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If you support walkable and bikeable cities, then support Small Business Saturday

This year, take a side in the war on the car, and support stores on your neighborhood bike lane or transit route.




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Brazil's junk food culture is driven by big business

A relentless sweet tooth, naïveté, and sneaky marketing are conspiring to create a health disaster in every corner of this country.




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Fight back against the online onslaught, and support Small Business Saturday

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.




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TreeHugger in Mongolia: How a Warming Climate is Changing Business in Mongolia

We're traveling with UNEP to cover World Environment Day and document how the host country of Mongolia is adapting to a changing climate.




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Major German utility rethinks business model, bets on renewables

The future will look nothing like the past when it comes to energy. Chances are, our utilities will look pretty different too.




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Is Collaborative Consumption a Movement or a Business Model?

The sharing economy is built more on convenience and the desire to save money than a mission to save the world. But does that matter?




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Yet another study shows that bike lanes boost business

A deeper look at Toronto's Bloor Street bike lanes finds more shoppers spending more money.




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Spending Locally Ties In To Happier, More Productive Business Travelers - Homewood Suites by Hilton Business Traveler B-Roll

Homewood Suites by Hilton Business Traveler B-Roll




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JOHN SCULLEY LAUNCHES NEW BOOK AND MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS LEARNING SERIES TO HELP ENTREPRENEURS BUILD TRANSFORMATIVE BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES - John Sculley introduces his new multimedia business[...]

John Sculley introduces his new multimedia business learning series “How to Build a Successful Business”







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Study: Small Business Owners Are Not Taking Full Advantage of Available Resources - Kala Gibson Video

Kala Gibson, Head of Business Banking at Fifth Third Bank, discusses the importance of small businesses to our economy and communities




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belVita Introduces A New Way To Get Ahead, With A Fake British Accent - belVita British Business Man

Alongside new “British Businessman” digital spot, belVita debuts its latest tool to help you fake it ‘til you make it.




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The Holiday Inn® Brand Partners With Small Business Owners In Next Evolution Of Its Journey To Extraordinary Campaign - Sword & Plough Commercial

When traveling, the hotel becomes Sword & Plough’s mobile office, and Holiday Inn® hotels have become an integral extension of their team while on the road.





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The Holiday Inn® Brand Partners With Small Business Owners In Next Evolution Of Its Journey To Extraordinary Campaign - Sword & Plough Commercial

When traveling, the hotel becomes Sword & Plough’s mobile office, and Holiday Inn® hotels have become an integral extension of their team while on the road.




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Study: Small Business Owners Are Not Taking Full Advantage of Available Resources - Kala Gibson Video

Kala Gibson, Head of Business Banking at Fifth Third Bank, discusses the importance of small businesses to our economy and communities




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WHO says 'there can be no going back to business as usual' after coronavirus pandemic

WHO warned there can be "no going back to business as usual" following the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended economies and wreaked havoc on nearly every country.




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San Francisco targets May 18 for some businesses to resume as California unveils reopening guidelines

Covid-19 has infected 3.7 million people globally, and killed at least 264,111 as of Thursday.




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Shut out of PPP loans, struggling with no child care: How Covid-19 is impacting women-owned small businesses

CNBC Make It spoke to female entrepreneurs about the impact today's pandemic is having on their companies as they fight for federal funding, pivot business operations and manage child-care.




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Fashion designer Rebecca Minkoff has advice for small businesses struggling through the pandemic

As co-founder and creative director of her own fashion line, Rebecca Minkoff understands the current struggles small-business owners are now facing — especially women. Here's her advice on how to survive.




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Roku reports strong user growth, but sour ad business outlook

Streaming services have reported huge spikes in subscribers during the crisis as stay-at-home orders have forced more people to stay inside.




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When will hospitals and doctors' offices be open for normal business again? Here's what health experts think

Hospitals are looking for ways to re-open their doors to patients in a way that limits their risk of exposure.




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LinkedIn offers to connect job-seekers with essential businesses for free

In the wake of COVID-19 shutting down broad swaths of the economy, LinkedIn is ditching the core engine of its business model to help people connect with jobs at no cost.




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Instagram announces new features for small businesses including gift cards, food orders and fundraisers

Starting Wednesday in the U.S. and Canada, Instagram users can tap on a gift card or food order to make a purchase through a company's site. Fundraisers created by a business or its supporter open on Facebook.




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Hollywood's small businesses in crisis as coronavirus shuts everything down

Of the 5,900 businesses in Hollywood, 99.5% have less than 500 employees, and over 90% have fewer than 10 employees. Many are being forced to layoff or furlough employees as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.




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Outback parent company Bloomin' Brands doubles down on takeout business after sales triple

Investing in delivery in recent years, including a rewards program and digital ordering, has paid off for Bloomin' in the long run and will continue to pay off going forward, Deno said.




