President Biden is implementing a six-pronged, comprehensive national strategy that employs the same science-based approach that was used to successfully combat previous variants of COVID-19 earlier this year. This plan will ensure that we are using every available tool to combat COVID-19 and save even more lives in the months […]
Some businesses welcome Biden’s vaccination mandate while others worry about the costs, effects on worker shortages
U.S. businesses are giving a mixed reception to President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for firms with 100 or more employees, with many larger companies or their trade groups welcoming the directive even as smaller businesses are bristling. Some companies say the order imposes yet another burden that could intensify historic […]
Small beginnings: 10 ways to get your business off to a good start | Work & careers
Maybe the pandemic made you reassess your lifestyle and work, or maybe you already had considered going it alone and have been waiting to take the plunge. Either way, if you have decided to start your own business you should be prepared for a challenging time as you get to […]
Analysis: Stimulus-pumped stocks at risk as warning signals flash red
LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Sky-high valuations and signs that the flood of cheap cash washing around financial markets may be subsiding suggest the record-breaking run in shares is about to hit the buffers. Banks including BofA, Morgan Stanley, Citi and Credit Suisse this week told clients to trim exposure […]
Corti.ai Raises $27 Million in Series A Funding to Transform Patient Consultations With Artificial Intelligence
Danish software company pioneers new category of AI and Machine Learning to improve patient consultations. The funding will help expand the company’s patient base from 15 to 100 million consultations a year. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, September 09, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Corti.ai, one of the leading SaaS companies in the fast-growing category of Artificial […]
Inside the booming world of disaster response
J. Lee Driskell was already on the road from her home in Brooksville, Florida, to Louisiana in her camper — the “Hurricane Hilton,” as she calls it — when she got a call hiring her to bring crews to help clean up after Hurricane Ida. It’s the kind of call […]
Warren Buffett says these are the very best businesses to own
Warren Buffett says these are the very best businesses to own Never forget the basics. While we’re constantly bombarded with confusing investment mumbo jumbo, we should never forget that companies largely exist for one main reason: to take capital from investors and earn a return on it. That’s why it […]
How to become a business analyst
Just about any industry uses business analysts, from IT and telecoms to retail and financial institutions. There is a growing demand for business analysts in many organizations. And anyone who loves crunching numbers and trawling through data to find insights may find this is the career for them. But what […]
Ida-Hit Oil Industry Port Sustains Less Damage Than Feared | Business News
By MELINDA DESLATTE and DAVID KOENIG, Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A critical port that serves as the primary support hub for the Gulf of Mexico’s deepwater offshore oil and gas industry sustained less damage from Hurricane Ida’s direct hit than initially feared and should be back to […]
Lessons from Western New York’s Open4 program
In February 2020—barely a month before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down New York—Tommy Summage, a Black small business owner in Buffalo, was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by a local nonprofit. After more than a decade of overcoming barriers, Summage finally received the business advice and local nonprofit loans he […]