Small Business

A customer views a digital menu at the drive-thru outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Peru, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s decision to raise royalty fees for the first time in nearly three decades doesn’t mean a wave of franchisees across corporate brands are about to see their cost of doing business

Workers load packages into Amazon Rivian Electric trucks at an Amazon facility in Poway, California, November 16, 2022. Sandy Huffaker | Reuters As Amazon and other big businesses ramp up efforts to reduce their carbon footprint, they’re putting pressure on their suppliers to do the same, and those who don’t may pay a big price.

The Amazon Echo Show 8 smart-home device is unveiled during the Amazon Devices and Services event at the HQ2 campus in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Amazon.com Inc. previewed a push into generative artificial intelligence with new features for its Alexa voice assistant. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg

Daymond John attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 12, 2023. Leon Bennett | Filmmagic | Getty Images “Shark Tank” star Daymond John is looking to give Black business owners a boost for the fourth year running.

New York City is months away from introducing the first zone-based tolling program in the U.S. The project, which begins in the spring of 2024, will increase the tolls drivers pay to enter points of Manhattan south of 60th street. The final price of the toll is not yet determined. People close to the process

Businessman in flooded office, barefeetde reading the newspaper, shoes at table Henrik Sorensen | Digitalvision | Getty Images Many Main Street businesses could be playing with fire — literally — by not maintaining appropriate levels of business insurance coverage, especially given the spate of natural disasters affecting multiple areas of the U.S. Skimping on property

In this article UPS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images A doorbell camera in Chesterfield, Virginia, recently caught a man snatching a box containing a $1,600 new iPad from the arms of a FedEx delivery driver. Barely a day goes by without a similar report. Package theft, often referred

In an aerial view, burned cars and homes are seen in a neighborhood that was destroyed by a wildfire on August 18, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Widespread damage from Hawaii’s recent wildfires and Hurricane Idalia in Florida underscores the costly effects of natural disasters on small businesses. The total cost to

As President Biden begins to more forcefully build a reelection case citing Bidenomics, Wall Street forecasts and actual GDP data are supportive, as are recent improving sentiment scores from consumers and CEOs. But on Main Street, small business owners remain a difficult group for Biden to win over. Small business confidence is back at an

Getty Images As the year-end approaches, there’s been debate around tax reporting for business transactions on payment apps such as Venmo and PayPal, along with e-commerce companies, such as eBay, Etsy and Poshmark. Some lawmakers are pushing to increase the IRS reporting threshold for Form 1099-K, which covers third-party business payments. Taxpayers who use a payment app to process

Cavan Images | Getty Images As electric vehicles proliferate, some gas stations are making expensive overhauls to add EV charging stations.  In most cases, they aren’t scrapping traditional liquid fuel pumps. But select locations, including an RS Automotive in Takoma Park, Md., and a Shell station in Fulham, England, have made a full switch. Location,

With so much of daily life happening over social media, it’s not surprising that small businesses are relying more and more on Instagram, Facebook and other platforms to spread the word about their business and sell products. But there is one big catch: small business owners are at a big disadvantage on these platforms when

Dominique Dawes, four-time Olympic medalist, never had it easy as an elite athlete, and has not had it easy as a small business owner. The world-renowned, highly decorated gymnast is one of only three American women to compete in three different Olympic games, and was the first Black woman to receive an individual Olympic medal

With national labor market data showing that the economy only provides jobs for one out of every five Americans with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the opportunities for those with I/DD in the workforce are clearly lacking. Amy and Ben Wright, co-founders of Bitty and Beau’s Coffee, are entrepreneurs — and parents — making a dent

A shopper makes their way through a grocery store on July 12, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images As record inflation that only a year ago was over 8% continues to decline, consumers are growing more confident about the economy and their finances. But The Conference Board chief

OpenAI with Microsoft – Bing seen on mobile, seen in this photo illustration. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images The sudden rise of generative artificial intelligence has led the biggest technology companies in the world to invest billions. For $20 a month, every small business can get started in gen A.I. use that may

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Feb. 15, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Scrutiny of a pandemic-era tax credit intensified this week as lawmakers, the IRS and tax professionals sought solutions for the wave of small businesses that wrongly claimed the tax break.  The employee retention credit, or ERC,

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Todd Niggeling delivers packages for Amazon in Sioux City, Iowa, on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Niggeling delivers packages through Amazon’s delivery hub program in which Amazon is using small businesses as centralized drop-off points and paying business owners to drive the last mile to deliver

In this article GM F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles at a Ford dealership in Colma, California, on July 22, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images After a home, buying a car is the most expensive purchase most consumers will ever make during their lifetime. The transition to electric vehicles by

Pgiam | Istock | Getty Images A cottage industry of specialist firms has sprung up to help business owners claim the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), a governmental tax incentive intended for companies stressed by the pandemic. But businesses need to be careful not to get hoodwinked.  There are strict eligibility requirements for the ERC —