by Admin | Dec 16, 2020 | News
The Pure Michigan Small Business Relief Initiative sounded like a godsend for Michigan business owners when it was first announced. Not exactly a state program, but a quasi-public statewide grant program from Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC), the $10 million...
by Admin | Dec 9, 2020 | News
“Restaurants… are central to Seattle’s soul,” said Jessica Tousignant, executive director of Seattle Restaurants United. “The COVID-19 pandemic is crippling our small business community, and local restaurants and bars are doing their part to stem the...
by Admin | Dec 2, 2020 | Companies, News, Technology
The idea of lab-grown meat isn’t a new one – food scientists have been looking for a way to bring animal-free meat products to the market for decades. But it’s only recently that it’s become a viable possibility. And currently, the technology is less...
by Admin | Nov 25, 2020 | Companies, News
If you’ve noticed that big brands like Nike and Birkenstock haven’t been available on Amazon lately, there’s a reason for that. For years, brands like those have pursued the massive e-marketplace to crack down on sellers moving counterfeits of their...
by Admin | Nov 18, 2020 | Companies
KIND North America, based in New York City, isn’t a broad company. It makes eight lines of snacks, most of them granola bar type products marketed at people who are concerned about health and sustainable foods. The company, founded in 2004, built its...
by Admin | Nov 11, 2020 | Companies, News, Technology
Amazon is an absolute giant of a company, with more assets than many countries and over a million employees worldwide. The company’s revenue in 2019 is estimated to equal approximately 1% of the United States’ entire gross domestic product. It has extended from...
by Admin | Nov 9, 2020 | Companies, News
Dunkin’ Donuts, which was founded in Quincy, Massachusetts 70 years ago, is one of the largest coffee and pastry chains in the world, with nearly 13,000 locations in 42 countries. The brand, which also owns ice cream icon Baskin-Robbins, is currently in the process of...
by Admin | Oct 28, 2020 | Companies, News
Early Wednesday, October 28th, Boeing announced that they would be cutting 7,000 more jobs due to COVID-19-related downturns in the air industry. This is Boeing’s second major staffing cut in three months: In July, they announced that 19,000 workers were being...
by Admin | Oct 21, 2020 | Companies
The businesses that reach into our homes, entertain us, and keep us company have been the only real winners of the current pandemic crisis, and Netflix is one of the leaders of that pack. The streaming service reported a whopping 2.2 million new subscribers in the...
by Admin | Oct 14, 2020 | Companies
Back in March, when Microsoft sent the vast majority of their workforce to work from home, commuter traffic in cities like Bellevue and Seattle became eerily light. Only a small percent of the tech giant’s workforce has come back to the office since then, and...
