The application process for Walmart’s seventh annual Open Call is open and the company invites entrepreneurs dreaming of landing their U.S.-manufactured products on Walmart shelves to apply for the opportunity to meet with Walmart buyers on October 1, 2020, via virtual pitch meetings.  The deadline to apply to participate in this year’s Open Call for […]

WASHINGTON–The Internal Revenue Service reminds businesses required to file reports of large cash transactions that e-filing is a fast, easy and secure option for filing their reports.  Now, businesses can batch file their reports, which is especially helpful to those required to file many forms.  Although businesses have the option of filing Form 8300, Report […]

San Jose, CA–(PRNewswire)–PayPal Holdings, Incorporated today announced a $530 million commitment to support Black and minority-owned businesses and communities in the U.S., especially those hardest hit by the pandemic, to help address economic inequality. As part of its investment, the company is bolstering its internal programs to further increase diversity, equity, and inclusion within the […]

SAN DIEGO–Supervisor Nathan Fletcher and the San Diego and Imperial Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network, with funding by the US Small Business Administration (SBA) and the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (Go-Biz), have partnered to prepare small business owners to navigate required for reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic. The SBDC and […]

SAN DIEGO–County health officials will be presenting to the Board of Supervisors Tuesday the region’s plan that would allow it to accelerate the reopening of the local economy. Health officials will tell the Board they are confident the region meets new state criteria that would allow it to move further into Stage 2 of the […]

CALIFORNIA–The Specialty Advertising Association of California (SAAC) has postponed SAAC Expo scheduled on August 6 and 7 in Anaheim, CA.  The SAAC EXPO, the west coast’s largest regional trade show, is now tentatively scheduled for August 5 and 6, 2021. After weeks of monitoring the situation and careful consideration, the SAAC Board made the difficult […]

SAN DIEGO–Sycuan Casino Resort has created and implemented an extensive and aggressive health and sanitation program to safeguard guests, team members and the surrounding community. The new program outlines several new initiatives throughout the property to ensure a safe and healthy environment upon reopening. “Our new health and sanitation program is extremely important to Sycuan, […]

WASHINGTON–Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced the allocation of $300 million in economic relief to U.S. fishermen and seafood industries impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds were allocated as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), signed into law on March 27 by President Trump. Commercial fishing, charter/for-hire businesses, […]