Category: Business

Japan is home to one of the world’s densest concentrations of very old companies — sake brewers, inns, confectioners, textile workshops and family-run shops that have passed through the hands of a dozen generations. Many trace their founding back centuries. They endured earthquakes, the firebombing and devastation of World War II, the bursting of the…

Galveston’s Small Businesses Push for Help as Tough Times Linger Along the Strand, up and down Seawall Boulevard and in the neighborhood storefronts that give Galveston its character, small business owners say the island’s economy is testing their resilience. Shopkeepers, restaurateurs and service providers are increasingly vocal about the pressures squeezing their margins, and many…

Big business has few friends left. On the political right, large corporations are accused of chasing global markets at the expense of national loyalty, of importing social agendas into the workplace, and of cosying up to regulators. On the left, they are cast as monopolists, tax avoiders and extractors of value from workers and communities.…

A new baseline skill For decades, the ability to open a document, format a paragraph and save a file has been treated as a given in white-collar work u2014 so routine that it rarely appears on a ru00e9sumu00e9 at all. According to one business expert cited in a recent Fox News report, artificial intelligence literacy…

Intuit has announced that its QuickBooks business is joining Muse for Small Business, a move the company framed as part of its ongoing push to put more tools and support in the hands of the entrepreneurs who make up the bulk of its customer base. The announcement, published by Intuit, positions QuickBooks alongside other participants…

Midlife is often described as a time of winding down: paying off the mortgage, easing toward retirement, resisting the urge to do anything rash. A Business Insider essay published this week tells a different story — that of a woman who, at 56, bought a chateau in France and turned it into both her dream…

Meta is putting one of its most talked-about new products directly into the hands of small business owners, expanding access to a tool that until now has largely been the province of larger advertisers and early testers. The move reflects a familiar strategy for the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp: build a feature that…

India’s largest business houses have long been defined by two things: longevity and family. Many trace their roots back a century or more, spanning industries from steel and chemicals to consumer goods, real estate and finance. And most remain, at their core, family enterprises — controlled through a web of holding companies, trusts and cross-shareholdings…

Three Decades In, a North Georgia Shop Keeps Mexican Western Wear Tradition Alive For 30 years, a family-run business in north Georgia has been outfitting customers in boots, hats and belts rooted in Mexican Western tradition — a milestone the shop is marking this year as a testament to both staying power and community. The…

McDonald’s is best known for selling burgers and fries. Increasingly, it also wants to sell advertising. According to a report from ADWEEK, the fast-food giant is pursuing an ambitious goal: building an advertising business worth roughly $1 billion. The move would place the world’s largest restaurant chain squarely in the middle of one of the…