“When the ability to govern decreases, even in the absence of any particular policy from the top, the ineptitude, brutality, and ignorance of lower-level officials will brew disasters for the common people they rule over,” said Mr. Wu, who is a senior research scholar at the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions. Many businesspeople...Read More

MLK Jr. Drive business owners make plan against neighborhood crime Business owners along the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive corridor are calling for change. They want to see crime reduced in their community and they have the plan to do it. ATLANTA – Business at Sophia’s Nail Salon on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in...Read More

Alba Wheels Up International founder Salvatore Stile says importers and retailers are predicting a supply chain ‘decline coming about.’ Sears Holdings has emerged from bankruptcy after more than 10,000 court filings and a four-year stay that saw the department store chain shrink from almost 700 stores to less than two dozen. The bankruptcy estate’s reorganization...Read More

Last year, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania made history by enrolling more women than men in its 2023 MBA class. It was the first of the seven elite B-schools to have a class consisting of majority women. This year, Wharton repeated the feat. Bloomberg recently examined gender parity among top-tier B-schools and...Read More

“Life is too short to eat bad olive oil,” Cedargren said. Believing people deserve access to fresh, authentic olive oil, Cedargren opened The Spicy Olive in West Chester on Sept. 8, 2012. The Spicy Olive, as the name implies, revolves around olive oil products. Twenty-five different flavors of olive oil, including butter, garlic, Tuscan herb...Read More

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Some local businesses are teaming up with their neighbors to bring some community members into their space. Saturday, families could head to the First Alliance Commons building for a community celebration- hosted by businesses housed in the building including First Alliance Credit Union, Moka, Great Harvest Bread Company, Doma, and Bloom...Read More

The Charles River Regional Chamber last week celebrated its first in-person fall breakfast in 3 years, its first since changing its name from the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber and adding Wellesley to its ranks. Among a few hundred new and old friends, attendees were reminded that we’re in this together—this being a re-emergence from pandemic isolation,...Read More

In an unprecedented move, the Northshore Business Council is diving into the Nov. 8 St. Tammany Parish School Board elections, hiring a political consultant and sending a mailer to chronic voters last week that points to plummeting school district performance rankings and lists candidates who have said they will support the business group’s menu for...Read More

CNN  —  Nike is suspending its relationship with Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving, the company said in an emailed statement to CNN Friday. “At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech and we condemn any form of antisemitism,” the statement says. “To that end, we’ve made the decision to suspend our...Read More

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A Green Bay business sustained around $45,000 in criminal damage and theft to a heating and cooling system, and deputies are trying to identify a possible suspect. According to a release, the incident happened just after midnight on October 11 in the 900 block of North Military Avenue. Deputies say...Read More