Loudoun Hunger Relief, Tina Johnson Top Small Business Awards | BUsINEss

The county’s top companies, nonprofits and entrepreneurs were celebrated Friday night during the Loudoun Chamber’s 30thth Annual Small Business Awards Ceremony. Loudoun Hunger Relief and Tina Johnson were the biggest winners of the night. Loudoun Hunger Relief was selected as Nonprofit of the Year and then won the night’s top award as Small Business of … Read more

Missouri business groups to fight minimum wage hike

ST. LOUIS – Retail and restaurant groups are vowing to fight “with all available options” against the state’s minimum wage increase approved by voters this week. The measure would raise prices for consumers and “impose a significant financial burden” on restaurants, grocery stores and other small businesses in Missouri, six industry groups said in a … Read more

FBI warns of business email compromise

LOS ANGELES, CA – March 28: FBI Assistant Director in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office … [+] hosted a press conference on Monday, March 28, 2016, with various federal and local partners to discuss the Business Email Compromise Scam, or BEC, a scheme targeting American businesses that has resulted in massive financial losses … Read more

Strategic Planning Guide for Business Leaders

Donald Trump an election night party. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Copyright 2024 Associated Press. All rights reserved. Many business leaders should start thinking about how the new Trump administration will affect their business. This article is not about who you should have voted for, but what topics should be on the business leader’s radar screen. Candidates … Read more

Will Trump be good for business? It is enlightening to remember how his last term went

“Steel Stocks Put the Pedal to the Metal” he said Wall Street Journal declared a few hours after Donald Trump’s election victory. Shares of US Steel, Nucor and Steel Dynamics all rose in early trading. It was an eerie, almost exact repeat of what had happened after Trump’s surprise victory eight years earlier. Then as … Read more

How Veteran Owned Business Started in Northern NJ

After years of military service, including deployments to Iraq, Mongolia and Norway, three veterans have found a calling that’s lighting up the New Jersey scene. Inspired by shared memories of smoking cigars during the quiet moments of their time in the service, the Mobile Cigar Lounge offers personalized cigar experiences for weddings and private events. … Read more

The business community must fill the climate leadership void

The re-election of former President Donald Trump, along with a Republican Congress, ensures that important issues like immigration, inflation and tax reform will be on the federal to-do list in 2025. However, America’s leadership on climate policy has is likely to decline in priority as global warming targets fall even more out of reach. Without … Read more

How Trump’s return could affect NJ business

Donald Trump is returning to the presidency in 2025, and with him will come a series of changing policies and economic directions. NJBIA takes a look at how these different approaches could impact New Jersey businesses in the coming years. CORPORATE TAXES According to the Tax Foundation, Trump had promised to cut the federal corporate … Read more

How real-world cases work as business school teaching tools

a view of the interior of a fashion store. There are dressed mannequins in the foreground. At the back are people standing in line

Business case studies are the closest thing to a window into real life for the sometimes detached students of an academic institution. Take, for example, an in-depth look at how Spanish retailer Zara differentiates itself from rivals; or how the US coffee chain Starbucks has gone through its digital transformation; or how a Ukrainian branch … Read more