New business owners commonly struggle to find capital, suppliers, and customers. To be successful, new business owners must prepare for these risks through careful planning and timing. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that over 20% of small businesses fail within the first year. Entrepreneurs started 993,489 new businesses in March 2024. Based on […]
Large language model developer Anthropic PBC has secured $2.5 billion in debt financing, CNBC reported today. The loan is structured as a revolving credit facility. Standard debt financing deals require the borrower to pay back the funds in a fixed number of installments. A revolving credit facility, in contrast, has no such requirement. Additionally, the […]
Guest column: Continuing to fight for rural economy Published 8:18 pm Friday, May 16, 2025 Guest column by Amy Klobuchar Minnesota relies on the strength of our state’s rural communities and farmlands. As your senator and as one of the leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee, it’s important to me to hear directly about the […]
HCLTech achieved the leading position in relative market share BENGALURU: The aggregate incremental revenue of tier-1 Indian IT firms was a mere $84 million in the Americas in the 2024-25 financial year compared to $538 million that mid-tier companies added in the same geography in the last financial year.The 2024-25 financial year marks another year […]
Avenir Group, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, has increased its holdings in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to 14 Avenir Group, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, has increased its holdings in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) to 14.7 million shares as of March 31, 2025, up from 11.3 million shares at the end of 2024. […]
CNN — Americans’ feelings about the US economy remain in the doldrums after President Donald Trump’s tariffs: Consumer sentiment continued its freefall this month, settling in at a near-record low. The University of Michigan’s closely watched consumer sentiment index fell 2.7% to a preliminary reading of 50.8 for May, dropping further from April’s reading of […]
MOORHEAD — Peter Vogt spent his early years feeling different. Vogt grew up in Detroit Lakes, Minn., where he visited the local library so often that the librarian knew his library card number by heart. While his peers reveled in parties and dances, he was happy to sit outside his family’s lakeside home on summer […]
Municipal bond investors may have a rare and compelling opportunity to lock in high yields. High-grade municipal bond yields, particularly at the long end of the curve, are near their highest levels in over a decade, according to the Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index through May 8. And the ratio of the tax-equivalent yield on 30-year […]
By Minh Hieu  May 16, 2025 | 12:11 am PT A packet of U.S. five-dollar bills is inspected at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. Photo by Reuters The U.S. dollar went up against the Vietnamese dong on the black market Friday morning while falling against major currencies. The greenback […]
The founder of a soon-to-open breakfast burrito restaurant in downtown Pasco has made it to the quarterfinals of a national chef competition and needs the help of fans to keep going. Maria Aguirre’s Casa de Maria is expected to open next month at the Pasco Specialty Kitchen, according to a release. She is hoping to win the Favorite […]
