Equipment Leasing Small Business News + More 7 Easy Steps for Launching a Venture that Will Fail + MORE 09/29/2016

Qualcomm is in talks to acquire NXP Semiconductors, a deal that would likely be valued at over $30 billion and represent the latest merger in a rapidly consolidating semiconductor industry.

Let being small be your thing. Specialize in doing a few things extremely well, and forget the rest.

Salesforce.com said it would press regulators in the U.S. and Europe to block Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, citing antitrust issues.

Time is money, and both are especially critical for startups. Practice these skills until they’re second nature so your launch doesn’t crash and burn instead.

Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. said it would launch bottled Dunkin’ Donuts coffee in U.S. stores early next year. The ready-to-drink coffee will be produced and distributed by Coca-Cola Co.

The U.S. economy appears to be growing at its fastest pace in two years, buoyed by firm consumer spending, stronger exports and positive—though still modest—business investment.

The relationship between CBS chief Leslie Moonves and Shari Redstone holds the key to whether she can pull off what would be a dramatic finale to a year of corporate drama, by reuniting the two companies her father split apart a decade ago.

For our series ’20 Questions’ Ryan Holmes, CEO and co-founder of Hootsuite, talks about his method for cutting jargon out of emails, how exercise helps him focus and more.

United’s new data visualization project has helped it cut injuries among its 85,000 employees by almost a quarter and damage to its aircraft on the ground by nearly a third since 2014.

The Obama administration on Thursday completed new requirements on business to provide employee pay data by gender and race and for federal contractors to offer paid sick days.

If you do these things your business will not succeed

The billionaire entrepreneur talked with Arianna Huffington about politics, business and success at New York Advertising Week.

Instead, you should be out building strategic relationships. They’re everything to your bottom line.

Before you start your medical claims billing service, it’s important to figure out how you’ll be charging clients.

In a speech to hundreds of employees, AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson talked about how racial tensions are ripping apart communities and urged employees to begin a conversation to find common ground.