Army Looking for a Few Good Businesses
US Army Looking For Small Businesses To Advance RCV Sustainment Defense Daily (5/6, Subscription Publication) reported the US Army “announced Thursday it is starting a new small-business cohort looking for innovative ideas to apply sensor capabilities for sustainment of its future fleet of Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV).” Phase one...
Payment Service
Plastiq’s Move To Service Small Business Puts It Competition With PayPal Payments Source (5/7, Adams) reported payment technology firm Plastiq “originally served only consumers, and it switched its focus to small to medium-sized businesses right before the pandemic strained cash flows.” The move “put Plastiq in competition with a...
Hard to Find Help
Advertisement McConnell: Biden Stimulus Has Created Labor Shortage The Washington Post (5/6) reported that last Thursday, Senate Minority Leader McConnell “alleged that the Biden administration’s stimulus law, which included $1,400 checks and new unemployment assistance for millions of Americans, had created a massive labor shortage that threatens to hold...
Small Business Marketing
Shopify Gives Small Business Another Option To Fight Against Amazon The Wall Street Journal (3/13, Mims, Subscription Publication) reported that as e-commerce becomes a necessity for retailers, they seemingly face two options – list goods on dominant marketplaces such as eBay, Walmart, or Amazon, or sell to consumers directly....
PPP Loans
Lawmakers Look To Extend PPP Through May USA Today (3/12, King) reported the Paycheck Protection Program “will stop taking applications March 31” despite “a backlog of requests that have been unable to move quickly through the system and might not be processed in time,” so lawmakers are “scrambling to...
PPP loans to small businesses under 20 employees
PPP To Offer Exclusive Loan Application Window To Businesses With 20 Or Fewer Employees The Hill (2/22, Chalfant) reported President Biden “will announce policy changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) aimed at targeting assistance to businesses that employ 20 or fewer workers and those that are minority-owned.” Biden...
Harley goes off-road
Harley-Davidson has announced it has leveraged its cutting-edge design and engineering capabilities to create the Pan America 1250 and Pan America 1250 Special – each designed with premium features, outstanding performance and innovative technology. “From its inception more than a century ago, when many roads were little more than...
Minimum Wage
Business Groups Push Back On $15 Minimum Wage Initiative Politico (2/5, Oprysko) reports, “A coalition of business groups are pushing back against congressional Democrats’ push to raise the minimum wage to $15.” The National Federation of Independent Business was among the more than 30 groups that “wrote to the...
King of the Baggers!
Home > News > Motorcycle > King Of The Baggers expands to five rounds for 2021 King Of The Baggers expands to five rounds for 2021 January 14, 2021 The King of the Baggers debut at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in November was a success, and as a result...
Paris Dakar, 2021
Home > News > Motorcycle > Contaminated fuel results in Short’s exit from Dakar Rally Contaminated fuel results in Short’s exit from Dakar Rally January 6, 2021 Monster Energy Yamaha Rally Team rider Andrew Short was forced to retire from the 2021 Dakar Rally during Stage 2 from Bisha...
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