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Throughout the coronavirus crisis, NBC10 Boston has offered a weekly small business webinar series to answer questions from small business owners and employees affected by the pandemic. Now, as elementary schools, high schools and colleges across the region are preparing to reopen this fall, we’re pivoting our weekly webinar series toward education, hoping to answer some the questions that...

Facebook said Thursday it will start charging companies for some its WhatsApp Business chat services.

As office workers continue to stay home during the pandemic, cities that were in the middle of bustling downtown comebacks are feeling a lot of uncertainty

Eight hundred sixty-five thousand women left the workforce in September alone, four times more women than men, a large number of the women were minorities. What is going on, and what can be done? It’s the topic of this important episode of Mom2Mom.

Joanne Chang, owner of a popular local group of cafes called Flour Bakery + Cafe, told NBC10 Boston how her bakery’s mantra about passing the “mom test” applies to the coronavirus pandemic. And after opening a new location last week on Cambridge Street in the Charles River Plaza, Chang spoke about how she has been able to not only survive…

With coronavirus cases on the rise in Massachusetts, food manufacturers and distributors appear to have suffered a higher number of COVID-19 outbreaks in recent weeks than other types of businesses, according to state records obtained by the Business Journal through a public records request. For some of the largest COVID-19 workplace clusters, the outbreak does not seem to have been…

It has been in business for almost 100 years, but the owner of a Bronx sporting goods store said they are being kicked to the curb by a multi-billion dollar company at a time when he says he needs support from them the most

Boston-based Santander Bank recently laid off approximately 200 employees in its consumer and business banking division, according to the unit’s new leader, who is shaking up how the bank works with small businesses. The job cuts were split roughly evenly between consumer-banking and business-banking personnel, Pierre Habis, Santander’s head of consumer and business banking, said in an interview Tuesday....

Small businesses have struggled mightily during the pandemic. In the series “Rebound,” small business owners documented their struggles during the pandemic. Now, they have come together to discuss what they learned over the past six months.

At some point, the biggest American companies are going to tell their employees it’s time to leave home and return to work.

Despite the coronavirus crisis, new businesses are still opening. Owner Julio Guerrero was supposed to open Temple of Groom in Kenmore Square, his second shop, in April.

In sign of the toll the coronavirus pandemic has taken on the economy, dozens of storefronts remain empty on Boston’s iconic Newbury Street at what would be a busy time in the popular shopping district. There are more than 55 vacant storefronts and office properties on Newbury Street, according to the Boston Herald, from big chains to boutiques. Two months…

There are more than 50 vacant store fronts on Newbury St.

In the last month, Maine has issued 14 citations to businesses for not complying with guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, up from just two in previous months. The increased enforcement comes after a wedding ceremony and reception in the Millinocket area in early August that is linked to outbreaks in at least two other locations in Maine, with...

More than 55 vacant storefronts and office properties have closed on Newbury Street because of the pandemic, according to the Boston Herald.

The co-founder of 4ocean is trying to solve a global problem with his growing business: trash in the oceans. Co-founder Alex Schulze said the company is also offering stable ocean-cleaning jobs to local fishermen in countries like Indonesia, Haiti, Guatemala and here in the U.S.

Normally, fans would be cheering together at crowded bars as they watched the Boston Celtics win Game 7 and move on to the Eastern Conference Finals, but the pandemic has changed that.

Faneuil Hall – an area usually bustling with tourists and street performers – has become a near ghost town as businesses are hit hard by the pandemic. At least 20 tenants have closed for good or have not reopened since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Boston Globe, representing nearly one-fourth of the properties. The Cheers bar…

There are concerns about the future of Faneuil Hall as the coronavirus pandemic has impacted businesses.

Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents talks with Brian Shactman about the different options for opening, the process behind it all and the disparities between urban and more wealthy school districts.