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End to family drama: How India’s smaller family businesses are investing in succession planning & family constitutions
The Economic Times
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May 31, 2025
Venkateswaran Doraisamy did not want to join the family business. His dream in college was to start up and give wings to his entrepreneurial spirit. Fate had other plans. His father passed away, leaving him—the oldest son—to captain the family...
Funding shortage stalls expansion of SME common facility centres in Bangladesh
Apparel Resources
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May 31, 2025
Image Courtesy: https://www.tbsnews.net The initiative by Bangladesh’s SME Foundation to establish Common Facility Centres (CFCs) across small and medium enterprise (SME) clusters has hit a standstill, hampered by inadequate funding. These...
Beyond the Megacities, Uncovering Japan's Quieter Corners
Conde Nast Traveler
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May 31, 2025
At Satoyama Jujo—a modern ryokan housed in a lovingly refurbished 150-year-old farmhouse in Niigata—the first ritual is the bath. As I lower myself into the open-air onsen, bounded by whispering trees, the setting sun paints the mountains in amber...
India News | 5 Years of PM SVANidhi Scheme: 4.79 Lakh Street Vendors in Gujarat Become Self-reliant
Latestly
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May 31, 2025
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], May 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's PM SVANidhi Scheme has proven to be a boon for street vendors and small businesses across the country, improving their livelihoods and living standards, said a press...
Tariff flip-flops leave Georgia small businesses in economic uncertainty
WABE - Georgia
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May 30, 2025
Buck Paulk looks over pecans stored at his warehouse at Shiloh Pecan Farms in Ray City, Ga., Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Georgia small businesses continue to struggle with tariffs. A federal appeals court ruled Thursday to...
nicheBrains and INSEAD Announce Strategic Partnership to Democratize Global Business Learning for SME leaders & Independent Freelance Experts
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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May 31, 2025
VMPL Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 31: In a major move toward empowering India's growing expert SME economy, nicheBrains today announced a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with INSEAD, one of the world's most prestigious business...
Eye on Small Business: Root2Rise, Pleasantville and Larchmont
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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May 30, 2025
Jyoti and Raj Tewani, owners of Root2Rise in Pleasantville and Larchmont. Photographs courtesy Jyoti and Raj Tewani. Raj Tewani believes food is the most powerful tool we have to take care of our health. Along with his wife, Jyoti, the couple are...
THE WORK OF GRASSROOTS WOMEN IS SHAPING INDIA: ANNPURNA DEVI, ANNOUNCED WINNERS OF CII WOMAN EXEMPLAR AWARD 2025
face2news
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Face2News/New Delhi “These grassroots women have emerged out of small villages, overcome many challenges to emerge as champions of change and are shaping India” said Smt. Annpurna Devi, Minister of Women and Child Development, as she presented the...
Razorpay To Pay INR 1,245 Cr In Taxes For Domicile Shift To India
Inc42
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May 31, 2025
SUMMARY Razorpay is also targeting an initial public offering (IPO) in the next two years The fintech unicorn recently completed the reverse flip, merging its Delaware-registered parent entity with Indian subsidiary, Razorpay Software India Pvt...
Business News | NicheBrains and INSEAD Announce Strategic Partnership to Democratize Global Business Learning for SME Leaders & Independent Freelance Experts
Latestly
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May 31, 2025
VMPL Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 31: In a major move toward empowering India's growing expert SME economy, nicheBrains today announced a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with INSEAD, one of the world's most prestigious business...
A loophole lets retail investors bid for some small-business IPOs
Mint
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May 30, 2025
National Stock Exchange and BSE Ltd, in consultation with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), amended rules to raise the minimum bid for the IPOs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to more than ₹2 lakh for offers filed with the...
Sellers of dog leashes and mom gear hope court rulings lead to tariff relief
NPR
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May 30, 2025
A federal court blocked President Trump's sweeping tariffs on imports this week, but the administration has promised to appeal. The on-again-off-again import taxes have been a source of frustration for many businesses that don't know what their...
Business News | Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation & India SME Forum Launched the Transformative Uttar Pradesh Niryaat Vriddhi Abhiyaan on May 30, 2025
Latestly
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May 31, 2025
HT Syndication Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 31: The Uttar Pradesh Small Industries Corporation (UPSIC), in collaboration with the India SME Forum, proudly announces the launch of the Uttar Pradesh Niryaat Vriddhi Abhiyaan (UPNVA) under...
Back-and-forth court battle over Trump's tariffs leaves Denver small businesses in limbo
Denver 7 - Colorado
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May 30, 2025
DENVER — DENVER — The sigh of relief for small business owners was short-lived Thursday after an appeals court halted a federal court ruling just hours earlier that would have stopped President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs. The pause comes in...
‘It’s really hard’: Huntsville small business weighs in on tariff changes
WAAY31 - Alabama
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Local small business American Filament is navigating a challenging climate due to recent tariff rulings affecting their industry. Megan Brooks, president of American Filament, shared her concerns about the uncertainty these...
Georgia small businesses caught in tariff whiplash after court allows tariffs to remain in place
WALB - Georgia
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May 29, 2025
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) -A federal appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump’s tariffs can remain in place after blocking them just 24 hours earlier. Some Georgia businesses say the back-and-forth over tariffs is creating...
SME production boost effort through common facility centres stalled for lack of funds
The Business Standard
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May 31, 2025
An effort by the SME Foundation to establish common facility centres (CFCs) for small and medium enterprise (SME) entrepreneurs across Bangladesh, aimed at enhancing production and improving product quality through the use of modern technology and...
Exclusive — Manufacturer Who Won 2nd Tariff Case: Trump Should ‘Rally Around Small Businesses Like Ours’
Breitbart
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May 29, 2025
Rick Woldenberg, the CEO of Learning Resources Inc., which defeated President Donald Trump’s tariffs in a D.C. federal court Thursday, said that he hopes the case spurs the president to rally around small business. “We are gratified by today’s...
ASEAN-GCC-China: A Brave New World?
Borneo Post
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May 31, 2025
Malaysia could stand proud not merely for arranging such a smoothly run Summit, but also for the bridging of minds that have arguably emerged as key voices of the newly resurgent Global South. – Bernama photo Posterity, I dare say, will regard the...
Dimon warns of threat that is bigger than China
Daily Mail
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May 30, 2025
By NATASHA ANDERSON Published: 16:38 EDT, 30 May 2025 | Updated: 16:38 EDT, 30 May 2025 Advertisement JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has sounded the alarm about the 'enemy within' the US, which he warned is a bigger threat than China. Dimon claims...