
Small business profits sink as gasoline prices soar
Small business profits are sinking as owners get squeezed by rising labor costs and energy prices spiking from the Iran war. Why it matters: Businesses with fewer than 250 workers created half of all new jobs over the last half-decade. The big picture: Entrepreneurs are dealing w
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All today →World Bee Day
UN-designated on the birthday of Anton Janša, a Slovenian beekeeper. Pollinators are responsible for a third of global food production — bees punch well above their weight.
National Strawberry Day
The garden strawberry is a hybrid first bred in Brittany, France in the 1750s by crossing a Chilean variety with a North American one. The resulting fruit spread across Europe and eventually produced the modern commercial strawberry. The US now grows 1.4 billion pounds per year, 90% of it in California.