Small music venues battle to maintain costs reasonably priced amid inflation

Melis82 | Istock | Getty Images It has never been easy for small or independent music venues to turn a profit. Now, with inflated operating costs, some owners are struggling to keep ticket prices affordable for audiences and take chances on lesser-known artists. The past year has seen music fans roaring back to large stadiums …

IRS delays rule change for 1099-Okay on Venmo, PayPal enterprise funds

IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Feb. 15, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters If you received business payments via apps such as PayPal or Venmo or e-commerce companies such as eBay, Etsy or Poshmark in 2023, your tax return may now be a little less complicated. The IRS announced Tuesday that 2023 would …

Cassie sues Sean Combs for rape, intercourse trafficking

Cassie Ventura and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018 in New York City. John Shearer | Getty Images | The Hollywood Reporter | Getty Images Hip hop music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit Thursday with …

Constructing a web based gross sales success story is getting complicated and expensive

Products in a loading bay at an Amazon fulfillment center on Prime Day in Melville, New York, US, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Amazon.com Inc.’s annual Prime Day shows that e-commerce isn’t the driver it once was for the stock, as investor focus shifts to the company’s faster-growing and profitable cloud-computing unit. Photographer: Johnny Milano/Bloomberg …

Mattress Tub & Past CEO quits amid Overstock transition

Overstock.com CEO Jonathan Johnson, June 29, 2023. Scott Mlyn | CNBC The new Bed Bath & Beyond announced Monday its CEO, Jonathan Johnson, is immediately stepping down from his position just days after activist hedge fund JAT Capital called for his ouster. JAT Capital, which has a 9.6% stake in the company, sent a letter …

How Innovation Refunds cashed in on the Worker Retention Credit score

The Employee Retention Credit was intended to be a financial lifeline to small businesses struggling to make ends meet during the pandemic. The government program, seemingly flush with cash, led to the emergence of an industry of its own, which focused on helping businesses claim the credits. Suddenly, a parade of ads encouraging businesses to …

Ford will postpone about $12 billion in EV funding

Ford workers produce the electric F-150 Lightning pickup on Dec. 13, 2022 at the automaker’s Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center (REVC). Michael Wayland | CNBC Ford Motor said Thursday that many customers in North America are no longer willing to pay a premium for an electric vehicle over an internal-combustion or hybrid alternative. As a …

Operating a franchise enterprise like quick meals is getting dearer

A customer views a digital menu at the drive-thru outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Peru, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images McDonald’s decision to raise royalty fees for the first time in nearly three decades doesn’t mean a wave of franchisees across corporate brands are about to see their cost of doing business …

Goldman Sachs (GS) earnings 3Q 2023

David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., at the Goldman Sachs Financial Services Conference in New York, Dec. 6, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $5.31 a share, according to LSEG, …

‘Shark Tank’ star Daymond John hosts Black Entrepreneurs Day

Daymond John attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 12, 2023. Leon Bennett | Filmmagic | Getty Images “Shark Tank” star Daymond John is looking to give Black business owners a boost for the fourth year running. …