Business developments selected for their consequence to smaller companies: earnings that reveal demand, bankruptcies and consolidation, wage floors, tax adjustments and new compliance dates. Entries note effective dates and thresholds. Suited to owners, franchise operators and the accountants who must act on a deadline.
Business developments selected for their consequence to smaller companies: earnings that reveal demand, bankruptcies and consolidation, wage floors, tax adjustments and new compliance dates. Entries note effective dates and thresholds. Suited to owners, franchise operators and the accountants who must act on a deadline.
The federal floor has not moved since 2009, but state and local floors move every January — and where they conflict, the higher number wins, with no averaging.
Isabel Duarte · April 14, 2026
Assignment, change-of-control, and termination-for-convenience clauses decide whether your pricing and terms survive the deal — and they were all negotiated in advance, by you or not at all.
Isabel Duarte · March 22, 2026
Bankruptcy rewrites every invoice you're owed — the question is whether you're a critical vendor, holding a deposit, or standing in the general line.
Isabel Duarte · February 27, 2026
Your duty rate is decided by a ten-digit code assigned at the border — and getting that code right, before the shipment sails, is the whole game.
Isabel Duarte · February 4, 2026
Misclassification is not a paperwork technicality — it is back taxes, penalties, and benefits exposure, decided by an economic-realities test no job title survives.
Isabel Duarte · January 13, 2026