Biden touts admin efforts to boost small business: ‘20 million acts of hope’

$20 million settlement reached in death of woman fatally shot by officer

Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in 2023 after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat in a parked car with another person, authorities said.

Rivian to use Biden administration loan to boost competitiveness of its EVs

Rivian said it will use a $6.6 billion government loan to “aggressively” scale manufacturing of its R2, which is coming in 2026.

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

Man’s leg amputated in near 20-hour effort to free him from rocks in Tasmania’s Franklin River

International visitor aged in his 60s fighting for life in hospital after accident on rafting trip on Friday. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A man has had his ...

World - The Guardian - November 23

Biden on Trump's tariff plan: 'I hope he rethinks it'

President Biden said Thursday that he hopes President-elect Trump “rethinks” some of his tariff plans. "I hope he rethinks it. I think it's a counterproductive thing to do," the president said in ...

Politics - The Hill - 2 days ago

Biden says he hopes Trump rethinks tariffs, is thankful for 'peaceful transition'

President Joe Biden spent Thanksgiving with his family giving back to first responders on Nantucket and weighing in on the transition to the next administration.

After 20 years of acting, ‘My Old Ass’ filmmaker Megan Park finds her groove behind the camera

Megan Park is just getting started as a filmmaker

Entertainment - ABC News - November 7

New York Nico’s New NYC Travel Guide Is a Love Letter to Small Businesses

“These businesses are kind of like safe spaces for me,” says social-media icon Nicolas Heller, better known as New York Nico.

Business - Inc. - November 5

Small Business Administration-Backed Financing Rose to $56 Billion in Fiscal Year 2024

Smaller loans made up for much of the additional funding.

Business - Inc. - November 8

How the FedEx-UPS Price War Could Slash Year-End Costs for Small Businesses

Falling parcel volumes and fewer year-end shopping days, this year have led the two transporters to extend big price reductions to small business owners.

Business - Inc. - November 8

How a small group of Amazon workers took on big business and challenged traditional unions | Kenan Malik

A documentary about unionising the company’s Staten Island warehouse reveals new ways of negotiating with oppressive bosses. ‘The union wants to protect workers. The employer wants to protect ...

World - The Guardian - November 17

Post-election Main Street bump: Confidence surges among small business owners

Small business owner sentiment surges after election, with a heavy partisan component to the outlook, from taxes to trade, regulation and sales expectations.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Rush orders, cut costs, crossed fingers: How small businesses are preparing for tariffs

Small businesses are already making moves to avoid expected cost increases — or weighing whether to take a financial hit or pass it on to customers.

Overshown's flashy pick-6 boosts Cowboys in 27-20 Thanksgiving win over Giants

DeMarvion Overshown returned an interception 23 yards for a touchdown, Rico Dowdle ran for a score in his first career 100-yard game and the Dallas Cowboys held on for a 27-20 Thanksgiving Day ...

Sports - ABC News - 2 days ago

Japan's sake brewers hope UNESCO heritage listing can boost rice wine's appeal

Deep in a dark warehouse, the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks

World - ABC News - November 14

Florida significantly boosts its bowl hopes with a 27-16 win over No. 22 LSU

The Gators are 5-5 and have a game vs. 1-9 Florida State to end the season.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 17

Trump’s Bessent pick for Treasury boosts hopes for year-end stock-market rally

Donald Trump’s selection of hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent to serve as Treasury secretary triggered a sigh of relief across global financial markets on Monday.

Business - MarketWatch - 5 days ago

Trump Media closes in the red on Election Day, giving up earlier rally

Shares of retail trader favorite Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) were active as Election Day is finally here.

Business - CNBC - November 5

Ex-FBI informant charged with lies related to Biden impeachment case indicted on tax charges

WASHINGTON — A former FBI informant whose false claims about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden were at "the heart" of the Republican impeachment inquiry against the president has now ...

Biden Cuts Intel’s Chip Award by More Than $600 Million

The Silicon Valley company will receive less money from the CHIPS Act after winning a $3 billion military contract and changing some of its investment commitments.

Business - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Video platform Rumble plans to buy up to $20 million in bitcoin in new treasury strategy

Conservative video platform Rumble said it will begin allocating some of its excess cash reserves to bitcoin and could buy up to $20 million in the crypto.

Business - CNBC - 5 days ago

Too little, too late? Biden's big reversal boosts Ukraine and infuriates the Kremlin

Ukrainians welcomed the U.S. move to let it strike in Kursk with ATACMS, as a wave of deadly Russian attacks on Sumy and Odesa caused power cuts.

Weight-loss-drug makers’ stocks get a boost from new Biden coverage proposal, but will it hold up?

The stocks of companies that make the new class of drugs to treat obesity and manage diabetes were higher across the board early Tuesday, after the Biden administration proposed a rule that would ...

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

College dropout started a side hustle with $200 from his mom—his business could bring in $4 million this year

Kobe Harris started his natural lip balm company Kobee's during his free time while working a summer lifeguarding job — and took it to ABC's "Shark Tank."

Business - CNBC - November 5

'Many dark times': How this startup founder overcame self-doubt and started a $100-million-a-year business

Jeffrey Tiong, the founder and CEO of Patsnap, a IP and R&D intelligence startup, says an investor once told him he was "not fit to be CEO."

Business - CNBC - November 13

28-year-old spent $30,000 to launch a business from her living room—now it brings in $9 million a year

Jenny Lei launched her luxury handbag startup Freja from her New Jersey apartment while she was unemployed. It now brings in more than $9 million per year.

Business - CNBC - November 19

How a 1-Time Whole Foods Buyer Turned a Dream Into a $380 Million Business

Discover how Bea Dixon transformed her dream into a thriving $380 million company focused on empowering women’s vaginal health through innovative solutions.

Business - Inc. - November 21

Elon Musk, Ramaswamy land Trump admin roles

President-elect Trump has tapped tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead an advisory group focused on cutting federal spending and reducing the size of the government. Trump ...

Politics - The Hill - November 13

Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Biden family business faces new tax charges

Alexander Smirnov, the ex-FBI informant charged with allegedly lying about the Biden family's business dealings, faces a separate new indictment on tax-related charges.

US election briefing: Trump on track to win popular vote as millions of Biden voters desert Harris

Donald Trump is set to equal his vote total from the 2020 US presidential election, but Kamala Harris will fall far short of the 81 million who voted for Biden. US election results 2024: live map ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Biden seeks Medicare and Medicaid coverage of popular but costly weight-loss drugs for millions of Americans

Health - ABC News - 4 days ago

Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover weight-loss drugs for obese Americans

Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday ...