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Middle-aged Main Street business owners
Small Business Frazao Studio Latino | E+ | Getty Images As the U.S. economy moves through the final quarter of the year, uncertainty remains a constant. Consumers and large corporations are showing resilience, but Main Street is still feeling the squeeze of inflation and shifting policies. The result? These mixed signals are keeping many small…
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‘I pay £580 a month to live in a disused care home’: Property guardians show us around
BBC News Katrina says she loves the communal aspect of guardianship, which is “somewhere between living in university halls, a block of flats and a fancy squat”. She lives with “all sorts of people”, from lawyers to artists, sharing bathrooms, a kitchen and communal living areas, and regularly socialising. But there are disagreements over things…
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FX controls have minimal impact on stablecoin dollarisation – study
#controls #minimal #impact #stablecoin #dollarisation #study Foreign exchange-related restrictions appear to have little effect on dollarisation resulting from the adoption of stablecoins, a working paper by the Bank for International Settlements has found. In the paper, published today (July 21), authors Boris Hofmann, Aaron Mehrotra and Jan Paulick note that the market capitalisation of stablecoins…
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Business to sell? Trump tax law offers owners better way to cash out
Small Business An exit sign is seen above U.S. President Donald Trump as speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Thinking about selling your small business in a few years? The One Big Beautiful Bill Act could mean millions more in your pocket. President Donald Trump‘s signature legislation,…
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Thames Water boss says leakage targets ‘not realistic’
BBC News Water companies have performance commitments on issues such as leakage. It is illegal to release raw sewage into rivers and seas during “normal” weather conditions, but firms are allowed to do so when it rains heavily, to prevent homes being flooded. Thames is the UK’s largest water company, supplying water and wastewater services…
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Hungary’s central bank to maintain active green programme
#Hungarys #central #bank #maintain #active #green #programme The Central Bank of Hungary (MNB) is to continue its collaboration with the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) to offset its carbon emissions. The bank announced yesterday (January 9) that it would be undertaking a 36 hectare natural habitat restoration project in the Hortobágy National Park in the east of…
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Health premiums rising for Main Street businesses with little relief
Small Business House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a press conference on healthcare with other House Democrats, on the East steps of the U.S. Capitol on the 15th day of the government shutdown in Washington, DC on October 15, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Americans will experience sticker shock this health…
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Apple warns of future ‘supply constraints’ for Mac, iPhone, iPad
BBC News Apple spooked Wall Street on Thursday by warning it expected a “significant” hit from growing supply constraints for its most popular products. Shares in the company fell in after-hours trading by more than 7%, even as it showed a 16% increase in revenue to $109b (£81b) thanks in part to unexpectedly high iPhone…
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Implications of the 2026 Middle East war
#Implications #Middle #East #war Implications of the 2026 Middle East war – Central Banking Skip to main content End of drawer navigation content Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large detail the monetary policy, financial stability and international co-operation challenges for central banks The US and Israeli military actions against Iran that began on February…
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What Zohran Mamdani’s big win means for Main Street business owners
Small Business Zohran Mamdani greets a bodega worker before a press conference on October 29, 2025 in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx borough in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images Zohran Mamdani’s shock-to-the-establishment victory on election night left the Wall Street and billionaire class reeling, but it…