ABE NEWS | August 29, 2026 For many small businesses, growth begins with a frustrating contradiction. The customers are there. The product is selling. The entrepreneur knows that buying more inventory, adding equipment or expanding production could generate more revenue. But the money needed to make that next move isn’t there. For thousands of small…
ABE NEWS | September 2, 2026 Taiwanese technology companies are preparing another $20 billion wave of investment into the United States, as exploding demand for artificial intelligence pushes one of the world’s most important technology supply chains deeper into American territory. Taiwan Economy Minister Kung Ming-hsin announced the new investment estimate Wednesday at the SEMICON…
SATURDAY ABE ORIGINALS | September 5, 2026 Somewhere in Africa today, a business owner is waiting for electricity. A farmer is trying to get produce to a city before it spoils. A shopkeeper cannot reliably restock inventory. A truck is travelling hundreds of kilometres with empty space. A family is trying to find an…
From sneakers to luxury clothing, the relationship between fashion and hip-hop has become big business. Artists are no longer simply appearing in advertisements. Some musicians work with brands on products, campaigns and limited-edition collections. But why are fashion companies so interested in musicians? The answer is bigger than music. It is about attention, culture and…
Oil Is Rising Again — Here’s Why Businesses Everywhere Are Paying Attention For months, businesses had hoped oil prices were beginning to stabilize. But this week, that optimism has faded. Oil prices climbed again after renewed uncertainty surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes. Iran said the waterway…
Wall Street has spent much of 2026 worrying about three things: inflation. interest rates. and whether the AI boom has gone too far. On Thursday, investors got reasons to worry a little less. The S&P 500 climbed to a new intraday record, technology stocks moved higher, oil prices fell and fresh U.S. inflation data…
ABE NEWS | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2026 Dolly Parton, the country music superstar whose extraordinary journey took her from poverty in the mountains of Tennessee to global fame, Hollywood, business success and one of the world’s best-known children’s literacy programs, has died. She was 80 years old. Parton died Tuesday at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center…
ABE NEWS | September 4, 2026 The artificial-intelligence race has produced enormous chip orders, gigantic data centres and technology companies spending hundreds of billions of dollars on computing infrastructure. Now it is producing something else: enormous amounts of debt. ByteDance, the Chinese technology giant behind TikTok and Douyin, has secured a staggering $29.6 billion…
ABE NEWS | August 27, 2026 One of North America’s five Great Lakes has suddenly become the latest battleground in the deteriorating relationship between the United States and Canada. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the American federal government to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” turning what had been…
ABE NEWS ORIGINAL | SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 2026 The stock market is breaking records. Corporate profits are strong. Inflation is cooling. And economists can point to plenty of numbers suggesting the American economy is still standing. There is just one problem. A lot of ordinary people don’t feel it. Ask someone whether the S&P…
