A masked family walks past Cinderella Castle in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Disney’s theme parks are recovering after the coronavirus pandemic closed their domestic and international locations in 2020. Disney’s Parks, Experiences and Products division is growing in…

For many small businesses, accessing finance can be a matter of life and death. The stakes are particularly high when you consider that 18.4% of US companies fail within the first year, 49.7% after five years and 65.5% after 10 years, according to a LendingTree analysis of US data Bureau of Labor Statistics. One of…

The company’s electron rocket carrying the CAPSTONE mission takes off from New Zealand on June 28, 2022. rocket lab The second quarter was a mixed bag for space companies, with some companies making steady progress while others suffered setbacks. Most space stocks, many of which went public through SPAC deals last year, are struggling despite…

The federal government awarded $154.2 billion to small businesses in fiscal 2021, up $8 billion from the previous year, according to Small Business Administration data released Tuesday. That’s a record 27.2% of total federal funding for procurement, beating the government’s target of 23%. “We’re pleased to see that more dollars and a larger percentage are…

This illustrative photo shows Donald Trump’s new social media app Truth Social sparkling on a smartphone on February 21, 2022 in Los Angeles. Chris Delmas | AFP | Getty Images Digital World Acquisition Corp., the SPAC that aims to take former President Donald Trump’s media company public, adjourned its stockholders’ meeting until Oct. 10 to…

The U.S. Federal Reserve increased its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points to a range of 1.5%-1.75% in June — the biggest increase since 1994. Fed Chair Jerome Powell (above) flagged there could be another rate hike in July. Mary F. Calvert | Reuters The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rates by 75…

The logo and commerce icon for Twitter is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on July 11, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. UiPath — Shares plummeted 12.9% after UiPath released weaker-than-expected third-quarter and full-year…

Golf’s popularity has surged in recent years and during the pandemic, with new golfers and the proliferation of non-traditional styles of play like TopGolf helping to shed the sport’s bad reputation. Grammy-winning rapper Macklemore, best known for his hit song “Thrift Shop,” recently fell in love with golf but found that the clothing items marketed…

Traders on the NYSE floor, August 30, 2022. Source: New York SE Here is the key news investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stocks aim for a recovery The long holiday weekend should have done the US stock markets good. The three major indices looked like they could open Tuesday’s session in positive…

“To be honest, I didn’t even know the word entrepreneur. I was in my late 30s, and I didn’t know the word ‘brand,’ I didn’t know the word ‘entrepreneur,’” said Bethenny Frankel, founder of SkinnyGirl, Sharon Epperson told CNBC’s Small Business Playbook Virtual Summit on Wednesday. Now, a little over a decade later, Frankel is…