Small Business
  • Rising Gas Prices Could Take Points Away from Obama

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Gasoline prices have shot up to $3.72 a gallon – ashocking 26-cent leap in the last month that reportedly has a politically vulnerable President Obama searching for ways to lower fuel costs.

  • Will Robots Cause Mass Unemployment in China?

    By Martin Ford, The Huffington Post

    Manufacturing in the U.S. has become dramatically more productive and requires fewer workers -- but the manufacturing employment decline in China could be significantly worse.

  • Wall Street Week Ahead: All Eyes on Fed (Again)

    By Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    The S&P 500 tortoise continues to beat the skeptics. In the absence of data or policy catalysts and with the S&P 500 near four-year highs, market participants are hoping technical indicators...

  • Rains Too Late to Revive Drought-Stricken Crops

    By SAM NELSON, Reuters

    Dry weather will return to the drought-stricken U.S. Midwest crop region, with corn and soybeans ending their growing season on a negative note after this week's rains proved to be too little too...

  • 5 Companies That Make Money and a Difference

    By BRENT FREEMAN, Inc.com

    A new generation of consumers, influencers, and entrepreneurs has come of age, and its outlook on doing business is revolutionary. Millions of children born between 1980 and 2000, commonly known as...