‘A viral Facebook post nearly blew up our business’

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save I’m frequently asked for a budgeting app recommendation. “What do you use?” people want to know. This question always takes me back to Big Mama, my mom’s mom. My grandmother could tell you to the penny how much she had coming in and going out….

Andrew, 35, Oregon Employment status: I work in the service industry — business dining, to be more specific. I was placed on furlough as of June 1, with our employer picking up health care premiums through the end of August, if you are on their plans. Luckily, I am on my wife’s plan which not…

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If you’re making a list of big news stories of 2023, here’s one you might want to check twice: The surge in “organized retail crime,” or gang shoplifting. I’ve written before about the news media’s fixation on this phenomenon despite the unreliability of retailers’ claims about it, and especially when compared with the much more…

The Employee Retention Credit was intended to be a financial lifeline to small businesses struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. The government program, seemingly flush with cash, led to the emergence of an industry of its own, which focused on helping businesses claim the credits. Suddenly, a parade of ads encouraging businesses to…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save A North Carolina-based food company is recalling jars of what it calls dry hot sauces after failing to declare on labels that wheat is present in the product — an omission the company acknowledges could cause a “serious or life-threatening allergic reaction” to those with…