Small Business

The U.S. Treasury Department last month kicked off the process of establishing a long-awaited corporate ownership registry.

Those in the industry hope to sustain last year’s growth. But there are problems under the surface.

Dozens of venture-funded tech startups announced deals with special-purpose acquisition companies within about a year of receiving taxpayer-funded forgivable loans designed to help small businesses pay their employees through the pandemic.

The digital wallet’s gross profit more than doubled in the first quarter, besting Square’s seller business.

Abandoning intellectual-property protections for Covid-19 vaccines is a statement of intent, but far more international collaboration is required to accelerate production globally.

Season Three, a New York boot company, is raising capital via Republic, an investment crowdfunding website that allows backers of the brand to acquire a small sliver of the company itself.

The country’s economy grew at a breakneck pace in the first quarter, but upbeat indicators belie the problems—such as weak consumer demand and tight credit—that small businesses face.

An African-American businesswoman who serves as an official of Queen Elizabeth knows ‘the power of visibility.’

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Beijing’s efforts to amend its patent, copyright and criminal laws last year fall short of the necessary changes.

Wall Street firms that benefit from carried-interest treatment say President Biden’s $1.8 trillion proposal could discourage small-business investment.

United Parcel Service said its revenue rose in the latest quarter, a period that included mounting supply-chain woes world-wide, as small and midsize businesses drove gains in the U.S.

The Small Business Administration will begin accepting applications May 3 for a $29 billion grant program aimed at boosting the restaurant industry, according to the agency.

With vaccine eligibility having expanded to every American age 16 and older, there are signs that supply may be outstripping demand and the pace of vaccinations is slowing.

Shortages and delays in supplies are squeezing business owners. A Pennsylvania maker of packaging products even has trouble tracking down wooden pallets.

The Small Business Administration opened a $16 billion initiative to offer grants to thousands of concert halls and theaters, but shut down the application portal hours later, citing technical glitches.

The economic toll from the pandemic has been tough to measure, but new estimates from the Federal Reserve suggest it wasn’t as bad as feared for smaller businesses.

Investigators suspect that personal data taken in previous huge hacks or scraped off social-media sites aided the breach of Microsoft Exchange Server that began in January.

The 2017 U.S. Open champion, who is backing an energy-bar startup, says she has high hopes for companies owned by women of color.

A national coalition of small businesses plans to lobby Congress for stricter antitrust laws and enforcement, saying Amazon competes unfairly.

Under a new budget agreement, top earners in New York City would pay the highest combined local tax rate in the country.