Two months ago, Eastern European hackers launched an attack on Colonial Pipeline, shutting down the largest pipeline system for refined oil products. The company ultimately paid nearly $5 million in ransom to retrieve 100 gigabytes of data that was being held hostage. The incident added Colonial Pipeline to a growing list of businesses victimized by...Read More

After more than a year of battling the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, several businesses in Ocean Beach on Saturday celebrated the start of summer with the return of its long-time traditional fair — albeit with a twist this year. The Ocean Beach MainStreet Association hosted “Celebrate the OB Vibe,” a free community event...Read More

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Stanley Cup Final is back in Tampa, and business owners are preparing for an economic boost this year. Business owners and managers said the playoffs have already boosted sales, and they expect the Stanley Cup Final to do the same thing. Last year, the Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley...Read More

IMAGE: © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Carbon dioxide capture, use and storage (CCUS), whether by processing emissions from industrial facilities or extracting it from the air, is garnering a lot of media attention lately: the technology to do so has existed for many years — which doesn’t mean they can’t be improved by using other approaches — but until...Read More

From Olympia to Coupeville, these four winners each got $45,000 worth of energy-efficient upgrades. Sponsored by Puget Sound Energy This past year has been challenging for all of us — but it was especially hard on small businesses. KING 5 and Puget Sound Energy set out to help a few of them with the Small Business Energy...Read More

The West Business Development Center will be offering the following workshops during the first half of July. All workshops are free, and are one hour unless otherwise noted. Manifest Your Brand 1: Brand Foundation on Wednesday, July 7 at noon. Free workshop. Visit https://bit.ly/3vMIeUv. Leveraging Facebook for Sales Part 1, Ad Campaigns and Boosting: On...Read More

Council Vice President Loretta Gragnani, Council President Michael dePierro, Councilwoman Emily Peterson, Councilman Paul Carifi, Jr., Councilwoman Janice McCarthy PARSIPPANY — In an interoffice email from Parsippany-Troy Hills Business Administrator Fred Carr to “Department and Division Heads” he is quoted as saying “Based on our ongoing budget discussions, the time has come to take the...Read More

In a show of solidarity, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria stood alongside National City Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Imperial Beach Mayor Serge Dedina, and County Supervisor Nora Vargas, calling on the federal government to ease travel restrictions between Mexico into the United States. The COVID-19 related travel restrictions have been in place since March 2020, and...Read More

June 24, 2021 | Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) praised the $1.9 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to the Youngstown Edison Incubator Corporation (Youngstown Business Incubator). According to the EDA, the grant funding will go towards renovating a 65,000 square foot building and further enhance the organization’s capacity...Read More

PHILADELPHIA, June 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRBK), the parent company of Republic Bank, continued to demonstrate its support for the communities it serves as Chairman and CEO Vernon W. Hill II shared lessons from his business career with LEAP Academy University Charter School students. Mr. Hill’s interactive presentation given...Read More