Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp., reacts during a dialog session with Jack Ma, former chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., not pictured, at Tokyo Forum 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg via Getty Images SoftBank CEO and founder Masayoshi Son said he […]

This year PPP and EIDL loans provided many businesses with some breathing room and the ability to start over. Now the opportunity for loan forgiveness may provide additional relief, but you must ask for it.  Here are some key tips to keep in mind: Currently, the process is to begin by working with your lending […]

U.S. Treasury yields declined on Monday as rising coronavirus cases remained a concern for investors, despite last week’s news of an effective vaccine against the virus. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 0.878% at 4:52 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond slid to 1.628%. Yields move inversely […]

How does your response to new enquiries reflect on you and your business? Do you pay for advertising but don’t bother to follow up when someone makes an enquiry? The way my enquiry is dealt with, whatever the type of business, will, in most cases, will make my decision for me.  If I contact two […]

We are HIRING a full-time Accounting Assistant. Can you help us find candidates for this opportunity? We are growing our energetic, family-oriented, and award-winning firm recognized as a Best Places to Work for the last 3 years. The ideal candidate is a superstar accounting student with 1-2 years of full cycle accounting experience and thrives […]

To the non-pro, accountants and bookkeepers are often thought of interchangeably. At Brigade, we have both on our team and value both roles. As pros, we can tell you, there are distinct differences between the two–and you, as a business owner, wouldn’t want it any other way! To clear things up, let’s start with some […]

Christopher Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on “Threats to the Homeland” on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 24, 2020. Tom Williams via Reuters WASHINGTON — In his first message to U.S. military forces, acting Pentagon chief Chris Miller said he was “weary of war” […]

“Gator Girl” Christy Kroboth told CNBC that she thinks the massive alligator at a golf course in Naples, Florida was “real.” “I’ve seen huge gators, the biggest one I ever caught was 12.5 feet, and that’s enormous, they’re huge, they’re out there,” said Kroboth, who earns a living tracking and capturing alligators. Golf pro Tyler […]

With cases of the coronavirus disease still surging in the West, countries in Europe and North America have a “really clear” need for a vaccine, a medical expert said on Friday. Several European countries — including France, Germany and the U.K. — have had to reinstate lockdown measures to stem a resurgence in Covid-19. Over […]