The interior of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule SpaceX SpaceX will fly four privately-paying space tourists to orbit in its Crew Dragon capsule, the company unveiled on Tuesday. “This historic mission will forge a path to making spaceflight possible for all people who dream of it, and we are pleased to work with the Space Adventures’ […]

A worker at the photolithography section of a semiconductor plant of the Mikron Group in Zelenograd, Moscow. Anton Novoderezhkin | TASS | Getty Images The Trump administration is weighing trade restrictions on China that would limit the use of American chip-making equipment, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. People familiar with the matter told the […]

Did you know that there are grants available to help you prepare for completing customs declarations for importing and exporting goods once we leave the EU?  Businesses will need to be aware of and prepared for the new processes which will come into force once the transition period is over. There are 3 grants available […]

“Clever girls” is a popular, music-focused Bay Area Facebook group that was started by a Facebook user known as “Concert Raptor” who wanted to bring people together and give away tickets to shows. Courtesy of Ari the Raptor Just before the 2015 edition of San Francisco’s Outside Lands music festival, a mysterious Facebook user who […]

Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China, speaks on the second day of the 56th Munich Security Conference. Tobias Hase | Picture Alliance via Getty Images MUNICH — China’s Foreign Minister said Saturday that the Chinese economy — the second-largest in the world — will emerge stronger from the deadly coronavirus outbreak, even as confirmed cases […]

Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks and signs the Operation Lady Justice Executive Order to address the issue of missing and murdered Native Americans in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Nov 26, 2019 in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images […]

Everyone wants to know how they’re doing. As a small business owner, this is critical to your survival. Because franchises often operate on tighter margins, knowing where to pull back on certain expenses (for example, marketing) or where to negotiate harder (for example, leasing property) or where to invest (buying new equipment) matters. If you’re […]

Members of media gather at the Diamond Princess cruise ship, operated by Carnival Corp., docked in Yokohama, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg Getty Images Japanese health officials are allowing the most vulnerable guests quarantined on the Diamond Princess docked just off of Yokohama to leave the cruise ship and complete […]

For many businesses, their bookkeeping causes a lot of pain. However, when handled correctly, there are many pains that proper bookkeeping can remedy. Common reasons that bookkeeping causes pain are: it is intimidating, people don’t like it, and it’s often way behind because it gets pushed to the back burner.  It is crucial to keep […]

The IRS proposed new regulations (REG-132741-17) for withholding on individuals’ wages to reflect the statutory changes in the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97, including the elimination of the personal exemption. The proposed rules and the new Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate (formerly titled Employee’s Withholding Allowance Certificate) no longer […]