Business

Despite a tough economy, a record number of small businesses have launched nationwide in the last two years. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Thursday a small business in America could win a sizable monetary prize as part of an awards program it is running.  The winner of the “America’s …

Banks across the UK are continuing to close with Halifax, NatWest and Barclays shutting down a further 76 branches this month as demand falls and more customers adopt online banking. A total of 5,605 bank and building society branches have closed since 2015, according to research by Which?. Charity Age …

Activate Founder and CEO Michael J. Wolf provides an outlook on the media and technology industries on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer candidly admitted in a recent podcast interview that Xbox cannot win the “console war” against rivals Nintendo and Sony when using conventional strategies.  Phil Spencer, …

Some 850,000 pensioner households are thought to be missing out on Pension Credit, many of whom could also claim a free TV licence through the benefit. Pension Credit tops up the income of people of state pension age. The benefit is a gateway to several other means of support, including …

Fox News contributor Caitlyn Jenner discusses California’s push to overhaul homeless spending on ‘Varney & Co.’ A manager at a Big Lots store in California claimed she and her colleague were fired after wrangling back a shopping cart from an alleged shoplifter who made off with a haul of laundry …

The DWP has made a clarification after a GP voiced concerns about how informal observations and the 20-metre rule work for PIP assessments. Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit that supports people who live with a long-term illness or condition that affects their daily life or ability to get …

A verbal altercation occurred on a Frontier Airlines flight before it departed from Trenton, N.J. to Atlanta. (lanaisli via TikTok) A New Jersey woman who intended to visit Florida claims that a gate change caused her to go to Jamaica instead of Jacksonville. Gloucester County resident Beverly Ellis-Hebard told WPVI …

Universal Credit supports people on low incomes and although a person can work while on the benefit, how much they work may affect their payments. A person or couple’s Universal Credit entitlement can vary depending on several factors, including how much the claimant works. Claimants get a standard allowance and …

Former Federal Reserve Governor Robert Heller and Carnivore Trading CEO Dutch Masters discuss the chances of the Fed pausing rate hikes due to gloomy market conditions on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ The catchy “cash stuffing” trend you may have heard about incorporates some old-school budgetary practices blended with a tangible approach …

An MP has called on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ensure “fair and fast” payment goes out to the WASPI generation of women if the ombudsman decides they are due compensation. WASPI (Women against state pension inequality) campaigners represent some 3.8 million women born in the 1950s who were affected …