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The FTC's Small-Business Cybersecurity Baseline, Decoded
Federal consumer-protection law already covers your data practices — the FTC's free guidance is effectively the inspection checklist before the inspection.
Isabel Duarte
Business News
Business developments selected for their consequence to smaller companies: earnings that reveal demand, bankruptcies and consolidation, wage floors, tax adjustments and new compliance dates. Entries note effective dates and thresholds. Suited to owners, franchise operators and the accountants who must act on a deadline.
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State or Federal Minimum Wage: Which One Do You Owe?
The federal floor has not moved since 2009, but state and local floors move every January — and where they conflict, the higher number wins, with no averaging.
Isabel Duarte
Business News
Your Supplier Just Merged: What Happens to Your Contract?
Assignment, change-of-control, and termination-for-convenience clauses decide whether your pricing and terms survive the deal — and they were all negotiated in advance, by you or not at all.
Isabel Duarte
Business News
When a Customer Files Chapter 11: What Vendors Actually Get
Bankruptcy rewrites every invoice you're owed — the question is whether you're a critical vendor, holding a deposit, or standing in the general line.
Isabel Duarte
Business News
Tariffs Start With Classification: An Importer's Field Guide
Your duty rate is decided by a ten-digit code assigned at the border — and getting that code right, before the shipment sails, is the whole game.
Isabel Duarte