LEISHA WILLIS As of this November, State Farm Insurance agent Leisha Willis will have been serving the Larchmont community for a decade.Located at 500 N. Larchmont Blvd., Willis’ business has grown a lot since she first opened her doors. Willis loves being on the Boulevard. “It feels like home,” she […]
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A Hong Kong insurance agent was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for the rape of a domestic helper after a jury rejected his claim that the woman had agreed to have sex with him for a price. Chow Ka-wai, 45, insisted at a High Court trial earlier this year […]
Mortgage rates haven’t been this high for over two decades, but it’s far worse to be a homebuyer now than then. Buyers are still sticker-shocked by the memory of historically low rates when they could afford so much more two years ago. Those still on the hunt in today’s market […]
The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it had raised its key interest rate by 0.25% to as much as 5.5%, the highest level in 22 years, as it continues to fight persistent inflation in the U.S. economy. Though consumer prices have declined for 12 straight months, in June, consumer prices increased […]
A 54-year-old woman has revealed she is making six figures for the first time in her life after launching a successful business at the age of 50. Former waitress Stacey Brass-Russell, from New York, has had her ups and downs in her career that has included being a restaurant server, […]
Company Logo Dublin, June 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The “Ecommerce in Sport – Thematic Intelligence” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. An analysis of the how the ecommerce industry intersects with sport, and its trajectory in the coming years The growth of the internet has, for obvious reasons, […]
CNN — Apple on Monday unveiled its most ambitious – and riskiest – new hardware product in years: a mixed reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro. Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook touted the Vision Pro, which combines virtual reality and augmented reality, as a “revolutionary product,” with the potential […]
And he’s already got interns (boss is in the center) Last week, Julian Lin ran a lemonade stand on the corner of 69th and Columbus Avenue. On Thursday, he had a shift at Épices Bakery folding boxes. For years, he worked at the fruit stand on West 68th Street giving […]
Bed Bath & Beyond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday, ending a tumultuous chapter for the struggling home goods retailer. The company had spent the past year announcing a series of job cuts and store closures as it looked for financing options to stay afloat. The company said in […]
A man has been sentenced to nearly three years’ imprisonment for selling fake business insurance, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced last week. On March 30, Samuel Trubnik Tessa was sentenced to two years and 10 months’ imprisonment with a non-parole period of one year and […]
CHILLICOTHE— At 25 years old some people are fresh out of college working a starter job while others are starting the create a life and family for themselves. At 25 years old Levi Garrett is busy as an entrepreneur helping run two local businesses. Garrett started his career at the […]
This post has been updated. The end of an era is approaching for Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), once one of the U.S.’s most beloved home furnishing retailers. Bed Bath & Beyond revealed in its latest regulatory filing that it’s defaulted on its loans and lacks the financial means to […]
A while back I stumbled upon a Twitter post with a list of harsh writing advice. I can’t recall what the advice was, but I thought to myself, “I could do one of those on entrepreneurship.” Building a business is hard work. Data from Fundera says that 70% of small […]
This post was originally published on TKer.co Stocks tumbled last week, with the S&P 500 falling 2.1%. The index is now up 7.7% from its October 12 closing low of 3,577.03 and down 19.7% from its January 3 closing high of 4,796.56. Last week’s sell-off came as the Federal Reserve […]
When the first Independent Insurance Agent Survey arrived in 2017, it highlighted producers’ greatest fears and challenges. This year’s installment looks to uncover the keys to success for agents in 2023. (Diki/Adobe Stock) We talk a lot at PropertyCasualty360.com about how the P&C insurance sector mirrors what’s happening in society […]
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. You’re reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. This article was co-written with Zainab Imichi Alhassan Alli, co-founder, POP Communications. POP CommunicationsPOP Communications co-founders Sarah Curtis and Zainab Imichi 2022 marks five years since we launched Dubai-based social media, […]
ST. LOUIS — A former St. Louis insurance agent was sentenced Monday for applying for fraudulent policies on the life of a St. Louis reality TV star shortly before his murder. U.S. District Judge John Ross sentenced Waiel Rebhi Yaghnam on Monday to three years in prison on one count of […]
Neil Hershman worked as a Wall Street analyst in his early 20s. The entrepreneur left his job to pursue owning a 16 Handles shop. He bought the froyo chain in August. He explains how he built a dessert empire in three years. Editor’s note: This as-told-to essay is based on […]
by John M. Feierabend, Ph.D. The Hartt School University of Hartford From Early Childhood Connections, Spring 1995 What a child has heard in his first six years of life cannot be eradicated later. Thus it is too late to begin teaching at school, because a child stores a mass of […]
Are you ready to grab a handful of inspiration?! All successful entrepreneurs appear to have similar strengths when market needs arise. Young successful entrepreneurs never assume they should wait a few years to get started. This list of creative entrepreneurs includes some of the best and brightest who decided to […]