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Immigration Raids in Los Angeles Devastate Small Businesses: 'Worse Than Covid'
The American Telegraph
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Juan Ibarra stands outside his fruit and vegetable stall in Los Angeles’ central produce market, typically a bustling hub for Hispanic street vendors, restaurateurs, and taco truck operators. But on the morning of June 16, the market was nearly...
New Trump Administration U.S. Citizenship Test For SBA Loans Applies To Managers, As Well As Owners
Forbes
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Kelly Loeffler's Small Business Administration is forcing some small businesses to choose between valued immigrant employees and access to funding. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Getty Images The Small Business Administration (SBA) put new...
CFPB extends compliance date for small business lending rule
American Banker - New York
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June 17, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is extending the compliance dates of the small business lending rule by roughly a year, citing ongoing litigation and financial benefits for financial institutions in delaying the rule's implementation. The...
How a bonded warehouse can help lower tariff costs for small businesses
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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It’s no secret that the Trump Administration’s back-and-forth tariff policies have created significant challenges for businesses that rely on materials coming in from overseas. One way to mitigate the impact of these costs and avoid raising prices...
At $275 bn, Trump's deportation plan could cripple California's economy, spike food prices
Firstpost
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June 18, 2025
A new study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute (BACEI), led by Professor Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young and research director Abby Raisz, projects that mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, as proposed by former President Trump,...
Navigating Now: How to protect your small business from the latest round of tariffs
Yahoo Finance
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Tariffs will make it harder for many small businesses to afford imports, especially Chinese imports. To help mitigate rising costs, keep your business finances separate from your personal finances, rethink your income streams and look for local...
Apiture Named Top U.S. Digital SMB Banking Provider
FinTecBuzz
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June 17, 2025
Apiture, a leading provider of digital banking solutions, today announced it has been named a Market Leader in the newly published report, 2025 Datos Matrix: Leading U.S. Providers of Digital Small Business Banking. Apiture earned the highest...
Here’s how Arizona taxes small business compared with rest of the U.S.
AZ Big Media - Arizona
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June 16, 2025
A new study from BusinessFinancing.co.uk breaks down how much corporate tax a small business pays in every U.S. state, and the differences are bigger than you might expect, including how much Arizona taxes small business compared with rest of the...
OneEthos Launches 'FastTrack' Program to Make Commercial Solar Significantly Easier and Faster for Small Business Owners
AltEnergyMag
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June 17, 2025
Nationwide program creates first-ever, instant-approval commercial solar loan OneEthos (www.oneethos.com), powered by Climate First Bank, today launched FastTrack, the first-ever instant-approval commercial solar financing solution. FastTrack by...
GSA plans to ‘flip’ the role of tech resellers with OneGov strategy
FedScoop - Washington D.C.
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June 18, 2025
As the General Services Administration looks to form direct relationships with IT manufacturers to bring better value to agencies through governmentwide deals under its OneGov strategy, it’s going to disrupt a staple of the federal IT acquisition...
Revolutionary little device opens up wind power to homes and small businesses: 'Technically optimized and financially supported'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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June 17, 2025
Nifty little wind turbines coming out of Estonia are bucking common thinking about the technology. It turns out they don't have to come in record-setting sizes or be part of large farms to make an impact, according to a report by The Baltic Times....
Immigration raids in Los Angeles hit small business owners: 'It's worse than COVID'
The Gazette - Colorado
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By Tim Reid and Kristina Cooke LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Juan Ibarra stands outside his fruit and vegetable outlet in Los Angeles' vast fresh produce market, the place in the city center where Hispanic restaurateurs, street vendors and taco truck...
Maine is likely to be hit hard by Trump’s tariffs
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 18, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Stefano Tijerina is a senior lecturer in Management at the Maine...
U.S. Marshals Museum lays off employees
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal
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June 16, 2025
The U.S. Marshals Museum recently laid off employees as part of “difficult choices” to respond to a downturn in visitors, according to Benjamin Johnson, museum president and CEO. Johnson said 2.5 full-time equivalent positions were cut in early...
From Treasury to Tech: How Allocore’s Tom Coleman is Modernizing Government Loan Programs
WashingtonExec
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June 17, 2025
Tom Coleman, Allocore As executive vice president of the loan and grant programs at Allocore, Tom Coleman leverages his years of experience in public finance in both government and industry — culminating in an expertise in federal lending and...
The Future of Business Belongs to the Prepared: Why America’s Small Businesses Can No Longer Afford to Go It Alone
Businessing Magazine
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June 16, 2025
In today’s volatile, data-driven, AI-powered world, building a future-ready business is no longer optional, it’s a matter of survival. Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), which power nearly half of America’s workforce and represent 99.9% of...
Former R.I. senator Cano named URI Foundation’s industry relations...
Providence Business News - Rhode Island
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June 18, 2025
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Sandra Cano, a former Pawtucket state senator and the city’s commerce director, has landed a new job at her alma mater, the University of Rhode Island. URI recently announced that Cano, also a past R.I. congressional candidate,...
PFAS Update - What’s Changed Under the New Administration?
JD Supra - California
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June 17, 2025
Led by Administrator Lee Zeldin, a prior member of the Congressional PFAS Task Force, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is continuing to focus on developing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) policy and strengthening PFAS...
U.S. Bank: 1 in 3 Young Entrepreneurs Eye Business Takeovers, But Many Seniors Delay
Financial IT
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June 16, 2025
U.S. Bank released its third Small Business Perspective survey report today, revealing how owners across the country are responding to an environment defined by rapid change. The nationwide survey of 1,000 small business owners explored how they...
Full Episode: Florida Legislature finally passes a budget, and G7 summit scrambles after Trump's early exit
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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June 18, 2025
Florida lawmakers pass a state budget after more than 100 days of wrangling, and members of the G7 work to salvage the summit in Canada after President Donald Trump exits early. After more than 100 days, Florida lawmakers approved a new state...