businesses

INDIANAPOLIS – Irving Gomez, a/k/a John Mendez-Rodriquez, 29, of Indianapolis, was sentenced late yesterday to 303 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to committing three commercial robberies and brandishing …

SAO PAULO – Brazilian meatpacker JBS SA, which operates multiple food processing facilities in the United States, said its North American operations will continue to drive performance. Speaking at a …

By Dan Whitcomb – At least two tornadoes tore through north and central Texas on Monday, destroying homes and businesses, knocking out power and injuring at least several people. Multiple …

CHICAGO — A police officer in Harvey, Ill., threatened to interfere with local towing companies’ ability to compete for city work unless they paid him cash and other benefits, according …

By Kantaro Komiya, Tetsushi Kajimoto and Daniel Leussink TOKYO – As war in Ukraine drives up already high input costs, even firms with business models fine-tuned to Japan’s deflationary economy …

AKRON, Ohio, March 9, 2022 — To help expand and grow minority-owned businesses in northeast Ohio, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) today announced a $1 million contribution to UBIZ Venture Capital, …

PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 2022 — M&T Bank has awarded $250,000 to 20 minority- and women-owned small businesses in Southwest Philadelphia grappling with the economic repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. The …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – You might not find a pot of gold, but you’ll find plenty of pre-St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in Downtown Toms River this weekend as the community …

– Visa Inc will lower consumer credit interchange rates for small businesses in the United States by 10%, effective next month, to help merchants recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, according …

LONDON – A record share of firms in Britain’s business and professional services sector expect to raise prices over the next three months as they face surging cost pressures, a …

By Ann Saphir – In the U.S. Midwest one retailer planned to raise prices but did not have enough floor staff to physically change the tags. In the South, a …

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to sending multiple LBGTQ businesses, organizations and individuals threatening and harassing letters and is now facing up to five …

Kyiv, Ukraine – Deputy Minister of Defence of Ukraine, Hanna Maliar said on Saturday that Russia’s invasion isn’t going as well as Vladimir Putin had planned. Maliar said Russian forces …

TRENTON, NJ – In 2012, former U.S. President Barack Obama mocked his Republican presidential opponent Mitt Romney who then said Russia is America’s biggest national security threat. “The 1980s called …

By Julie Gordon OTTAWA – A three-week long protest in Canada against pandemic measures that snarled trade and shuttered Ottawa’s core likely cost billions in trade delays, tens of millions …

WALL TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Wall Township Police Department has responded to two separate theft incidents in the last week from local businesses where customers’ pocketbooks were removed from their …

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Omar White-Davis, 28, of Philadelphia, PA, and Acia Moore, 20, also of Philadelphia, PA, were charged by Indictment with multiple …

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 262 months in prison for seven violent armed robberies of Twin Cities businesses. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the …

BEIJING – Enterprising Chinese college graduates will be able to borrow up to half a million yuan ($78,900) in the wealthy province of Zhejiang to start a business, and if …

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – A measure of Australian business conditions took a turn for the worse in January as a surge in coronavirus cases hit consumer spending, though firms …

LONDON – British businesses are scaling back plans for pay rises and hiring, but almost half intend to increase the prices they charge customers as they seek to manage rapidly …

By Andy Bruce LONDON – British business activity cooled unexpectedly this month to an 11-month low but cost pressures stayed high, according to a survey that leaves the Bank of …

TOMS RIVER, NJ – As many cities across New Jersey are imposing indoor mask mandates, in Toms River, it’s the opposite. Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill has forced a business …

TRENTON, NJ – Senator Michael Testa’s legislation that would provide a COVID-related tax benefit to the state’s small businesses was advanced today by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. Testa’s …