The turning of the calendar often serves as time for small business owners to benchmark overall performance and assess their prospects for moving forward in the new year. In many ways, 2014 was a year of change in small business lending. Big banks re-emerged in the marketplace. However, their focus remains on larger amounts–loans of…
The search giant faces charges of anticompetitive behavior in Europe A new antitrust complaint filed against Google by the European Union Wednesday could force the company to pay huge fines and change the way its search engine operates in Europe. In the complaint, EU regulators say Google has abused its dominance in online search to…
RICHMOND, Va. — The ceiling fixture in Claudia Emerson’s study only weakly puts out light. Her husband, Kent Ippolito, apologizes for it, but it’s no bother. The room isn’t oriented toward the house. High atop the second story in a quiet neighborhood in Richmond, with sunlight streaming in on three sides, this is an observation…
The makers of Avengers: Age of Ultron want you to know something about this film’s post-credits ending: It’s not there. Ever since 2008’s Iron Man concluded with a surprise scene of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury revealing to Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark that he has “become part of a bigger universe,” fans of the…
Moving back home with your parents after graduation doesn’t have to be as demoralizing as today’s twenty-somethings think it is. If you set some clear ground rules, you could actually end up enjoying the experience. Check out this article to find out what steps to take to make the experience less painful. If you’re considering…
Making the transition from amateur writer to full-time freelancer is no walk in the park. Dealing with clients, setting rates, and learning how to work efficiently can be difficult, to say the least. Check out this article for a list of common challenges freelancers face and tips on how to overcome them. Gone are the…
Technology journalism – and US technology journalism in particular – is getting a roasting every bit as stinging as Justin Bieber’s recent Comedy Central special, in an opinion piece by mobile industry expert Tero Kuittinen published on tech site Boy Genius Report. Titled “Meerkat is dying – and it’s taking US tech journalism with it”,…
The threats come from inside and out as AMC’s The Walking Dead, cable’s top-rated series, closes its fifth season Sunday (9 p.m. ET/PT). The survivors’ stay in the Alexandria community is imperiled, and so is their existence as a group, after leader Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) went on a bloody, gun-waving rant at the end…
A development team proposing a $364 million Four Seasons hotel and residences at the World Trade Center building was picked Tuesday (March 24) as the city’s top choice to sign a long-term lease for the vacant riverfront tower. Carpenter and Co. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, New Orleans-based Woodward Interests plan a 350-room Four Seasons with 76…
(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said raising interest rates from near zero “likely will be warranted before the end of the year” and subsequent increases probably won’t be uniform or predictable.“A smooth path upward in the federal funds rate will almost certainly not be realized” as the economy will encounter shocks such…
