(Bloomberg) — Crypto exchanges that connect buyers and sellers directly without Wall Street-style middlemen are under pressure to improve their services amid a decline in market share. Most Read from Bloomberg These so-called decentralized platforms facilitate trading via algorithmic, blockchain-based software known as smart contracts, with users retaining custody of tokens rather than handing them…
Cannings calls for extension on small business loans | News
Local groups are lining up behind MP Richard Cannings as he pushed the federal government to extend the deadline for repayment of business loans issued during the pandemic. Cannings, who represents South Okanagan-West Kootenay, asked for relief in a letter to the finance minister sent Monday from his post as the NDP’s critic for small…
UMToday | Asper School of Business
July 12, 2023 — Kiran Pedada, Assistant Professor of Marketing and F. Ross Johnson Fellow at Asper, has been invited to join the illustrious editorial review board (ERB) at the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (JAMS). A Financial Times 50 journal, JAMS is a top publication for scholars seeking to publish their high-quality,…
How to cut back on your firm’s paper waste
Homepage image: Generated by DALL-E Sustainability | Jul 19, 2023 By Laura Fenton It’s easy to be worried about the looming impact of climate change—but harder, often, to know what to do about it. In a new column, home design and sustainable living writer Laura Fenton taps industry experts for concrete ways to make your…
How to Write a Business Plan for a Loan
A business plan is a document that explains what a company’s objectives are, and how it will achieve them. It contains a road map for the company from a marketing, financial, and operational standpoint. Some business plans are more detailed than others, but they are used by all types of businesses, from large, established companies…
Hunter Biden’s former business partner was willing to go before a grand jury. He never got the chance.
A former business partner of Hunter and James Bidenwho worked directly with them on a 2017 China energy deal, was never asked to testify to a Delaware grand jury investigating Hunter Biden, two sources familiar with the discussions tell CBS News. Tony Bobulinski, the former business partner, was open to testifying, and his attorney reached…
Local news is good for business | Commentary
It’s no secret that recently years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the Community News & Small Business Support Act, that has been introduced in Congress would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses. For too many newspapers help can’t come soon enough. Economic challenges have resulted in…
Does the future of finance belong to blockchain or AI?
The finance industry has changed rapidly in recent years with the rise of fintech, around-the-clock banking, and contactless payments. But in the coming five years it is poised to change even faster with the rise of two powerful technologies, blockchain and artificial intelligence, which are already upending the sector. Right now, AI is gaining the…