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Panel to Discuss Jonesboro's Black Business District
As part of Black History Month, the Arkansas State University Museum will host an interactive panel discussion on Friday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. about the once-thriving Black business district of Jonesboro. The event is free and open to the public. It will examine more than 50 successful businesses that were located in Jonesboro from the late 1800s until the mid-1960s, when segregation laws in Arkansas separated the races.
Small Business Acquisitions Leveled Off in 2023 as Interest Rates Climbed, but 2024 Looks Better
NEW YORK (AP) — Is it a good time to sell your small business — or maybe buy one? Small business acquisitions were up and down in 2023, reflecting the increase in interest rates that threw a chill into the market. But a strong fourth quarter, helped by a signal from the Federal Reserve that it was done raising interest rates, could bode well for 2024.
US Labor Official Says Dartmouth Basketball Players are School Employees, Sets Stage for Union Vote
A National Labor Relations Board regional official ruled on Monday that Dartmouth basketball players are employees of the school, clearing the way for an election that would create the first-ever labor union for NCAA athletes. All 15 members of the Dartmouth men’s basketball team signed a petition in September asking to join Local 560 of the Service Employees International Union, which already represents some other employees at the Ivy League school in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Predicting & Preventing Violence in Your Business (Doug Elms Commentary)
She hung up the phone, crying. He’d threatened her again and this time he sounded serious. If she didn’t meet him for lunch, he said, he’d come into the building with a gun. Her co-worker noticed the tears and could see the fear in her friend’s eyes. Some version of this scenario may be playing itself out in your business today. The rate at which intimate partner violence affects women across this country (1 in 3 in their lifetime) means it almost certainly will at some point.
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