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Most small business owners are slashing their own salaries, survey shows
Almost 90 per cent of small business owner-operators in Canada say they are making personal sacrifices to keep their businesses afloat through U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and the ongoing economic uncertainty over the past year, a new...
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Italy: EIB and Intesa Sanpaolo lend €750 million to support the development of renewable energy and the related supply chain
(Credit: Unsplash) This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The two agreements announced today will help finance the development of renewable energy plants for 2GW and mobilise more than €4.5 billion of investment in...
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Diaspora4Innovation: From Venice to Albania, Knowledge Without Borders Turning into Action
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Albanian Daily News
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In a world where knowledge and innovation know no boundaries, collaboration between resident and Albanian diaspora scholars, is becoming increasingly important for the future of education, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship in Albania. The...
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Small Businesses Wither Under Trump’s Tariffs: ‘It’s Hard to Breathe’
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The Weekly Journal
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President Donald Trump’s tariffs are straining the backbone of the U.S. economy. While many larger companies have integrated soaring levies that kicked in last month into their businesses without raising prices for customers, a growing number of...
Owner: Salvador Hasbun Martinez
US small businesses wither under Trump's tariffs: 'It's hard to breathe'
President Donald Trump's tariffs are straining the backbone of the U.S. economy. While many larger companies have integrated soaring levies that kicked in last month into their businesses without raising prices for customers, a growing number of...
Owner: Sahu Jain Family
Italy’s Lexroom Bags $19m to Scale Legal AI Across Europe
Lexroom, one of only a small number of Italian legal tech startups and now a contender in the genAI productivity platform wars, has gained $19m in a Series A round led by Base10 Partners, along with multiple other investors. The company, founded...
Owner: Richard Tromans
'It’s hard to breathe': Small business owners feel crushed by Trump's 'poor policy'
President Donald Trump's trade war is squeezing small business owners as increasing costs for the materials they need cut into their profits. Many larger companies absorbed higher costs from the president's tariffs without passing the difference...
Owner: John Byrne & Michael Rogers
Glovo unveils academy to support MSMEs
Global food delivery and courier platform, Glovo, has launched the Glovo Academy in Abuja to support small businesses and boost Nigeria’s fast-growing micro, small, and medium enterprises sector. Speaking at the launch on Tuesday, Head of...
Owner: Angela Emuwa
Exclusive-Credit Agricole discussed terms of possible BPM deal with Italy govt
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Yahoo Finance
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By Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za ROME (Reuters) -Representatives of Credit Agricole have discussed with Italian government officials in recent weeks the conditions for a possible tie-up between the French bank's Italian unit and Banco BPM, two...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
Gen Z in Manufacturing: Creating a Startup Model Inside Large Corporations
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Design and Development Today - Wisconsin
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Editor's Note: Download the audio version below. Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast that asks young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for...
Owner: Rich Reiff,Tom Lynch & Xometry
RI small business owners concerned about long-term impacts of tariffs
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The latest set of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump are creating ripples in the stock market and could soon be felt in your wallet. The president said Thursday that he will put import taxes of 100% on...
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Italian GenAI legal platform Lexroom closes €16 million funding round
Lexroom, the startup out of Milan using generative AI to transform the legal sector, has closed a €16.2 million Series A round in order to accelerate international expansion and further develop its legal AI platform. In the past six months, the...
Owner: Thomas Ohr
Italy’s Lexroom secures $19M Series A to redefine legal workflows with AI
Lexroom, an Italian startup using generative AI to transform the legal sector, has closed a $19 million Series A round. Founded in 2023 by Paolo Fois, Martina Domenicali, and Andrea Lonza, Lexroom supports lawyers and corporate legal teams in...
Owner: Arda Kutsal
ITAP 2025 Set to Catalyse Growth with AI-Powered Solutions, Global Partnerships and Startup Innovations
SINGAPORE, Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP) 2025, a HANNOVER MESSE event organised by Constellar with international partner Deutsche Messe, returns to the Singapore EXPO from 15-17 October 2025. In...
Owner: Cameron Darke, Aditta Kittikhoun & Jason Rolan
Business News | ITAP 2025 Set to Catalyse Growth with AI-Powered Solutions, Global Partnerships and Startup Innovations
PRNewswire Singapore, September 30: The Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific (ITAP) 2025, a HANNOVER MESSE event organised by Constellar with international partner Deutsche Messe, returns to the Singapore EXPO from 15-17 October 2025. In its 8th...
Owner: Aditya Pittie
Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard Opens in Tyrone Area
September 29, 2025 by Ester Venouziou Frank and Valarie Brown recently opened Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard on 66th Street in St. Petersburg. Photo provided by Valarie Brown Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard is now open at 2141 66th St. N....
Owner: Cathy Salustri Loper & Barry Loper
Ten SMEs secure Ksh 100M funding under E4Impact accelerator
Ten small and medium enterprises will receive up to Ksh 100.8 million in funding through E4Impact businesss accelerator programme. The SMEs drawn from organisation’s Entrepreneurship Centre were selected after undertaking a 12 months training...
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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 10.2.25
Good Thursday morning. U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds’ fundraising machine is showing no signs of slowing down. Donalds, President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis, is reporting another $9.2 million raised in the third quarter as he...
Owner: Peter Schorsch
Postal workers are striking to save public services (again)
By Maggie Southall This past Thursday, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) resumed their strike in response to the proposal announced by Joël Lightbound (Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement) regarding the...
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Czech it out: HRTech startup Talentiqa raises €1 million to let AI do the first job interview – even at midnight
Talentiqa, a recruitment automation startup out of Prague, has secured €1 million in funding to expand its AI-powered hiring assistant. The round was equally backed by Purple Ventures and Venture to Future Fund. “For twenty years I dealt with...
Owner: Thomas Ohr