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The Silent Killer of U.S. Business Growth and How Ibukunoluwa Adeitan Omokanye Says It Can Be Fixed
Grit Daily News
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August 14, 2025
In business, speed isn’t just an advantage. It can be the deciding factor between scaling up or stalling out. For small businesses and startups, a single bottleneck can mean missed contracts or lost funding. For larger corporations, inefficiencies...
How an Asylum Seeker in U.S. Custody Ended Up in a Russian Prison
The New Yorker
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August 15, 2025
On the afternoon of August 15, 2024, Leonid Melekhin, a thirty-three-year-old small-business owner from Perm, a Russian city near the Ural Mountains, approached the U.S. border in Calexico, California. The previous winter, he had flown to Mexico,...
Food and Hospitality Industry Campaigns for Immigrants’ Work Permits in the U.S.
teleSUR
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(FILE) U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo: EFE. August 15, 2025 Hour: 1:22 am Around twenty organizations from the U.S. food and hospitality industry launched a campaign on Thursday urging Congress to grant work permits to immigrants, citing a...
Small business optimism rises despite concerns over tariffs
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report - Louisiana
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August 14, 2025
Small business optimism ticked higher in July, even as uncertainty over tariffs and trade policy clouded outlooks, Inc. writes. The National Federation of Independent Business reports that its confidence index rose 1.7 points to 100.3, well above...
Jason Esteves floats $1 billion fund to help small businesses
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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In the last campaign for Georgia’s top job, Gov. Brian Kemp’s Republican rival turned the mega tax breaks used to land Hyundai and other headline-grabbing economic development projects into an attack line. Now it’s surfacing again in another race...
Trump Administration to Open Nation’s Largest ICE Detention Facility in Texas
[your]NEWS
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August 15, 2025
Facility will launch with 1,000 beds, expand to 5,000 as ICE seeks to double detention capacity nationwide. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom The Trump administration plans to open the country’s largest immigrant detention facility later this week at...
National chamber releases small business guide to Big Beautiful Bill
Tri Cities Area Journal of Business - Washington State
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August 15, 2025
The signature legislation of President Donald Trump’s administration passed by Congress this summer made a number of tax changes, and one national small business advocate wants to help entrepreneurs capitalize on them. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
Manitoba business halting U.S. shipments over end to tariff exemption
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 15, 2025
A Manitoba small business owner says she's suspending shipments to the U.S. after a move by President Donald Trump that will make selling products to American customers more expensive. The "de minimis" exemption has allowed parcels with a value of...
Economic Watch: Britain's GDP growth slows in Q2 with weak future momentum
Xinhua News Agency
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by Zhao Yang, Larry Neild LONDON, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Britain's economic growth slowed in the second quarter of 2025 as some activity had been "brought forward" ahead of higher U.S. tariffs. Despite the slight but better-than-expected rise,...
How Trump’s massive tax hike could bleed small businesses dry
Daily Kos
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August 15, 2025
Small businesses are the United States’ economic engine, generating more than half of the country’s new jobs in the past 5 years. But President Donald Trump’s tariffs are about to slam them with a devastating tax increase—one that big corporations...
Small business owners ask Trump for tariff relief
WDET - Michigan
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August 14, 2025
The following interview has been edited for clarity and length. Carrin Harris: Blitz Proto is a small, three-person team. We’re focused on bringing innovative ideas to life. We help companies make prototypes from toys to medical devices and auto...
Beth Van Duyne highlights support for families, small businesses, and education in recent posts
NE Dallas News - Texas
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August 14, 2025
Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne has recently highlighted legislative initiatives and local events through a series of posts on her official social media account, focusing on support for working families, small businesses, and educational...
STAT+: U.S. warning on use of ‘march-in’ rights against Harvard seems like distant threat for pharma
STAT - Massachusetts
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August 14, 2025
In an unexpected move, the Trump administration signaled recently that it may rely on a controversial federal law to sidestep Harvard University patents that emerged with the help of U.S. government funding. At issue is a provision of the...
Why the Heck Was Charlie Kirk Booked as a Guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box?
Mediaite - New York
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August 14, 2025
Screenshot via CNBC Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was a guest on CNBC’s Squawk Box Wednesday, an inexplicable and indefensible booking even in light of networks wanting to reach a politically diverse audience. The growth of TPUSA since...
Jefferson County’s missed opportunity: Why we should invest in arts, entertainment and recreation
The Shepherdstown Chronicle - West Virginia
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In July 2025, the Jefferson County Commission voted to dissolve the Jefferson County Development Authority Board — a move that left many residents wondering what the county’s vision for economic development really is. In the absence of a clear...
Spencer: Small businesses benefit from ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Milford Harrington Independent - Delaware
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Since my appointment as the mid-Atlantic regional administrator at the U.S. Small Business Administration in April, I have traveled the region meeting small-business owners in all facets of industries — from a hair salon in Denton, Maryland; to a...
Small Business Owner Wonders If Tariffs Bring In Billions A Month Why Is Washington Still Asking for 'Gifts' Instead Of Paying Down The Debt?
Benzinga
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President Donald Trump's tariffs poured billions into U.S. coffers in July, setting yet another monthly record for customs duty collections. Treasury Department data released Tuesday shows $27.7 billion in duties came in last month — up from $26.6...
BRCC's Small Business Center expanding its efforts
The Transylvania Times - North Carolina
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This fall the Small Business Center at Blue Ridge Community College is expanding its support for local entrepreneurs and small businesses through partnership with the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce and the Brevard/Transylvania County Chamber...
Element 119 named a ‘fastest growing’ business in U.S.
Bristol Press - Connecticut
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PLAINVILLE — Element 119, a producer of advanced ceramic nano coatings for the automotive, aerospace, and marine markets, has been included on Inc.’s 5,000 list of America’s Fastest Growing Companies. Cathy Torrisi, Senior Grant Writer for Element...
Leesburg HUBZone Enables Small Businesses to Compete For Government Contracts
Loudoun Now - Virginia
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The Town of Leesburg touts Loudoun County’s only designated HUBZone and as of July, the winner of the 2025 National HUBZone Trailblazer Strategic Connections Award. Custom Software Systems [CSS], a Leesburg based government contractor that...