New Jersey’s Plastic Ban: A Confusing and Overreaching Policy Leaves Residents and Businesses Scratching Their Heads
TRENTON, NJ – Since its implementation on May 4, 2022, New Jersey’s “Get Past Plastic” law has been hailed by some as a bold step toward environmental protection, but for many residents…
South L.A. Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Commit Armed Robberies of Half a Dozen Businesses in Two-Week Crime Spree
LOS ANGELES – A South Los Angeles man pleaded guilty today to a federal conspiracy charge and admitted to committing six armed robberies of businesses, mostly 7-Eleven stores, during a two-week…
Amazon to wind down its healthcare service for businesses
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc plans to shut down its virtual healthcare service by the end of this year, the retailer said on Wednesday, as a deal to buy a rival provider awaits…
Businesses Make More Cuts In August, Signaling An Increasingly Weakening Economy
Businesses Make More Cuts In August, Signaling An Increasingly Weakening Economy John Hugh DeMastri on August 23, 2022 Preliminary data from S&P’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, a prominent measure of business activity, indicates…
Phil Murphy Hit New Jersey Businesses with $300 Million in New Payroll Taxes
From the Desk of Senator Steven Oroho, NJ-R TRENTON, NJ – In a state notorious for its worst-in-the-nation business climate, the Murphy Administration timidly unveiled a $300 million tax increase for employers…
‘Restaurants And Barber Shops’: Expert Says These Businesses Are The Real IRS Targets
‘Restaurants And Barber Shops’: Expert Says These Businesses Are The Real IRS Targets Harold Hutchison on August 16, 2022 Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, said on Fox News Tuesday…
Former San Diego Vice Detective, Three Others Indicted for Owning and Operating Illicit Massage Businesses
Assistant U. S. Attorney Jill Streja (619) 546-8401 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – August 12, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Former San Diego Police Officer Peter Griffin and three others are charged in an…
Shopify merchant growth falters as weak consumer spending hits businesses
By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – Businesses stung by rising costs and lower consumer spending are shying away from Shopify’s platform, creating a roadblock in its plan to fix past missteps in overestimating…
British businesses turning away from China, industry group says
LONDON – British businesses are cutting ties with China due to concerns about political tensions, a shift that is likely to stoke inflationary pressures, the head of the Confederation of British Industry…
Baltimore Man Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining Over $250,000 in Covid-19 Cares-Act Funding and Defrauding Over $1 Million Dollars from Businesses
Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Keon Ball, age 45, of Baltimore, Maryland to 66 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for wire…
Jersey Shore Businesses Targeted in Smash and Grab Burglaries by Masked Unibrowed Burglar
BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ – Under New Jersey’s bail reform act, lawlessness and brazen attacks that were once reserved for the big cities are happening more frequently these days at the Jersey Shore.…
New Zealand consumers, businesses gloomy, economic risks grow
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – New Zealand is at growing risk of sliding into a recession in the second half of 2022, some economists said on Friday, as consumers and businesses fret…
Lexington Man Indicted on 15 Counts for Armed Robbery and Brandishing a Firearm at 7 Columbia Area Businesses
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — A federal grand jury in Columbia returned a 15-count indictment against Deveon Antonio Belk, 35, of Lexington, charging felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, seven counts…
Phil Murphy Mocks Texas Power Grid as Crippling Heatwave Hits, Invites Texas Businesses to Move to New Jersey
TRENTON, NJ – Move your business to New Jersey, abortion is legal. That’s the message New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy sent Texans this month. By the way, Texas, your electric grid sucks…
Operator of Missouri Aircraft Supply Businesses Pleads Guilty in $7 Million Fraud Scheme
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, David Sundberg, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Joleen D. Simpson,…
China’s Tianjin halts some businesses in fresh COVID curbs
SHANGHAI/BEIJING – A handful of COVID-19 infections have forced the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin to shut many entertainment venues and some kindergartens and tutoring agencies, the latest big city to…
Central Georgia Bookkeeper Sentenced for Defrauding Three Small Businesses
MACON, Ga. – A Putnam County, Georgia, resident who admitted to stealing $156,734.76 from three small businesses that employed her as a part-time bookkeeper was sentenced to prison for her crime and ordered…
Hunterdon County Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison for Producing Phony Massage Therapy Training Certificates for Prostitution Businesses
TRENTON, N.J. – A Hunterdon County, New Jersey, man was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for producing and selling fraudulent massage therapy training certificates for use in various New Jersey…
Six People Charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Loans Meant To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
NEWARK, N.J. – Six Essex County, New Jersey, residents were arrested today for scheming to fraudulently obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Nyan Terry, aka “Racks,”…
Star Woman Sentenced to 14 Months for Making False Statements to Obtain $11 Million in Government Contracts Designated for Service-Disabled Veteran Businesses
BOISE – A Star woman was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for falsely claiming that a business she controlled qualified as a service-disabled veteran-owned small business. By making the false…
S.Korea’s Hyundai Motor and its affiliates to jointly set up company in U.S. to explore businesses
SEOUL – South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co and its two affiliates plan to jointly set up a company in the United States to explore businesses, Hyundai Motor said on Thursday. In May,…
Camden County Woman Admits Fraudulently Obtaining 30 Loans Meant to Help Small Businesses During COVID-19 Pandemic
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Camden County, New Jersey, resident today admitted conspiring to fraudulently obtain 30 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) totaling more than $3 million,…
Former Warren County Businessman Admits Fraudulently Obtaining $1.8 Million in COVID-19 Loans Meant for Small Businesses
NEWARK, N.J. – A Warren County, New Jersey, businessman today admitted fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.8 million in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and Assistant Attorney General…
National Non-Profit, Founders First CDC, To Award Another Round of Grants to Texas Businesses
Founders First CDC to Award Another $100,000 to Minority Businesses Throughout the State to Create and Promote Premium Wage Employment Opportunities in Underserved Communities DALLAS, June 24, 2022 — Founders First CDC,…
Businesses must help cut cost of living, UK government adviser says
LONDON – Businesses should do more to reduce prices in the coming months to help Britons struggling with rising inflation, the government’s cost of living tsar said, as a minister warned of…
Factbox: Companies sell their businesses in Russia
(Reuters) – Some Western companies have agreed to sell their Russian assets or hand them over to local managers as they scramble to comply with sanctions over the Ukraine conflict and deal…
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