SME News
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2021-08-11
China’s tech giants generate billions for investors — but small businesses are being squeezed
BEIJING — Investors in Chinese companies were caught off guard this summer by Beijing’s actions against homegrown tech giants, including comments about overseas-listed shares. One of the surprises was a mandate in late July that C...
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2021-08-10
Many SMEs Embrace Digital Economy, They Just don't Realize It
Jakarta. Despite selling online via social media, not many small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, identify themselves as “digital SMEs”, unless they have embarked on e-commerce platforms, according to fintech firm KoinWorks. &ldqu...
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2021-08-10
Nominate a struggling SME to receive $5,000
Lockdown has been rough. There’s no other way to put it. And we’re not here to argue its efficacy or get into that debate, but there’s one fact that no one can dispute SMEs are suffering and have been hit harder than most. Their doo...
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2021-08-10
Small business optimism shrinks as labor shortage, price hikes continue
There’s a lot of good stuff happening in the economy now. Strong job creation and a record number of openings, as we’ve seen in recent employment reports. The stock market’s roaring and soaring, and consumers continue to spend as th...
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2021-08-10
NIH small business funding boosts Alzheimer’s science advances
Small business program funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, helps advance research on care interventions, diagnostic tools, and therapies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. A...