Three former executives of Valley Bank, a defunct financial institution based in Moline, Illinois, and the President of Vital Financial Services (Vital Financial), a lending service provider, have pleaded guilty to scheming to defraud the Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection with its programs to guarantee loans made to small […]
Year: 2023
Kickstartsocial.co- A Digital Marketing Agency born out of Jessica Lynne White’s love for digital creation and art California, USA, Nov. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Jessica White has practiced medicine for 23 years in Los Angeles. However, when she gave birth to her son, Kalani, she realized that she had […]
Insider published an investigation detailing some Black employees’ concerns over pay disparity at Peloton. The report, published on Nov. 3, was based on interviews with four Black current and former Peloton employees speaking under the condition of anonymity, as well as Insider‘s access to inside communications (screenshots of Slack conversations, […]
Saul Hernandez, a BMO Bank branch manager, last week was visiting small-business clients in the E. Lake Street corridor hurt by the riots that followed the May 2020 police killing of George Floyd. At Plaza Mexico near Portland Avenue, Hernandez caught up with with his longtime customer Olivia Rodriguez, who […]
What could be more important than working to save the planet that sustains us? There are clearly strong movements in this direction: the Government made a commitment in 2019 to a net zero economy by 2050; consumers are increasingly voting on this imperative with their money; and, in response to […]
Walmart and Target put up strong third-quarter performances this week, beat Wall Street’s expectations and spoke of holiday shoppers already starting to splurge on gifts and gatherings this season. Yet the investor response was swift: A brutal sell-off. Target shares closed down about 5% Wednesday. Walmart closed down nearly 3% […]