Did you know that by 2027, most workers in the US will be freelancers, enjoying the flexibility and freedom of being their own boss? This was the finding of the ‘Freelancing in America: 2017’ report, jointly commissioned by Upwork and Freelancers Union. 2017 Freelancing in America Report Attracted by flexible working, being your own boss […]
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Latino owned businesses are rising on the tide of the improved national economy with improved revenues. However, they need to leverage business credit better to keep their credit scores from dipping. 2017 Biz2Credit Latino Small Business Credit Study Last year’s falling Latino credit scores (down from 595 to 592) were in contrast to the higher
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Obamacare still hasn’t been repealed. And the chances it happens before the end of the year seem unlikely. Executive Order on Health Insurance However, last week President Donald Trump performed a bit of an end-around on the stifling healthcare bill by signing an executive order aimed specifically at providing small businesses some relief — and
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Across the world, cashless culture is now the new normal and the United States is among the top countries to have embraced it. Data shared by Forex bonus provider ForexBonuses shows there are nearly three credit cards for every person in the U.S. The country ranks fifth among cashless countries. Potential for Rank Improvement For
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Retail sales at brick and mortar stores continue to slump moving into fall. That’s just one of the insights from in-store analytics firm RetailNext’s year over year numbers in the Retail Performance Pulse report for September. But not all was doom and gloom in the reports as some regions showed more positive numbers than in August.
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This is shaping up to be a record year for small business transactions. BizBuySell Q2 2017 Insight Report According to the latest BizBuySell Insights Report, there were a total of 2,589 closed transactions (small businesses that were bought and sold) in the second quarter. This was followed by 2,368 and 2,534 closed transactions in the first
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The optimism coursing through many small businesses earlier this year is not as easy to detect right now. NFIB Small Business Optimism Index September 2017 According to the September NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism report, the dip in sentiment is fueled by a large drop in expected sales. The results, according to NFIB, have
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Thinking of opening a small business in a new city? Maybe you want to expand your business to a new, rapidly growing city. US Cities With the Fastest Economic Growth, and the Slowest Well, Frisco in Texas is the city with the fastest local economic growth in the U.S., according to an in-depth study of
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Small businesses are seeing overall job losses for the first time this year, but the news is not all bad. September 2017 ADP Small Business Report According to the September 2017 ADP Small Business Report small businesses lost 7,000 jobs overall last month. This is the first month this year that ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) is reporting job losses
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The CEO of the credit assessment company Equifax, Richard Smith, is stepping down from his post following a whirlwind of bad press stemming from a massive security breach, according to the Associated Press Both Congress and the N.Y. Attorney General’s office have made it clear that they want to investigate the ordeal. The company has dealt with a number
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