PRAIRIE GROVE — Residents wanting to open home-based businesses will be able to apply for a business permit administratively in the future, instead of requesting a conditional use permit from the planning commission. The business must meet criteria to qualify as a home occupation, and the owner will be required to follow all the regulations...Read More

MANUFACTURING Waltham’s PerkinElmer buys San Diego’s BioLegend for $5.3 billion PerkinElmer has agreed to buy San Diego’s-based BioLegend, a manufacturer of antibodies and chemical reagents used by researchers, for about $5.3 billion, the largest transaction in the Waltham-based firm’s history. The local maker of diagnostics, lab equipment, and software said it is acquiring BioLegend to...Read More

HAMPTON, Va. – Hampton Firefighters responded to a fire at a business on Mercury Boulevard on Saturday. Crews are currently on the scene of Apple Tree, a beauty supply store located at 4009 W Mercury Boulevard. They say the fire is still active but under control. No injuries were reported and the cause of the...Read More

At the start of June, Adam Griggs, the manager of Soft Shoe, was taking a much-needed vacation when his friend, Matt Browning, texted him about starting a podcast about owning a small business. “I’m 18% serious,” Browning, the owner of Surge, said. “That’s a great idea, and I’m 20% serious,” Griggs replied. Five weeks flew...Read More

As the bright summer days and warm summer nights begin to fade, Cafe Aion is planning for the future, when its outdoor patio can no longer be used and guests will need move indoors. In the next few weeks, the restaurant plans to implement a protocol asking guests who want to dine inside to show...Read More

With a rise in COVID-19 cases in Texas and the spread of the delta variant, some North Texas business owners are revisiting their eased COVID-19 protocols. Salon Purple in Fort Worth, owned by Terry Whiddon, has been reopened for more than a year. Whiddon said business overall is booming and surpassing sales from this time...Read More

This article was written for our sponsor, the North Carolina Military Business Center. For businesses of all sizes, securing government contracts can be quite lucrative. In fact, federal and defense contracts are a major driver of North Carolina’s economy, with the military accounting for about 12 percent of the state’s gross domestic product, according to...Read More

Growing numbers in the US and a few other countries are eager to travel again for business Reed Kaestner for Getty By Bruce Spear and Jessica Stansbury Bruce and Jessica are partners in Oliver Wyman’s transportation practice. Despite some tightening of corporate travel budgets and widespread consensus about the effectiveness of teleconferencing and working remotely,...Read More

Jul 31st 2021 NO CHILD ASPIRES to a life talking the kind of nonsense that many executives speak. But it seems that, as soon as managers start to climb the corporate ladder, they begin to lose the ability to talk or write clearly. They instead become entangled in a forest of gobbledygook. Listen to this...Read More

Veteran Waco economist Ray Perryman is used to seeing an annual parade of best for business rankings that put Texas at the top. Those rankings shape perceptions about the state’s business climate — a longtime selling point touted by politicians and economic development specialists alike. That’s why Perryman finds one recent ranking “eerily disturbing.” Texas...Read More