Tools & AI Global Jul 30, 2026 Google's July 30, 2026 Workspace feature drop lets Gemini generate a complete slide presentation that matches your existing brand formatting by describing it and referencing prior…
CBRE reports the US industrial and logistics vacancy rate fell 20 basis points quarter-over-quarter to 6.5% in Q2 2026, its first decline since Q2 2022. Net absorption of 85.1 mill…
On July 23, 2026 the SBA launched the Supply Chain Acceleration and Logistics Enablement (SCALE) program, awarding 20 grants of up to $500,000 each ($9M total) over a two-year peri…
CBRE's Q2 2026 U.S. Retail report shows average asking rent rose 2.4% year-over-year to $24.79 per sq. ft., with the availability rate unchanged at a tight 4.9% after four straight…
CBRE's Q2 2026 U.S. Office report shows the overall office vacancy rate fell 30 basis points to 18.3%, the largest quarterly decline since 2015, while prime vacancy dropped to 12.3…
The IRS underpayment and overpayment interest rate rose to 7% for the quarter beginning July 1, 2026, up from 6% in Q2 2026, and applies to both individuals and corporations. The r…
The SBA has introduced a 90% Made in America loan guarantee for small manufacturers and waived loan fees for manufacturing NAICS codes in FY2026, alongside a free 'Make Onshoring G…
President Trump signed S.3971, the Small Business Innovation and Economic Security Act (Public Law 119-83), into law on April 13, 2026, reauthorizing the SBIR and STTR programs thr…
Every Delaware corporation must file its annual report and pay franchise tax by March 1 each year (March 1, 2026 for the 2025 report), whether or not it did business or earned inco…
The SBA's 7(a) Working Capital Pilot (WCP) provides government-backed monitored lines of credit up to $5,000,000, with interest charged only when the line is drawn. As of February…
For 2026, the Section 179 expensing limit is $2,560,000, with the phase-out beginning at $4,090,000 of qualifying property placed in service. Separately, the One Big Beautiful Bill…
Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, beginning with tax year 2026 employers must separately report qualified tips and qualified overtime on Form W-2 so employees can claim the new…
California's statewide minimum wage increased from $16.50 to $16.90 per hour effective January 1, 2026, applying to employers of all sizes. The white-collar exempt-employee salary…
The US now has roughly 8,420 coworking locations (up from about 7,041 in mid-2024) totaling around 152 million sq ft, still only about 2% of national office inventory. Median membe…
Under OBBBA the Form 1099-K reporting threshold for third-party payment platforms (Stripe, PayPal, Square, marketplaces) reverts to more than $20,000 in gross payments AND more tha…
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (signed July 4, 2025) added IRC Section 174A, permanently restoring immediate expensing of domestic research and experimental costs for tax years beg…