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Small Business Health Insurance Cost Jumps in 2027
Owners who cover their teams got an unwelcome preview this month, because early rate filings point to double-digit increases in the small-group market for 2027. Nearly 300 carriers across...
SBA Size Standards Overhaul Widens Who Counts as Small
The Small Business Administration proposed the broadest rewrite of its SBA size standards in years on August 20, issuing two concurrent notices of proposed rulemaking. One sets new thresholds...
Small Business Technology Wins as Rundoo Lands Series B
Small business technology got a fresh vote of confidence this week when Rundoo announced $48 million in total financing, including a $30 million Series B led by Battery Ventures...
AI Agents Gain New Ways to Handle Business Payments Through XDC
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond answering questions and generating content. Increasingly, businesses are exploring how AI can automate operational tasks, from approving invoices to coordinating supply chains and...
AI Marketing Jobs Vanish as Agents Take the Junior Work
A Forbes analysis published August 20 counted roughly 10,000 marketing roles that no longer exist, and it credits AI agents with taking the work. The same piece cites Forrester,...
Wall Street opens lower as high-stakes Iran, inflation tests loom
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 09:42 PM[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Aug 24) as investors weighed the US pledge of an “economic D-Day”...
South-east Asia’s budget airlines eye recovery but fuel scars linger
Efforts to recoup soaring fuel costs through higher fares fall short, the latest quarterly results of regional carriers showPublished Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 02:42 PM[HONG KONG] South-east Asia’s...
Oil falls 1% ahead of US announcement to impose further sanctions on Iran
Published Mon, Aug 24, 2026 · 07:41 AM[SINGAPORE] Oil prices slipped 1 per cent on Monday (Aug 24) as investors took profit ahead of an expected announcement from Washington...
Gold jumps as Treasury buybacks revive debasement concerns
Bullion’s rally of around 14% so far in August could be tempered by the rebound in energy pricesPublished Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 05:07 PMGOLD prices climbed to their...
Alibaba plans US$10 billion Hong Kong share placement to fund AI spending
It says the deal would mark the largest primary follow-on offering by a Hong Kong-listed companyPublished Sun, Aug 23, 2026 · 01:51 PM — Updated Sun, Aug 23, 2026...
“Engineering Magic,” Adhesive Technologies, and Precision: How Paintless Dent Repair Is Changing the Automotive Service Industry
Photo of Vitalii Novitskii For most car owners, repairing a dent still means several days without a vehicle, filler, repainting, and a repair bill running into thousands. Traditional body...
