![CoinGeek Live 2020: US Rep. Darren Soto talks balancing innovation and regulation for blockchain growth [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_323288_0_DarrenSottojpg.jpg)
In his keynote at CoinGeek Live, Congressman Darren Soto provided a better understanding of the balance lawmakers are trying to hit when it comes to optimizing innovation around blockchain and digital currency.
Small Business Growth
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Proactives Tylah Tully provides a market wrap for October 16. The ASX closed 0.41% lower today at 8,284.7 points. Despite the decline, the index has gained…
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Companies and business groups said any such rise would come back to bite working people. Such a raid is likely be passed on to employees in the form of smaller pay increases
![Mexico touts foreign investments as IMF warns about reforms [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_323209_0_9a9777ca10c8432ejpeg.jpg)
Seeking to calm investor jitters over controversial judicial reforms, Mexico’s new president said Tuesday that four foreign companies would invest around $20 billion in the Latin American nation next year. While the confirmed total was more than $20 billion, actual investments could exceed $30 billion by 2025, he said.
![Hong Kong needs to diversify and build ‘growth engines’: Economist [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_323203_0_10804818517290448081729044805366883060811080pnbcnewsjpg.jpg)
Alicia Garcia-Herrero, Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis, talks about key challenges that Hong Kong faces, adding that the city’s economy needs to be diversified further to attract talent and drive future growth.
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According to BNY Wealth’s Alicia Levine, the economy is facing a no-landing scenario, as she believes third-quarter real GDP growth is looking close to 3%.
![United Airlines says its third-quarter profit dipped 15% but revenue trends are looking up Boston 25 News [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_323188_0_O72TBAMEZ7KB3KZVG5OWZJEY5Yjpg.jpg)
United Airlines says its third-quarter profit fell 15% from a year ago
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United Airlines says its third-quarter profit fell 15% from a year ago
![North Carolina Secretary of State WSOC TV [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_323179_0_stationfallbackpng.jpg)
General elections in North Carolina are set for Nov. 5, and many statewide offices have candidates in the running from the Democratic and Republican parties.
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A costed policy platform delivered by the B.C. Conservatives in the final days of the province’s election campaign includes promises to kick start the economy and balance the books with forecasts of economic growth of more than five per cent, but only after several years of multi-billion-dollar deficit budgets.
![Delawares first DG Market to open in Frederica [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_323014_0_Mediajpg.jpg)
One of the countys fastest growing retailers hopes to open a store in Frederica as its increasingly busy Delaware Route 1 corridor continues to grow.
![Retail Trade Group Expects To See Slower Holiday Sales In US [Video]](https://smallbizsage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mp_323002_0_retailMGNjpg.jpg)
NEW YORK (AP) The largest retail trade group in the United States says it expects consumers to spend more during the upcoming holiday season but the growth in sales to be slower than last year due to concerns over persistent inflation and prices.