small businesses

  • Opinión: Prohibición de podadoras de césped a gasolina en California, golpea a micro empresas de jardinería

    Firma del gobernador Gavin Newsom en Assembly Bill 1346 hace que uno se pregunte si los políticos de California alguna vez comprenden completamente, o incluso quieren comprender, las ramificaciones de sus decisiones. La medida tiene como objetivo eliminar las ventas de equipos de césped que funcionan con gasolina, como podadoras, cortadoras...
  • California’s gas lawn equipment ban hits the little guys

    Dan Walters CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 1346 makes one wonder whether California politicians ever fully understand — or even want to understand — the ramifications of their decisions. The measure aims to eliminate the sales of gasoline-powered lawn equipment, such as mowers, string trimmers, leaf blowers and...
  • A medida que reabre California, 6 cosas que necesita saber sobre COVID-19

    Quince meses después de que los californianos enfrentaran su primera orden de quedarse en casa por COVID-19, la mayoría de los mandatos se levantarán el martes. Y qué viaje ha sido: hace apenas unos meses, los hospitales estaban abrumados por personas gravemente enfermas que buscaban camas escasas. Pero aunque la perspectiva...
  • As California reopens, 6 things you need to know about COVID-19

    Fifteen months after Californians faced their first COVID-19 stay-at-home order, most mandates will be lifted on Tuesday. And what a journey it’s been — just months ago, hospitals were overwhelmed with severely sick people seeking scarce beds. But while California’s outlook is brighter, COVID-19 remains a very real threat. Even though...
  • Ignored no more

    At this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is putting the public health system and the United States economy in check, no one doubts the significant contributions that the community of essential Latino workers has made throughout this tragic year. In hospitals, farm fields, meatpacking companies, the hospitality industry,...
  • Ignorados no más

    A estas alturas de la pandemia del COVID-19, que está poniendo en jaque al sistema de salud pública y a la economía de los Estados Unidos, nadie pone en duda las contribuciones significativas que la comunidad de trabajadores esenciales de origen latino ha hecho a lo largo de este...
  • Small Businesses Remain Resilient Amid Pandemic

    Amid the historic coronavirus pandemic, businesses are adapting by making major changes to their operations, including increased use of technology, according to the latest PNC semi-annual survey of small and mid-size business owners and executives, which concluded Sept. 8. Eight in 10 business owners reported that they have made...
  • Micro-enterprises affected by COVID-19 battle to have access to the second round of federal government loans

    Jenny Manrique Special to El Observador In just five days, Sumita Batra, CEO of Ziba Beauty, went from planning the opening of her 14th beauty salon in Southern California to laying off her whole team of more than 100 employees so they could apply for unemployment benefits. “For me...
  • Microempresas afectadas por COVID-19 batallan por acceder a segunda ronda de préstamos del gobierno federal

    Jenny Manrique Especial para El Observador En solo cinco días, Sumita Batra, directora ejecutiva de Ziba Beauty, pasó de planear la apertura de su salón de belleza número 14 en el sur de California, a despedir a todo su equipo de más de 100 empleados para que pudieran aplicar...
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