Regional banking company First Commonwealth Financial (NYSE:FCF) reported Q1 CY2025 results , with sales up 1.2% year on year ...

“Although optimism recovered slightly in May, uncertainty is still high among small business owners,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “While the economy will continue to stumble along until ...

Nearly half of businesses expect the economy to improve in the next 12 months, including 60% of middle market companies and ...

Solano County’s economic outlook remains clouded by uncertainty, driven by volatile market forces and federal tariff policies, according to an annual economic report delivered to the Board of ...

Small businesses are an early indicator of labor-market health, and one economist sees worrying signs as hiring intentions ...

Improved prospects for sales was the biggest factor pushing up the NFIB’s Optimism Index beyond its 51-year average.

Some U.S. business owners say President Donald Trump's unpredictable trade policies are stifling the American ingenuity he ...

FIREFIGHTERS TO PUT THIS ONE OUT. OTHER NEWS NOW TARIFFS AND TRADE TALKS LEAD THE DISCUSSION AT THE CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S ANNUAL BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE. THERE WAS SOME URGENCY ...

High interest rates have led 49% of small businesses to halt expansions and 41% to restrict new business endeavors, the survey found. 4 President Trump has argued that tariffs are necessary to ...

U.S. small-business confidence improved in May, likely because of a de-escalation in trade tensions between Washington and ...