Category: businesses

Businesses Will Resent Democrats Distracting From Inflation

The notion that the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision has something to do with, of all things, inflation at first blush seems preposterous. And yet, the motive of the mystery figure responsible for the worst information breach within the halls of the Marble Palace at…


3 Payment Processing Terms You Should Understand

Accepting a variety of payments from your customers has never been easier due to payment processing terms. However, there’s a misconception that you can simply electronically invoice a client, request a mobile card from Square, or add a shopping cart to your site and that’s it. While processing payments should be as stress-free as possible,…


West Australian Businesses Offered Compensation for Border Closure

Western Australia (WA) will be spending $77 million to support businesses hit by the state’s continued border closures. WA had planned to reopen its interstate borders for Feb. 5, abruptly backflipping on its decision in fear that two doses of vaccination did not effectively protect against the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party)…


Chicago Synagogue, Businesses Vandalized Over Weekend

CHICAGO—A synagogue and an affiliated Jewish school in Chicago were vandalized over the weekend with swastika images and antisemitic graffiti, officials said. The incidents occurred Sunday at the FREE Synagogue and Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School. “We’ll get through it,” Rabbi Levi Notik told WFLD-TV. “I want to thank law enforcement, they did a…


How to Develop Lifelong Clients

By Krista Mashore According to a survey of businesses conducted by the consulting company Invesp (which specializes in conversion rate optimization), it costs five times more to obtain new clients as it does to retain old ones, and businesses have a 60 percent to 70 percent chance of re-selling to former clients versus a 5…


Bank of Canada Survey Suggests Businesses, Consumers Expect High Inflation for Longer

OTTAWA—Canada’s central bank says businesses and consumers are increasingly convinced that the pace of price increases will continue for the foreseeable future. The Bank of Canada said Monday that its pair of quarterly surveys of businesses and consumers show respondents expect the annual rate of inflation to remain above the Bank of Canada’s two percent…


How to Build a Business and a Family at the Same Time

By Ryan McGrath It’s common for entrepreneurs to feel as though they need to choose between their personal and professional lives. Oftentimes, young leaders are simultaneously growing their businesses and their families. As a result, your days can become taxing. From playtime to board meetings and everything in between, learning how to juggle a successful…


Start Your 2022 Marketing and Advertising Planning Today

By Jessica Wong The past two years have shaken up businesses across all industries. They have also changed the way owners and marketing professionals plan their strategies and activities for the year ahead. As 2022 promises to be a post-pandemic year, marketers need to get ready now for a fast-changing environment. Successful marketing and advertising…


Biden’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Driving Big Business to Relocate Headquarters Into Texas: Gov. Abbott

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that President Joe Biden’s federal vaccine mandates have driven new businesses to relocate their headquarters into the state. Texas is one of several U.S. states which has mounted multiple federal lawsuits against the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, which requires almost all federal employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine as…


Alibaba Appoints New CFO, Reshuffles E-commerce Businesses

HONG KONG—China’s largest e-commerce group Alibaba said Monday it is appointing a new chief financial officer and reorganizing its e-commerce businesses amid a regulatory crackdown in the technology industry. The company said in a statement Monday that Toby Xu will succeed Maggie Wu as its new CFO from April 1, 2022. Xu joined Alibaba from…