steel superstructure above the former Karadoc winery in the Sunraysia region of northern Victoria is so impressively vast it could well be mistaken for an oil refinery. Or perhaps a top secret defence facility, with its rows of...