The new decade did not come quietly. Stocks soared on their first day of trading in 2020, but then fell on Friday after President Trump ordered the assassination of a powerful Iranian general, stoking fears that a larger geopolitical conflict could be around the corner. It's going to be an interesting year.
As of Jan. 1, a new California law requires companies to treat contractors like employees if their work is a regular part of the company's business. That means thousands of gig workers could be eligible for workers' compensation and unemployment insurance, among other protections. While this law would theoretically provide freelancers with much-needed stability, it's throwing California's gig economy into turmoil.
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Starting a business with no founders? Here's how you do it - Talk Business & Politics
The saying goes, "if you want to go fast go alone, but if you want to go far go together." Sometimes you just need to go fast alone, and that's alright.
In case you missed it, there has been a notable buzz around the creation of startup ecosystems of late. This year alone, we've seen a number of fantastic programs emerge in Northwest Arkansas like Plug and Play and Fuel. These and other initiatives provide tremendous value to our science and technology startup scene.
Venmo Goes Down…And Other Small Business Tech News
POLAND - 2019/11/10: In this photo illustration a Venmo logo displayed on a smartphone. (Photo ... [+] Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
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In this world of cloud based applications that are vulnerable to power, security and usage issues, it's important for small business owners to always have other options. That was a hard lesson learned by those owners and freelancers who only accept Venmo. They were without cash during the service's outage. They shouldn't let that happen again.
Former Nissan CEO Ghosn's escape inexcusable, Japan says | Fox Business
Government compliance attorney Seth Berenzweig discusses former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn's flight from Japanese justice.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan's justice minister on Sunday called the flight of former Nissan Chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn as he awaited trial on financial misconduct charges inexcusable and vowed to beef up immigration checks.
Justice Minister Masako Mori said she had ordered an investigation after Ghosn issued a statement a few days ago saying he was in Lebanon .
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Rudy Giuliani mixed White House role, personal business in cybersecurity - SFChronicle.com
WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani’s mixing of his business interests, closeness with President Trump and involvement in government actions involving Ukraine is the subject of much attention from Congress as the impeachment case against the president moves toward the Senate.
But a Chronicle investigation has found that Giuliani’s blurring of White House and personal business didn’t start with Ukraine. It began in the early days of the Trump administration, when Giuliani was named as a White House adviser in an area where he had limited experience but was trying to build a clientele: cybersecurity.
Ask SCORE: How do I turn my idea into a business? | Business & Economy | qctimes.com
SCORE: We get this question all of the time. Our response is to listen to your idea then ask if you have tested it with prospective customers and identified if there are other businesses doing something similar.
Embedded in our questions are the important concepts of "market validation," "product-market fit," "value proposition" and "competitive market positioning" – all are essential to business success.
You don't need to be an MBA to understand or apply them. By validation, we mean have you developed your idea from identifying an unmet need or problem that your business's products or services help to fill or solve? If not, a market may not exist for what you plan to do.
More Bad News For NJ In Forbes' Best States For Business Report | Point Pleasant, NJ Patch
And once again New Jersey found itself near the very bottom of this new list. For the record, New Jersey was ranked No. 39. The only states ranked worse than us include: Alabama, Rhode Island, Mississippi, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont, Louisiana, Hawaii, New Mexico, West Virginia and Alaska.
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"New Jersey scores poorly for its regulatory climate and fiscal health. Only Illinois has a worse rating on its general obligation debt than New Jersey's A3."
Loveland-area business briefs: Windermere Real Estate forecast and more – Loveland
FORT COLLINS — Windermere Real Estate has scheduled two real estate forecast events this month that are free and open to the public.
The annual real estate market forecast in Fort Collins will start at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 16 at the Marriott Hotel, 350 E. Horsetooth Road, according to a press release.
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The Denver forecast event will start at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Wellshire Event Center, 3333 S. Colorado Blvd. To RSVP, go to denverforecast.com .
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