Jan 11, 2021 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, In The News
On Sunday, December 27, President Trump signed into law a nearly 6,000-page end-of-year legislative package that included 12 FY 2021 spending bills totaling $1.4 trillion, a $908 billion COVID-19 relief package, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), and an...
Sep 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA
Publix Super Markets expects to complete the rollout of contactless payment to all of its more than 1,200 stores in the Southeast. Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix said yesterday the deployment provides an extra safety measure for customers and store associates amid the...
Aug 30, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA
Tyson Foods is launching weekly on-site coronavirus testing for employees at all 140 of its U.S. production facilities, making it one of the first major American employers to commit to such regular and expansive testing of its workforce. The food conglomerate behind...
Aug 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Businesses, In The News
Symptomatic employees in Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois will be tested at area healthcare facilities in order to get results within 24 hours. Ford announced on May 16 that it had signed contracts with health systems in four metro areas with major company...
Jun 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Presentation
Family Enterprise USA’s 2020 survey sheds light on factors that family business owners see as obstacles to growth. Legislators must know what is important to family business owners — what helps or hurts them when it comes to operating their businesses and creating...
May 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News, Taxes
What to Expect in Next Economic Recovery Package House Democrats’ Opening Bid—The HEROES Act Only four days after its May 12 introduction, the House narrowly approved the HEROES Act (H.R.6800), 208-199. The legislation contains Democratic policy priorities, including...
Apr 25, 2020 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
Even though family businesses are often viewed as not the most agile, when a crisis of this magnitude hits, they are able to quickly bring to bear skills developed over generations to ensure resilience, capitalizing on the trust patiently accumulated with various...
Apr 22, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
The U.S. Senate gave its approval yesterday to a $500 billion interim coronavirus relief measure providing additional funding for small businesses, hospitals and health providers, and other national COVID-19 priorities (discussed further below). But the biggest news...
Apr 21, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
The U.S. Congress is expected this week to reach agreement on and pass a bill to add hundreds of billions of dollars in fresh funding to the CARES Act’s small business lending account, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which ran out of money last week. The...
Jul 3, 2019 | Estate Taxes
While I can’t say I’m pleased with what we learned, I am encouraged that there is a roadmap forward. Capitalism isn’t dead, but it is certainly damaged thanks to decades of political attack and corporate abuse. But there’s hope: The word “capitalism” has fallen out...