(WJET/WFXP) – While many businesses did not survive from the COVID-19 pandemic, many new owners are looking to take their place. However, according to study done by WalletHub, Pennsylvania ranks 43rd for best state to start a business. The scores were based on three different dimensions: Business environment (Pennsylvania ranked 44th), access to resources (20th) […]
Your leader “Lego gives a lesson in corporate innovation” (FT View, July 3) failed to mention that prior to the plastic brick, Lego’s toys were entirely wood-based, which is a far more sustainable material. The shift to using recycled plastic, while certainly a technical challenge, is hardly innovative; neither are plant-based plastics, which have been […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced awards totaling $127 million to a diverse set of small businesses working on advanced scientific tools and clean, secure energy for the American people. The 110 projects in 26 states are pursuing technological solutions that support the Biden-Harris Administration’s clean energy goals – in areas […]
Gold prices moved lower on Tuesday experiencing whipsaw price action. The dollar continued to rally as the move into the greenback seems to be a flight to safe-haven assets. Since gold prices are quoted in U.S. dollars, the rallying greenback is weighing on gold prices. The rally in the dollar comes despite mixed U.S. yields. […]
AUSTIN, Texas & WAKEFIELD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul 20, 2021– SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE: SWI) (“ SolarWinds ”), a leading provider of simple, powerful, and secure IT management software, and N-able, Inc. (NYSE:NABL) (“ N-able ”), a leading provider of cloud-based software solutions for managed service providers, today announced the completion of the previously announced spin-off of the […]
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 View Larger + PHOTO: File On Monday, the markets plummeted on fears of the impact of the Delta variant and the potential implementation of restrictions. The Dow Jones Industrial fell more than 700 points — it was the biggest one-day fall since October, 2020. Rhode Island companies were not spared. […]
Good morning. This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get it sent straight to your inbox every weekday morning Boris Johnson marked England’s so-called Freedom Day by announcing emergency plans to exempt crucial workers from self-isolation rules that are causing economic and social disruption. The prime minister’s decision to […]
“It makes us curtail hours of operation for our food operations, we have to curtail our banquet operations, and simple things,” Perez said. “Even the amount of rooms we can serve on a weekend because we don’t have enough housekeepers or servers to service those rooms. So it’s really impacted the business to a huge […]
The FTSE 100 index had risen by 25% in a straight line, more or less, since the arrival of vaccines last November, so a wobble, you could speculate, was overdue. The fact that a 2.3% fall arrived on so-called “freedom day” was accidental because the UK stock market was reflecting international worries about the spread […]
EASTON, Pa. – Restaurant Week is underway in Easton. Local business owners are hopeful the event boosts visitor numbers to what they were pre-pandemic. Fifteen restaurants are offering special menus featuring new creations, plus flavorful favorites. Business owners are dedicated to propping each other up and reuniting the community. “We’ve kept up our dividers and […]
