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…
DENVER – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Idaho-based Native American Services Corp. (NASCO) and Texas-based Mirador Enterprises, Inc. (Mirador) have agreed to pay…
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…