Buffett revives UnitedHealth, giving stock best week since 2009

Warren Buffett is helping revive shares of beleaguered UnitedHealthcare Group after taking a $1.6 billion stake in the company, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. UnitedHealth shares clocked the largest one-day percent increase since March 2020, as tracked by Dow Jones Market Data Group. It was on…

Small business uncertaintly hits all-time high ahead of Election Day

Wall Street might be booming, but Main Street is feeling more uncertainty than ever ahead of Election Day, as polling shows the race between former President Trump and Vice President Harris is a dead heat. The National Federation of Independent Businesses’ (NFIB) Uncertainty Index surged 11 points in September to…

States raise taxes on rich to plug budget gaps and offset federal cuts

Blue states around the U.S. are planning tax hikes on wealthy residents to bring in additional revenue through a variety of proposals, including one state’s so-called “Taylor Swift tax.” The moves come after the enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress,…

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Small business optimism soars in anticipation of Trump 2.0

America’s small business owners are feeling better about the economy than they have in six years, in anticipation of President-elect Trump returning to the White House. The National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB) latest Small Business Optimism Index jumped 3.4 points to 105.1 in December,…

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Whitbread Shares Fall As FTSE 100 Hotelier Announces Sales Drop

Signs of continued stress across its UK hotel and restaurant units pulled Whitbread’s share price lower in Thursday trading. At £27.15 per share, the FTSE 100 leisure giant was last 2.7% lower on the day. Sales at the headline level fell 4% during the 13 weeks to 29 May, Whitbread…

A U.K. News Venture Is Seeking To Buck The Global Trend Of Declining Sales

Question: How do you make a small fortune? Punchline: Easy. You start with a large fortune and then invest in a newspaper business. As jokes go, it’s not side-splittingly funny, but it does reflect the realities of the newspaper industry. Globally, sales of national, regional and local newspapers have been…

5 Things To Consider Before Selling Your Business

Think your business is too small to sell? Think again. Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur or running a tight-knit team, the truth is: selling your business could be a reality for you too. Yet for many freedom-focused founders, the question lingers in the background: Is my business even sellable? Or…

Why Your Small Brand Should Try Experiential Marketing Now

“You just had to be there.” Recognize that phrase? You’ve probably said it yourself when trying to describe something amazing to a friend. It’s what you might say when words fall short—when you experience something so powerful and real, you can’t possibly capture it in a photo or recreate it…

How Supply Chain Leaders Can Detect And Defeat Cognitive Bias

Shekar Natarajan is the founder and CEO of Orchestro.AI. In every supply chain, there comes a moment when someone has to decide what matters most. Which shipment gets prioritized when there’s not enough capacity? Who gets the product first when there’s a shortage? How do you weigh cost against resilience,…

The Power Of Stepping Aside: Empowering Employees To Lead

Len Wright is the CEO of US Anesthesia Partners, Inc. (USAP). The role of corporate leadership is changing in the 21st century. Traditional top-down management styles are yielding to more collaborative and empowering approaches. As a CEO, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of stepping aside and allowing employees…

Supporting The Rise Of Women-Led Businesses

Written by Willow Kai, Advisor + CMO of Becca Luna Education. The business landscape has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past decade, with women entrepreneurs emerging as a powerful force in the market. In fact, data shows that women (who own approximately 39.1% of all businesses) are consistently outpacing…

Why We Keep Fixing The Wrong Problem In Business

Barbara Wittmann leads the Digital Wisdom Collective, where timeless wisdom meets modern tech. Transforming how leaders innovate. This weekend, we turned on our garden sprinklers for the first time this season. As with almost every spring over the past seven years, a mysterious wet patch appeared on the lawn. Without…

How To Calculate The ROI Of Your ERP Implementation

Shiv Kaushik is Chairman & CEO of ICCG, a global business provider of Infor CloudSuite ERP M3 & Acumatica Cloud ERP. In my experience, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are among the most substantial investments a company can make. They’re also among the most misunderstood. CFOs and CIOs routinely approve…