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Small Businesses Are Waving the Caution Flag
After a banner year, many small businesses are becoming more cautious about their investment and hiring plans amid signs of slowing sales and unease about the economy.
Google Maps keeps track of your conversations with local businesses
Last year, Google began rolling out a feature that let users message businesses through their Google profiles. Now, it’s integrating that feature into Google Maps. Any messages you’ve sent to businesses through their Google profiles will now be accessible in Maps for iOS and Android. Just tap the menu button, and then “Messages,” and you’ll […]
The world economy could grow $26 trillion in a decade if governments and businesses focus on climate change
Mike Hutchings/Reuters A new report argues that quicker action on climate change could add more than $ 2 trillion a year to the global economy over the next decade. The report, from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate (GCEC), argues that increasing investments in sustainable technologies would increase economic output globally by $ […]
The Rise of the Zombie Small Businesses
Imagine the farm that raised the chicken that produced the meat that sits in your sandwich: a few workers, thousands of birds, tens of thousands of pounds of white and dark meat, work that starts before dawn and ends after dusk, uncertain revenue, slim profits. There are thousands of these small farms in the United […]
FCC funds rural broadband for more than 700,000 homes and businesses
As part of its efforts to make broadband more available in rural areas, the Federal Communications Commission announced that the Connect America Fund Phase II “reverse auction” will bring broadband service to more than 700,000 homes and businesses for the first time. More than half of those will have download speeds of 100Mbps or more, […]
American Express purposefully jacked its FX prices for small businesses without telling them, according to a new report (AXP)
First Class Photography/Shutterstock A new report by the Wall Street Journal alleges that American Express lured small companies into attractive foreign exchange deals, then later jacked the rates. The logic, according to the Journal, was to increase AmEx’s profits without making their clients aware. Sources said the company chose smaller clients because they were less […]
NASA helps businesses make use of its satellite data
NASA has made its raw satellite data widely available for a long while. Now that it has a privatization-minded leader, though, it’s looking to make that data more palatable for the business crowd. The administration has released a Remote Sensing Toolkit that should make it easier to use observational satellite info for commercial purposes, including […]
Facebook reportedly sold user data to businesses in secret deals
Contrary to Facebook’s claims that it cut off developer access to its user data back in 2015, the Wall Street Journal has discovered that the company has allowed certain third party companies to retain the practice. These deals, known as “whitelists,” enable other companies to see user’s friend lists, including the person’s phone number as […]
Mexico’s billionaires and businesses are warning workers about the country’s runaway presidential frontrunner
REUTERS/Daniel Becerril A month before Mexico’s presidential election, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s lead continues to grow. Business leaders and wealthy Mexicans are dismayed, and they’ve tried to warn voters away from the frontrunner. But such warnings are unlikely to persuade Mexicans who are backing AMLO. Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s lead has […]
