Starting a business can be very challenging. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, about half of all new businesses fail within their first five years. There are countless factors that...
Source: ThinkstockBusiness inventories rose less than expected in the month of December. We would caution that this is an older number and is not generally a market-moving release. Also note that...
In December, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was notable for giving substantial breaks to American businesses. Included in the act was a significant cut in the...
Franchises added nearly 1 million new jobs in the United States over the past five years. Employment in the sector grew at an average annual rate of 2.6% over that time, far outpacing employment...
Shares of Chinese search engine, Baidu, which has a market share of about two-thirds of the internet users on the mainland, have risen from $170 a year ago to $609 today. The firm has a market value...
For 83 straight months, nearly seven years, the U.S. private sector has added jobs. Unemployment has steadily declined and remains close to a 10-year low. And with investors confident about the...
Economists often say that small businesses employ half of all Americans. If so, the prospects of people who work at or want jobs at these companies has improved.
Nielsen/NetRatings has released its numbers for the major US financial websites. Yahoo! (YHOO) Finance remains in first place with over 16.8 million unique visitors in August. Time per person spent...
Owning one’s own business is a dream for many Americans, offering an opportunity to put their business skills to the test and turn a significant profit. Starting a business wholly from scratch is a...
Most businesses are sorted into established ones and start-ups. Start-ups have a large failure rate of as much as 90% in the first year, and 70% in the first five years. But, established businesses...
For many Americans, entrepreneurship seems like an attractive option. Owning your own business means not having to answer to a boss everyday and often a much higher earning potential than a salaried...
Starbucks has a new benefit for employees: child and adult care support. And the prices to Starbucks employees will be very low.
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Starbucks will open its first juice bar, under that name of Evolution Fresh. The coffee store chain has moved into other businesses before. This includes the sale of its coffee in bags at grocery...