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☆ Small business owners could be poised for a 1990s-like boom
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( John Towfighi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This has spiked the interest rates small business owners are paying on new mortgages, credit, and loans. Related storiesPowell said that small business owners are poised to benefit regardless of the size of the cut and should remain hopeful about future growth. According to the National Federation of Independent Businesses, small business confidence dipped in August. AdvertisementHe said small businesses tend to be more credit-constrained, so changes in interest rates are particularly influential for business owners' management decisions. Are you a small business owner who has experienced a recent change in sales or hiring?

Persons: —, Phil Powell, it's, Powell, Jerome Powell, Sean Higgins, Higgins Organizations: Service, Federal Reserve, Business, Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University Kelley School of Business, Federal Open Markets, Treasury Department, National Federation of Independent Businesses, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

☆ Women's Online Reviews Are More Reliable Than Men's, Study Finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

What men say, on the other hand, isn't at all telling. "This relationship is completely explained by drug reviews written by females; reviews written by males have no explanatory power." In their analysis, women tended to be more articulate and detailed in their drug reviews and experience, while men were vaguer. One 2023 study looking at Yelp reviews found that the persuasiveness of reviews by gender depended on product category. Other research, however, suggests that even for areas stereotypically seen as being in women's realm, women's reviews aren't perceived as more valuable than men's.

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☆ Global IT outage leaves thousands stranded at airports amid chaos at hospitals, government agencies and 911 systems
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

All flights were grounded for United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Allegiant Airlines on Friday. Meanwhile, thousands of companies around the world are struggling with payment processing after the outage brought down systems across a wide range of businesses. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on Friday following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program. In addition to hospitals, blood donation centers have experienced challenges and are altering blood shipment methods due to flight delays. The Social Security Administration closed its local offices to the public on Friday after the outage shut down numerous services.

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☆ CPI report: Inflation slowed in May, hinting at welcome relief for consumers
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Falling gas prices kept inflation in check following a 0.3% gain in April. “Adding to the good inflation news, core services inflation (excludes energy services) printed its mildest monthly increase since September 2021,” Kathy Bostjancic, Nationwide’s chief economist, wrote in a note issued Wednesday. On an annual basis, shelter inflation slowed a tenth of a percentage point to 5.4%, which is its lowest rate since April 2022. Still, those costs continue to run hot for consumers, with transportation services prices up 10.5% from a year ago and car insurance up 20.3%. Soft CPI boosts chances for Fed cutsThe CPI, which tracks average change in prices for a basket of goods and services common to consumers, is the most widely cited inflation metric.

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☆ This key US inflation gauge fell last month by the most since 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The Producer Price Index, which measures the average price changes that businesses pay to suppliers, fell 0.5% on a monthly basis. It’s the largest monthly drop since April 2020, when the rapidly spreading Covid-19 virus caused a sharp economic contraction. When stripping out the volatile food and energy categories, core PPI was unchanged for the month, bringing the yearly increase to 2.4%. On Tuesday, the October Consumer Price Index showed that US consumer prices were unchanged for the month, contributing to a slowdown in the annual inflation rate to 3.2%. “Fed officials are getting to keep their cake and eat it too, so far with economic growth and inflation cooling.

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☆ FOTO // DRAMELE lui Joe Biden, președintele Americii. I-a MURIT familia, membru cu membru
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-12 | by ( ) www.ziarulnational.md time to read: +10 min

Candidații, Donald Trump, la un posibil al doilea mandat, și Joe Biden vicepreședintele republican, așteaptă închiderea urnelor. Cât de mult i-a influențat cursul politic lui Joe Biden dramele din viața sa. Drama fiului său, Joseph Robinette „Beau” Biden IIIFiul cel mareal lui Joe Biden a fost procurorul general al Delaware. Beau și-a anunțat intenția în 2014 de a candida la funcția de guvernator și a fost considerat pe scară largă liderul. Dar, în 2013, Beau a fost diagnosticat cu cancer la creier, deși nu a fost făcut public la acea vreme.

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