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Anthropic Expands Claude Code Access for AI-Powered Coding Innovation
In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence, Anthropic’s latest move has sent ripples through the tech sector. The company has democratized access to Claude Code, its advanced AI-powered coding assistant, making it available beyond...

Supporting small business is core mission at Greater Pensacola Chamber
As I begin my term as chair of the Greater Pensacola Chamber Board of Directors, I am excited to share my vision for the chamber and our business community in the next two years. Your chamber works daily to help strengthen the local economy...

Iowa Republicans chose Government shutdown over protecting affordable healthcare for millions
In 2021, I opened an independent bookstore in downtown Des Moines. My husband, also a small business owner, and I have had two children since moving back to Iowa in 2020 and we work full time running our businesses. Like many other small business...

Innovations speed modern industrial journey
LI MIN/CHINA DAILY China intensified efforts to bolster the integration of sci-tech innovation and industrial innovation, with notable strides made in key and core technologies, as part of its broader push to drive the development of new quality...

Alford, Scholten Introduce Bipartisan AI for Main Street Act
Reps. Mark Alford, R-Mo., and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich., have introduced the AI for Main Street Act, a bipartisan bill that mandates the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Development Centers, or SBDCs, to guide small enterprises...

Minister Michel highlights investments to help Black entrepreneurs start up, scale up, and build Canada’s economy
October 20, 2025 | Montreal, Quebec | Health Canada Growing an inclusive economy is essential to building Canada strong. When Black entrepreneurs have the tools to start and grow companies, they create jobs, drive innovation, and strengthen local...

Small Teams, Big Wins: How SMEs Use Online Games to Build Connection and Creativity
As hybrid work reshapes team dynamics, SMEs are turning to online gaming to boost creativity, morale and collaboration. From digital trivia nights to gamified training, play is becoming a powerful tool for connection and innovation in small...

Govt to Launch AI-Based Platform to Boost Women Entrepreneurs
The government will soon launch a new AI-powered “Womenpreneurship Platform” to help women entrepreneurs register their businesses, manage tax matters, and access training and market information. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was briefed on the...

NASA awards Solstar Space an SBIR contract to develop lunar Wi-Fi system
Solstar Space (Solstar) has been awarded a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $150,000 to develop a next-generation Lunar Wi-Fi Access Point (LWIFI-AP) to support the agency’s Artemis program and Commercial...

Deadline rapidly approaches for flood victims looking for disaster relief loans in Washington County
GERMANTOWN, Wis. — Despite the government shutdown, federal employees dealing with disaster relief are still processing loans for Washington County flood victims. The U.S. Small Business Association is working out of Germantown and West Bend to...

Cathedral City food truck proposal raises concern among vendors
CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) - A proposed amendment to Cathedral City’s food truck pilot program is drawing criticism from local food vendors and small business advocates, who argue the new restrictions could stifle entrepreneurship and limit...

Energy centre expansion delivers innovative heating to False Creek, Mount Pleasant
VANCOUVER — The City of Vancouver is reporting the False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) has completed a major expansion of its sewage heat recovery system. This expansion supports the growing NEU network which supplies low carbon heating...

Orange Line Expands Client Portfolio With Udacity, Dreambaby & TVSN
Independent digital marketing agency, Orange Line has expanded its client portfolio, securing new business contracts with several US and Australian brands. Leading the expansion, is the agency’s work for Udacity, an online provider of professional...

PM Shehbaz Sharif reviews SME development, announces Womenpreneurship Platform for women in business
ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was briefed on Monday about the establishment of the Womenpreneurship Platform, an initiative aimed at empowering women in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) sector. The platform, set to be...

Pegatron 5G Accelerates Make in India with Innovative 5G Small Cell and Smart Manufacturing at IMC 2025
New Delhi (ANTARA/PRNewswire)- Pegatron 5G, a new business unit of Pegatron, a globally leading manufacturing company announces its participation at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025, the nation's largest digital technology event with the theme...

Built for the Future: Ford’s Road to Sustainable Innovation
When Bob Holycross talks about sustainability at Ford, it’s clear he’s not describing a trend—he’s describing a legacy. In a conversation at Techonomy Impact, the company’s Chief Sustainability Officer reflected on how a 120-year-old automaker is...

Georgia college students tackle World Cup technology in Atlanta Tech Week’s Innovation Cup
Support local news in ATL Left to right: Fonz Morris, Donnie Beamer, Jennifer Whitlow, team Impact Collective (Matt Mocklin, Aimee Zheng, Arun Sakthi, and Hadiza Sarr), Sanjay Patel, Abe Geiger, and M. Cole Jones. (Courtesy of Edward Zimmerman)...

Exceptional entrepreneurship lands Nick and Ann King, David Garner, MC’s Order of the Golden Arrow
Nick ‘05 and Ann King ’05 were about to board a plane headed to Zimbabwe, Africa, for a month-long family ministry trip when they spotted a group of friends coming up an airport elevator and holding a sign that said “Congratulations.” That’s how...

Only 2.8% of informal business owners in Nigeria are motivated by passion- Report
An analysis by Moniepoint’s Informal Economy report 2024, reveals that only 2.8 percent of founders in informal businesses were motivated by passion. The overwhelming majority, accounting for nearly 9 out of every 10 informal businesses, are...

Spotlight On: Elsa Coleston and Tom Koenig
By Gary Lee Stuber Clay County has a relatively new business in town: Clay Tropix Tanning Salon & Massage Therapy. Owners Elsa Coleston and Tom Koenig are also relatively new Clay Countians. They moved into the county during the Covid pandemic in...