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Penalty for faulty fire-extinguishers signals stiffer consumer-safety rules in Biden era

Penalty for faulty fire-extinguishers signals stiffer consumer-safety rules in Biden era

by Alicia Diaz | Jan 12, 2021 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON—The first major U.S. consumer-safety penalty in almost three years against a maker of popular fire extinguishers could be a preview of the tougher oversight companies will face under a more aggressive Biden administration. North Carolina-based Kidde was...
Black-owned Texas farms face roadblocks to COVID-19 relief funding

Black-owned Texas farms face roadblocks to COVID-19 relief funding

by LaTesha Harris | Aug 20, 2020 | Business, Featured

Faith Ellis is only farming six of the 85 acres on her New Boston, Texas farm – one of eight Black-owned operations left in Bowie County – because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ellis, a disabled farmer, and her husband can’t afford workers to cross-fence, prepare soil,...
Amid pandemic, concerns grow about consumer protection

Amid pandemic, concerns grow about consumer protection

by Xurui Tan | Aug 11, 2020 | Business, Featured

Much more needs to be done to protect consumers in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, a representative of a New York-based advocacy group says. “People start to make tough decisions and that makes them more vulnerable to unfair practices and then encourages the...
Big delays in sending unemployment checks shines spotlight on failures to upgrade old government technology

Big delays in sending unemployment checks shines spotlight on failures to upgrade old government technology

by Amy Sokolow | Jul 16, 2020 | Business, Featured

The states and federal government have fallen behind in updating decades-old technology and need to upgrade quickly to better serve the public, experts say, a point underscored by reports that millions of jobless Americans still haven’t received unemployment checks....
Canada’s appeal to tech startups grows in wake of Trump suspending H-1B visas

Canada’s appeal to tech startups grows in wake of Trump suspending H-1B visas

by Henry Ren | Jul 15, 2020 | Business, Featured

More U.S. tech startups’ operations are likely to expand to Canada as the Trump administration’s recent restrictions on H-1B visas compound the difficulty of hiring skilled engineers, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs say. In late June, the administration barred...
Florida small businesses struggle as many get denied COVID-19 loans

Florida small businesses struggle as many get denied COVID-19 loans

by Nicole Girten | Jul 1, 2020 | Business

Democrats and Republicans reached a rare consensus Wednesday: The federal government is moving too slowly in providing loans to companies struggling with the pandemic. A federal loan program for small businesses has denied 48 percent of applicants, leaving 2.5 million...
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