Category: Finance

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoeshines are losing some luster. Once a common practice, the tradition of getting a quick polish from a rag-toting shoeshiner has become more of a rarity, and many stands have disappeared across the country. The decline has been exacerbated by the pandemic, remote working, and the rise in popularity of more […]

BayWa r.e.’s trading business unit comprises more than 20 distributed companies and 1,400 employees globally. Image: BayWa AG/Enno Kapitza. Industrial conglomerate Baywa Group plans to sell Solar Trade, an international solar trading business that is part of BayWa r.e. This decision is part of a strategic realignment of the renewables arm, BayWa r.e., which will […]

Swiggy had scaled back Swiggy Access from around 200 locations to 30-35 ahead of the sale The share-swap deal will bring Swiggy as a stakeholder in [email protected], and the latter’s GMV would rise to $65 Mn post-acquisition Swiggy has been on a cost-cutting drive, and recently fired 380 employees in a restructuring exercise Foodtech major […]

James S. LaMontagne, Esq. Many business owners are navigating unprecedented problems caused by inflation, high interest rates, disruptions in supply chains, the lack of staff and inventory, and increasing consumer prices.  All of this makes for difficult and tenuous operations for many businesses.  Implementing a few good practices now may save your business from peril […]

If you have started saving for your retirement, then it’s not only good for your future but for the present as well. The federal government offers a tax credit to incentivize low- and moderate-income Americans to save more. We call this credit the Retirement Savings Contributions Credit or Saver’s Credit. This credit is available to almost […]

A combination of better financial performance, improved day-to-day operations and individual efforts helped Boeing Co. boost the annual incentive bonus given to most of its workers to more than $1.2 billion pre-tax this year — up about 9 percent from 2021. The bonus pay to roughly 143,000 Boeing workers nationwide — more than nine-tenths of the […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cowboys for Trump cofounder Couy Griffin was found not guilty Wednesday of a misdemeanor charge of failing to register a political committee at a trial in southern New Mexico. The verdict from a 12-member jury capped a two-day trial in Alamogordo, the community where Griffin served as an Otero County […]

Without climate finance from rich nations, “we are not going to comply with your climate change” said Bola Tinubu Nigeria has elected Bola Tinubu as its new president following an election in which climate change played only a minor role. Cutting emissions and the impact of rising global temperatures did not seem to be a […]

Side hustles make it easy to earn extra cash and work as many (or as few) hours as you want. Some side hustles are easy enough to start immediately, while others require specialized knowledge or skill that may take some time to build. If you feel like it’s getting more and more difficult to get […]

Diana Gamboa, owner of The DollHouse Flowers & Gifts, 128 W. Broadway, is concerned that the project will disrupt business, especially since learning that neighboring business Catrina Café closed its doors permanently on Tuesday. “It’s so sad. Liliana [Farias, owner of Catrina Café] is a close friend of mine. I know she struggled having the […]