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Led by Janie Barrera for over the past three decades, the nonprofit lender LiftFund, estimates 25,000 small businesses in 15 states have received nearly half a billion dollars in loans of under $50,000 or less.Barrera said that’s $30 million a year, the vast majority paid in full.“We have got 96% of it paid back,” said Barrera, a Corpus Christi native who graduated from the University of the Incarnate Word.She said small business owners understand that, unlike banks that are highly regulated, LiftFund is a nonprofit with more leeway.“Other people have said no, but we can say yes,” Barrera said. “They…

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Local retailer, Made in Oregon, is pleading for community members to be on the lookout for the company’s box truck after it was stolen just before Christmas. According to Made in Oregon Vice President Verne Naito, the truck was stolen from the company’s north Portland warehouse just after 1 a.m. on Christmas Eve after they were trying to overcome last week’s ice storm to keep sales strong. “What makes us unique is that everything inside this store is either made or designed in Oregon,” Naito said. “There’s certainly not the breadth of selection of Oregon-made products…

While 2020 had seen the team in the preparatory lab (Ms Puglia, Ms Nicole Kountouri, Ms Wendy Larrad and Ms Christine Alaan) do an incredible job at quickly adapting to an online learning model, capturing photos and videos of experiments which students could later view. They were aware the experience was still lacking.   “When we first went online, we had been working with still photos, so the first step taken was recording videos of certain techniques pertinent to the practicals.   “It was a lot better, but the students still weren’t getting the opportunity to interact with us, to look at…

Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit, Google, will reportedly allow promotions for certain pharmaceuticals containing cannabidiol (CBD) and topical, hemp-derived products with tetrahydrocannabinol content less than 0.3% on its platform beginning January 20, 2023. Advertisements of these products have long been restricted on several digital platforms, despite the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized them in the U.S. As of now, the eligible ads will be shown to users above the age of 18 in California, Colorado, and Puerto Rico. Also, these ads will not be reflected as masthead YouTube banners. It is worth mentioning that the tech giant reported a…

Aug 1, 2022; Flowery Branch, GA, USA; Atlanta Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot shown being interviewed by the media during training camp at IBM Performance Field. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports3 Biggest surprises for the Atlanta Falcons this season by Nick Halden The Atlanta Falcons front office has spent the last year focused on creating cap space and fixing an Atlanta Falcons franchise that was clearly broken. Moving on from the majority of veterans (Jake Matthews and Grady Jarrett are the exceptions) the front office opted for short-term pain in favor of the ability to make moves quickly.Deion Jones…

As India is almost nudging ahead to the pole position in population, it is also becoming an extremely lucrative market for Direct to Consumer (D2C) businesses, given the digital and eCommerce penetration. The way brands are building their business strategy has evolved with the times and with the rise of digital marketing, more and more businesses are taking the D2C route. This effectively means that they are cutting out the middlemen and selling their products and services directly to the customer. So, what does this mean for businesses in India? How are they changing the way they operate in order…

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Metaverse and Web3 have become buzzwords in the global tech industry over the past two years, as they are believed to be integral parts of the next generation of the internet.Tech companies and entrepreneurs across the world have been scrambling to start businesses to tap the opportunities, attracting huge investment from private equity and venture capital funds to institutional investors and tech giants. Source link

Most small businesses in the US will continue to grapple with a slower economy, inflation, supply chain challenges and labor shortages next year. But our biggest problem will be interest rates. Rates rose sharply in 2022 – in 2023 those rates are going to hurt.As recently as March, the federal funds rate, which is the rate the Federal Reserve charges banks for its money, was 0.25%. Now it’s 4.33%. During the same period of time, and because of this increase in the cost of doing business, the average prime rate at most banks has risen from 3.25% in March to…

HKFP finally made a foray into video production this year after hiring our first multimedia reporter. From a queer graduation ceremony, to a chat with the city’s last protest group, to a nostalgic look at a life on a local dairy farm, we present our favourite mini-documentaries and explainer videos from the past 12 months. Voguing, or ballroom culture, has taken root in Hong Kong, providing a safe space for the LGBT+ community to express their queerness. In May, the Kiki Ball attracted queer performers and culture lovers to celebrate diversity without judgment. Voguing – which is characterised by highly…