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At HSIM’s Digital Business Summit in Karnal, speakers said small businesses are adopting AI tools faster than they are building strategies around them.

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New midyear data from Hire With Near shows companies with 50 or fewer employees accounted for more than half of its Latin America placements in the first half of 2026. The firm says lower regional salary costs are helping smaller U.S. companies…

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Ascendus said its 2025 Annual Report shows $15 million deployed through 706 loans and lines of credit, alongside more coaching and technical assistance for small business owners nationwide.

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Woodfield Development has started handing over the first 25 build-to-rent townhomes at Woodrow House in Atlanta’s West End, marking the opening phase of a 325-home mixed-income community.

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Writer Kazor has signed with Story Bridge Agency to bring Stories of the Mystery Trust Vol. 2: KARMA HAPPENS to market, with release planned for November.

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Elmm Law Group is now accepting entries for its 2026 Successful Small Business Scholarship, a $1,000 award for college students launching or planning a small business.

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Dealin says it has surpassed 100,000 listings across its Australian marketplace, jobs, motors, property, services and business-for-sale categories as sellers look for lower-cost alternatives to traditional classifieds and agent fees.

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Brand Story Bruce, a subsidiary of Miller eMedia, has introduced a low-cost video course to help shoestring startups and cottage businesses file for trademark protection without hiring a lawyer.

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Small Business Expo has been named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 for the sixth time after building a nationwide event business around small business networking and education.

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The Town of Standish has rolled out a community solar program for Central Maine Power customers that offers 15% savings on solar credits from local projects, including one being developed in town.

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Wells Fargo is awarding Ascendus a $1.3 million grant to help small businesses in four states get loans, coaching and a path to bigger financing.

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As federal agencies speed up AI adoption, small businesses may face a tougher path into government contracting if they lack the staff and systems to process dense solicitations and compliance requirements.

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New federal data shows AI use rising faster at larger companies than at many of the nation’s smallest businesses, raising concerns that Main Street could fall behind as AI becomes a core business tool.

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Lacy JV Goodwyn, founder of Badass Women in AI and WYN, is positioning practical AI strategy and community building as tools for helping organizations modernize and for elevating women in technology.

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Next Street on August 18, 2026 launched the Next Street Institute, a research arm aimed at helping leaders understand how AI, reindustrialization, demographic shifts and capital flows are reshaping America’s small business economy.

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A new report says Pennsylvania households and businesses are absorbing steep electricity costs from data center growth, with small businesses among the hardest hit. The study argues state policy can shift more of those grid-expansion costs onto…

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SRC Bookkeeping & Tax is taking new clients in The Woodlands and Greater Houston for bookkeeping, tax preparation and advisory work.

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New U.S. Census Bureau data shows AI adoption is rising faster at larger firms than at businesses with fewer than 20 employees, raising concerns that small operational companies could lose ground as AI becomes standard business infrastructure.

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Compare My Heating Oil has launched a free heating oil price comparison tool covering all 84 UK counties and surveying 60 named suppliers daily.

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Secret World app is highlighting microtasks and short local jobs as more people look for flexible ways to earn during economic uncertainty.