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Small business Saturday is a great time to make a difference. Here's a connection to climate change.

The stock market was generally higher last week led by the 2.3% gain in iShares Russell 2000 (IWM). This was impressive compared to the 0.4% gain in the S&P 500 or the 0.14% loss in the Dow Industrials. The Dow Transport...

Stocks largely gained in a thinly traded Thanksgiving week—small moves logged while Wall Street welcomed a spate of economic data and a cautious outlook for holiday spending that many traders see doing little to nudge ...

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday - there's a shopping day for everything at this time of year. But this year's sixth annual Small Business Saturday will be missing one key factor: incentives for Americ...

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Small businesses in the United States are facing an increasingly limited loan market, and nonbank lenders are filling that gap, providing options that carry interest rates as much as six times what banks usually charge. ...