For older adults and their families, aging poses the question: Where will I spend the later years of my life? Often that question is a tug of war between the choice of a senior living facility or aging in place, also known as staying in one’s own home. In the U.S., the population of people...Read More

Senior VP of PR & Digital Marketing at ChicExecs PR & Retail Strategy Firm. getty It’s critical for your business to create crave-worthy products and assemble an all-star team of employees. But all of that is moot if you don’t have the most important ingredient of all: an understanding of your target audience. Understanding your...Read More

“Enough is enough.” Those are the words of a local business owner who is frustrated by the homeless crisis. He says his restaurant has been the target of many crimes including arson and vandalism. That’s why he is threatening to take matters into his own hands. The business owner recently bought a shuttle bus so...Read More

Meghan Howard Promoted to CRO, Jason Young Transitions to Board, Chicory Hits New Revenue Milestone NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Chicory, the leading contextual commerce advertising platform, today announced that Meghan Howard has been promoted to chief revenue officer (CRO). In addition to Howard’s promotion, Jason Young has transitioned from an operational role...Read More

Supply chain issues and inflation are affecting business owners’ bottom lines – and their retirement accounts.  Inflation topped the list of concerns for business owners, according to a TD Wealth survey of more than 700 business owners with $100,000 in investible assets and more than one employee. Economic uncertainty followed closely behind in the second...Read More

Tesco Plc is the latest grocer to reveal how higher costs and fierce competition are squeezing profits as cash-strapped shoppers hunt around for deals.  Britain’s biggest supermarket said sales rose in the third quarter but it still kept profit guidance steady in a sign that the pressures of keeping food costs down in an inflationary...Read More

Some Sonoma County businesses are having to deal with impacts from the latest round of severe weather. Several local restaurants, wineries and hotels had to close the past few days after the storm’s brunt was felt Monday. Businesses have been moving perishable foods to non-flood prone restaurants, raising furniture off the ground to prevent water...Read More

BINGHAMTON (WBNG) — This school year, 14 Broome-Tioga BOCES New Visions Business Academy students from across the region started a company, named “Ventureprize,” and sold two community-focused products. The students gave a presentation of their Junior Achievement company at the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator Wednesday morning. One of their products is a puzzle of pictures...Read More

LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – BP (BP.L) has appointed Gareth Burns to head its global ventures division which oversees the company’s investments in start-up technologies as part of its shift to low-carbon energy. Burns joins from Norwegian rival Equinor (EQNR.OL) where he set up and has led its energy ventures business since 2016, BP said...Read More

DALLAS — About 40 executives from the Dallas Mavericks and Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages came together Monday night in Dallas to meet with dozens of local minority and women entrepreneurs who are members of the inaugural Mavs Business Assist (MBA) program.  Launched at the start of the season, the MBA program gives 100 minority entrepreneurs across...Read More