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Higher costs had the biggest impact on Asian businesses in 2023, according to a survey by UOB. More than 4,000 businesses in Southeast Asia and Greater China were surveyed in China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. Of those polled, 32% said they were impacted by high inflation and 32% faced increased operating costs, while 24% said rising labor costs hurt their business.
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1 year ago Read more at NBC Boston

Security footage from a west Wichita business shows thieves throwing a rock through its glass front door. In a matter of seconds, the men left with some keys in a lockbox. The owner said the men tried to use keys to get into some cars on the lot but weren’t able to get away with anything. They showed up again on Monday night with the keys and managed to drive off with one vehicle.
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1 year ago Read more at KWCH

38% of healthcare provider SMBs identify a real-time payment rail as their most used payment. This is more than twice the share that said credit cards or checks were their top method. These are just some of the findings detailed in “Small Business Real-Time Payments Barometer: Healthcare Edition”.
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1 year ago Read more at PYMNTS.com

River Ridge Hardware and Peters hardware stores are owned through Myers' holding company Summer Walker LLC. Myers owns River Ridge, at 2803 W. Garland, and another longstanding neighborhood hardware store, Peters Hardware, at 12118 E. Sprague. In the next three to five years, Myers will spend more time promoting the custom frame shop business.
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1 year ago Read more at Spokane Journal of Business

Self-driving taxis won't be a significant business for at least five years, Xpeng Vice Chairman and Co-President Brian Gu said. That prediction comes as Elon Musk has promoted his vision of Tesla as a company that is developing artificial intelligence software for the commercialization of a robotaxi network.
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1 year ago Read more at CNBC

Marlboro County deputies made arrest following reports of suspect with a gun inside a business in Wallace. Investigators later confirmed the suspect arrested at the residence was the same individual believed to be involved in the business incident.
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1 year ago Read more at wpde.com

Xpeng, a China-based electric car startup that is also selling in Europe, has made driver-assist software one of its selling points. Chinese tech companies such as Baidu and Pony.ai have received permission from local authorities in parts of China to charge fares for fully driverless taxis.
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1 year ago Read more at NBC Southern California

Andrea Palm-Porter, executive director of Roaring Fork Leadership, presents to an Aspen Chamber Resort Association business forum, Wednesday, April 24. ACRA leaders hosted the forum to discuss the importance of civic engagement from a business perspective to foster successful businesses in the community whose goals are being supported by their elected officials. Palm-porter pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic as an example of businesses engaging with elected leaders to convey legislative needs.
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1 year ago Read more at The Aspen Times

H.B. Neild Construction is hosting the public at 8595 Industrial Parkway in Beaumont and celebrating industrial plumbing and industrial HVACR services. In conjunction with the Open House, the Port Arthur Chamber and Beaumont Chamber are each co-hosting a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m. today (April 25) at the new facility. A member of the fifth generation — Taylor Neild Jr. — joined the operation this year as a laborer.
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1 year ago Read more at The Port Arthur News

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll delve into the depths of elevating your business with AI video translation. Incorporating AI-powered video translation into your business strategy offers numerous advantages. The Role of Machine Learning in Video Translation AI video translators can accurately interpret and convert audiovisual content from one language to another.
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1 year ago Read more at CIO Look