Extreme heat impacts firms' stock value, study finds
Climate change is making business and investors sweat.
Environment
Nov 4, 2019
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News tagged with small firms
Addressing mental health issues in small businesses could bring major boost to the economy
Mental health awareness has risen enormously in recent years. Celebrities from athlete Michael Phelps to Prince Harry and pop star Lady Gaga have spoken publicly about their mental health struggles and the stigma surrounding ...
Social Sciences
Jul 23, 2019
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Is China's social credit system really the dystopian sci-fi scenario that many fear?
British journalist James O'Malley was on the Beijing-Shanghai bullet train last month when he heard a disturbing announcement.
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2018
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Big data helps large firms grow even bigger
Big data has big benefits for big companies. For small firms? Not so much.
Economics & Business
Oct 3, 2018
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Microsoft opens wallet to extend Internet in remote areas
Microsoft has joined other tech giants working to deliver the Internet in remote parts of the world, although it's taking a smaller-scale approach than some of its rivals.
Telecom
May 24, 2016
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Automakers report sales up double-digits in August (Update)
Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Chrysler and General Motors all posted double-digit U.S. sales gains last month as people snapped up pickup trucks and small cars to lead the industry toward its best month in six years.
Business
Sep 4, 2013
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Intuit sells financial services unit for $1.03B
Intuit is selling a division that provides software to financial institutions in a deal worth about $1.03 billion as it focuses on products for consumers and small businesses.
Business
Jul 1, 2013
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Banks are failing to lend to firms which will drive the recovery, new report shows
A new report published this week (7 June) by Lancaster's Big Innovation Centre warns that innovative small firms – those most crucial to jobs and growth – are finding it significantly more difficult than their peers to ...
Economics & Business
Jun 7, 2013
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In US, 19 mn can't get high-speed Internet: study
Around six percent of the US population, or 19 million people, lack access to high-speed Internet even though deployment has improved in recent years, a government study said Tuesday.
Telecom
Aug 21, 2012
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Illegal backdating: Small firms get a free pass
(PhysOrg.com) -- Smaller companies are more likely than larger firms to commit illegal backdating of executive stock options but are less likely to be punished, say researchers at the University of Michigan.
Economics & Business
Nov 16, 2011
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