During a pandemic that has ravaged economies, tested health systems to the limit, unbalanced finances, and strained global supply chains, it is no surprise that governments around the world are reeling. Sadly, this too often means that the government’s priority for supporting entrepreneurship is underplayed and neglected. But the government’s role in promoting entrepreneurs […]
In a press conference Monday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that residents of nine countries, including India, the United Kingdom and the United States would be allowed to return home starting April 1. The other nations are Australia, Canada, France, Nepal, Pakistan and the Philippines. Only vaccinated residents of Hong Kong will be eligible to […]
COLORADO SPRINGS — A storage unit business became the scene of a fire early Monday morning. Colorado’s first laying of composted human remains Around 3:15 a.m., Colorado Springs police and firefighters responded to Budget Storage, which is located at 4915 Galley Road, after someone saw flames erupting from the business. When first responders arrived, they […]
By PTI MUMBAI: The rupee declined 26 paise to 76.10 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday, following its Asian peers after crude oil prices and the American dollar reversed their recent declines. Besides, a lacklustre trend in domestic equities also weighed on investor sentiment. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened […]
The war in Ukraine has already upended countless lives. Now, it’s upending business models as well. With the exodus of western multinationals from Russia and Ukrainian supply chain disruptions coupled with Covid-related disruptions in China, companies are having to rethink everything. The challenges range from how they pay local Ukrainian staff (in some cases with […]
FAIRFAX, Va. (WDVM) — Mode on Main by Mara hosted a ‘Stand with Ukraine’ market to raise funds to assist with relief efforts in Ukraine. “With the things going on in the world and Ukraine, we decided to add a fundraiser for United Help Ukraine. We have a little market in the back with businesses, […]
A Warren business owner will stand trial on multiple felony charges that stem from an investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan into the use of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds for demolitions. State Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a release with details of the case Friday. Kevin Woods, […]
Tom Burgis: ‘To confront his kleptocracy, we must first cease our complicity in it’ Tom Burgis is investigations correspondent at the Financial Times and author of Kleptopia (William Collins) There lived a man whose land was rich with oil and gas but who grew up surrounded by poverty and knew every day that things could, […]
PULLMAN — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories will make job offers on the spot at an open house it is holding this week to recruit assemblers to work at its Pullman and Lewiston manufacturing operations. The event, which is part of an effort to hire more than 100 employees, will be from 3-8 p.m. Wednesday at the […]