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Top ad firm outlines business sectors hit the most by the pandemic, and the ones that are faring better... for now

Sectors like health care or financial services have been less impacted by the pandemic so far, but Omnicom foresees demand for marketing services to decline as advertisers cut costs in the short term.




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San Diego mayor: Compliance with new beach rules bodes well for state business reopening

"San Diegans, just like others in California, do not want to give back the tremendous gains that we've made, the sacrifices that we've made over these last six weeks," Mayor Kevin Faulconer said.




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Didi's core ride hailing business is profitable, says president

Roughly 60% to 70% of Didi Chuxing's business has bounced back from the coronavirus crisis in China, says Jean Liu, president of the mobile app-based transportation firm.




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Subway CEO defends franchise owners who applied for coronavirus small business loans

"We literally have 10,700 franchisees in the U.S., and on average they own two restaurants apiece," Subway CEO John Chidsey told CNBC.




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Ex-TARP watchdog says Washington is to blame for large companies receiving small business loans

"I mean, Congress went out of its way to carve out businesses that have more than 500 employees but are restaurants, chain restaurants," ex-TARP watchdog Neil Barofsky told CNBC.




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Mark Cuban says a lottery system is the only fair way to grant small business coronavirus loans

Cuban, who owns parts of many small businesses through "Shark Tank," also said owners should apply to multiple banks to boost their chances of getting relief.




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Mark Cuban: Texas reopening 'more show than go,' small business needs more help to do it safely

"There's all these downstream issues that really haven't been addressed yet," the Dallas Mavericks owner and "Shark Tank" investor told CNBC on Friday.




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These business owners couldn't get a forgivable loan at first. Then it was easy.

Business owners who successfully got loans during the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program describe the emotional roller coaster of the process.




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How this company totally transformed its business model to survive the coronavirus

Gargiulo Produce opened in 1929 as a vegetable cart going door to door to sell food. Now, the company sells online to survive the coronavirus shutdown.




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Kudlow says third round of PPP small business loans might be needed as demand soars

The second round of the Paycheck Protection Program launched last Monday and has so far provided over 2 million loans worth over $175 billion out of the total $310 billion Congress authorized in the latest relief package.




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How Latino small business owners are keeping their businesses running during coronavirus

Latino entrepreneurs are among the majority of small business owners directly impacted by the economic fallout.




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Small business confidence crashes, revealing more Main Street carnage may lie ahead

Main Street confidence hit a record low in the Q2 2020 CNBC Small Business Survey, with the coronavirus causing a majority of entrepreneurs to fear permanent changes, including bankruptcy.




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Clock ticking for small businesses squeezed out of government loans, now have a few months or less to survive, survey reveals

Only 13% of small businesses that applied for relief through the Paycheck Protection Program have received funding, according to the CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Survey released Monday.




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Coronavirus fraud: Two New England men are first to be charged with scamming small business loan program

The men are charged with fraudulently applying for more than $500,000 in assistance from the new CARES Act Payroll Protection Program, which is designed to help businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak.




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Small business loans are not going proportionately to the hardest-hit areas, Fed study shows

States enduring the brunt of the Covid-19 crisis are receiving a smaller proportion of emergency small business loans, a Fed study found.




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Klobuchar, Warren urge FTC to take more steps to help small businesses avoid coronavirus scams

Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren raise concerns about scammers taking advantage of business owners seeking aid during the coronavirus.




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'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary: 20% of small businesses that got federal loans will fail

The "Shark Tank" investor also tried to look at the bright side: "So 80% are going to make it, in my view. That means it was a great investment."




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Georgia small business owner: We won't be reopening yet, as it's too early and unsafe

Vince Villavalzo, owner of the Mystic Owl tattoo parlor in the Atlanta metro area, discusses his decision not to reopen his business, even as the state of Georgia attempts to reopen some of its economy.




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Tannebaum: Businesses are treading cautiously to stay within the confines of the conditions of the PPP

Daniel Tannebaum of Oliver Wyman discusses the liability issues companies who participate in the Paycheck Protection Program face, and how the government should continue to refine the legislation.




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Lloyd Blankfein says big companies should be 'very reluctant' to tap small business relief program

Blankfein may be speaking from experience: Goldman took $10 billion from the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program in October 2008.




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How the coronavirus could kill the $2 billion US bail bond business

Crimes and arrests are down nationwide during the pandemic as people obey stay-at-home orders and police departments reduce operations. This has led many bail bond companies to lay off entire staff.




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Paycheck Protection Program may have left minority business owners behind due to an implementation failure

The inspector general also found the SBA and Treasury Department issued requirements for loan forgiveness that do not align with law.