PayPal (PYPL) Launches Ads Manager for Small Businesses

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) is one of the stocks to buy according to billionaire Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates. On October 7, PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) launched PayPal Ads Manager, a new platform that lets small businesses...

GOPIO Says H-1B Visa Fee Hike Will Cripple Small Business In America

India-West Staff Reporter HARTFORD, CT – Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT) fully supported the concerns of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) regarding the Trump Administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee increase, warning that the...

Small Businesses Go Digital: How Social Media Is Powering Nigeria’s MSME Revolution Amid Deep Digital Gaps

1 In the face of rising inflation, weak consumer spending, and mounting operating costs, Nigeria’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are finding new lifelines in technology—especially social media. From Instagram and TikTok to WhatsApp...

Analysis-Czech, Polish firms snap up German Mittelstand bargains

By Michael Kahn and Anna Koper PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) -A growing wave of bankruptcies in Germany’s stuttering economy is spurring Czech and Polish businesses to snap up struggling companies across the border to fuel expansion into Europe’s...

Germany’s cocoa processing declines in-line with European downturn

Cocoa processing in Germany has experienced a notable drop to 94,882 metric tonnes in third quarter of 2025, representing a cut of 5.45% amid continued pressures on the sector, according to country’s BDSI trade body, writes Neill Barston. As...

Hotel and SME lobby express concern over four-day work week proposal

The hotels lobby and the SME chamber both expressed concerns over a PN proposal to pilot a four-day workweek in some parts of the public sector. They said that any attempt to introduce the measure would need to be backed by labour market studies,...

Small Business, Big Lessons

The blue chips grab headlines, but it’s the small and medium-sized businesses that make B.C.’s economy buzz. Compared to the rest of the country (per capita), B.C. has the fastest-growing small business sector and the second-largest number of...

People Are Getting Obsessed with AI Prompts, Here's What Global Search Data Tells Us

AI is no longer a shiny toy just for the tech crowd. Everyone from small business owners to college students are trying to figure out how to talk to machines. And not just casually, global search data shows a surge in people looking up how to...

PayPal Empowers Small Businesses to Tap into Billion-Dollar Ad Market

In a significant move for small businesses, PayPal has introduced PayPal Ads Manager, a tool designed to enable these enterprises to tap into the lucrative retail media market. As the vast landscape of digital advertising shifts, small business...

Splitting apart: Wood tariffs impact US cabinet industry

The Associated Press / Andrea Mulkey, president and founder of Amish Cabinets of Denver, works in her showroom in Denver on Oct. 10. NEW YORK — Cabinet dealers, interior designers and remodeling contractors in the U.S. hope new tariffs on imported...

UK small businesses falling behind on AI, Google warns

Sunday 12 October 2025 1:33 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email companies relying solely on consumer-grade tools risk spending millions without seeing...

German businesses asked to repay COVID-19 emergency aid

Hairdresser Marion Alemeier still remembers March 23, 2020. It was day two of Germany's first lockdown in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, when then Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) and then Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD)...

EU Data Act: Unlocking Data in Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Beyond

The EU Data Act1 ushers in a sweeping new framework for access to and use of data from connected products and related services. Organizations, such as healthcare and life sciences companies, should prepare now, as many of the Data Act's...

German business asked to repay COVID-19 emergency aid

Hairdresser Marion Alemeier still remembers March 23, 2020. It was day two of Germany's first lockdown in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, when then-Economics Minister Peter Altmaier (CDU) and then-Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD)...

Karibik Trophy Regatta Returns to Montserrat After More Than a Decade

Montserrat will welcome the Karibik Trophy Regatta in 2025, marking the return of the renowned German sailing event to the island for the first time since 2011. The Montserrat Tourism Authority (MTA) confirmed Friday that the event “will bring...

Former unicorn team to launch German startup Afori with €4 million to bring AI-powered efficiency to insurance brokers

Afori, a new AI platform purpose-built for insurance brokers out of Berlin, today announced its official launch out of stealth alongside the closing of a €4 million pre-Seed funding round. The round was led by General Catalyst with participation...

NITDA, GIZ, NACCIMA unveil National Trust Mark to empower MSMES, build credibility

By Tony Obiechina Abuja The National Trust Mark will empower Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises (MSMES) to build credibility comply with global standards and compete confidently in the evolving digital market place. Deputy Team lead of GIZ-Pan...

European small businesses rush into AI without basic digital tools, study shows

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Most European small and mid-sized enterprises are prioritizing artificial intelligence systems over basic digital tools across their businesses, losing ground to bigger firms investing in core digital systems, a study published...

Business : SJPP Unlocks Nearly RM100 Bln In SME Financing Through 80 Pct Risk Guarantees

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Syarikat Jaminan Pembiayaan Perniagaan Bhd (SJPP) has unlocked nearly RM100 billion in financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by guaranteeing up to 80 per cent of the risks that banks are unwilling to...

SJPP unlocks nearly RM100bil in SME financing through 80% risk guarantees

KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Jaminan Pembiayaan Perniagaan Bhd (SJPP) has unlocked nearly RM100 billion in financing for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by guaranteeing up to 80 per cent of the risks that banks are unwilling to bear. SJPP, wholly...