• Ascensus Acquires Vanguard's Small Business Retirement Plans

    Ascensus, the largest player in the retirement investment space, announced it will acquire many small business retirement plans from Vanguard. This will bring the total number of Vanguard plans that Ascensus will service to almost 280,000. Vanguard isn’t selling the employer-based 401(k) plans it administers. Rather, it’s divesting some of its small business retirement plans. […]

  • Business Boom: Record Numbers of People Are Starting up New Small Businesses

    NEW YORK (AP) — Record numbers of people are starting new businesses, and more and more of them are women and minorities, according to a new study. New business applications jumped in 2020 as the pandemic started, and have continued to be filed at a record pace. More than 5 million applications were filed in […]

  • GOP senators: Senate Democrats plan to dismiss Mayorkas impeachment charges

    (The Center Square) – Republican U.S. senators are sounding the alarm over a purported plan by Senate Democrats to dismiss House impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The House was expected to deliver impeachment charges this week after voting to impeach Mayorkas in February. They rescheduled for next week after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, changed scheduling on the Senate calendar. Schumer has called...

  • Why Small Businesses Hate Bidenomics

    If the economy is so good, why do small business leaders feel so bad? The latest Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Independent Business could hardly be more depressing. It finds that the men and women who run our 33 million small businesses and hire more than half of American workers are […]

  • Why Small Businesses Hate Bidenomics

    If the economy is so good, why do small business leaders feel so bad?  The latest Small Business Optimism Index from the National Federation of Read More

  • Food drive planned to help pantries

    Bartholomew County residents can ensure children have enough to eat this summer by participating in the Community-Wide Food Drive this spring. Continue reading at The Republic News.

  • How to Come up with the Right Name for Your Small Business

    Naming a business, product, or service is not as easy as it seems. Here are three things to keep in mind when looking for the right name.

  • Massachusetts small businesses thrive in these counties

    While the top counties in each state do include a few major cities, less populated counties with smaller towns are much more common.

  • How to Create a Business Plan with Google Gemini

    As you embark on your entrepreneurial journey, crafting a comprehensive and compelling business plan is essential. However, the process of creating a well-structured and thorough plan can be daunting. This is where Google Gemini, an AI-powered tool integrated into Google Workspace, comes into play. With its suite of features designed to streamline and enhance your […]

  • How a Slovak doctor helped a small Kenyan hospital

    A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia.

  • Here's What Millions of Small Businesses Have in Common, According to a New Survey

    A majority of the businesses surveyed, almost three in five, have been running for at least six years, and 15% were operational for over a quarter of a century.

  • New small molecule helps scientists study regeneration

    Regenerating damaged tissues or organs has been a dream of scientists for decades. Now, researchers at the FMI and Novartis Biomedical Research have discovered a new molecule that activates a protein involved in regeneration. The tool holds promise for advancing our understanding of how organisms repair damaged tissue.