SBA Announces Boots to Business Instructors of the Year Recognizing Top Performers Across the Agency’s Flagship Program Supporting Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

U.S. Small Business Administration Announces Boots to Business Instructors of the Year Recognizing Top Performers Across the Agency’s Flagship Program Supporting Veteran-Owned Small Businesses | site |



Virtual Ceremony Honoring Recipients Will Take Place Today


Information contained in U.S. Small Business Administration press release dated: May 9, 2022 Washington - - Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced six recipients of the “Boots to Business (B2B) Instructor of the Year” award. Each year, representatives from the SBA and its partner network are honored for their excellence in teaching Boots to Business, the entrepreneurial track of the Department of Defense’s Transition Assistance Program. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, helping small businesses, often from underserved communities such as veteran-owned small businesses, has been a key priority. In addition to the Boots t...

U.S. Small Business Administrator Guzman Announces 2022 National Small Business Week Small Business Person of the Year | site |



West Virginia Small Business Owner Takes Top Honor, Massachusetts Restaurateur Named Runner-up


Information contained in U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) press release dated: May 5, 2022

Washington - - Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced this Year’s Small Business Person of the Year, Jill Rae Scarbro of Bright Futures Learning Services in West Virginia, during the 2022 National Small Business Week virtual summit. This year’s National Small Business Week (NSBW), themed “Building a Better America Through Entrepreneurship,” acknowledged small businesses from across the country for their resilience, ingenuity, and creativity. It also recognized SBA partners for their involvement in entrepreneurial development, disaster recovery, government contracting, financial development,...

FedEx Logistics Opens Global Headquarters in Downtown Memphis | site |


Information contained in FedEx press release dated: April 5, 2022

Memphis, Tenn. Tuesday, April 5, 2022 – FedEx Logistics, Inc., a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), today held an opening event at its new Global Headquarters in Downtown Memphis — a new focal point for the company’s global operations in 34 countries and territories.

“Great cities have great buildings. From this magnificent facility, our employees will collaborate, innovate, and serve our global customers,” said Udo Lange, president & CEO, FedEx Logistics. “The FedEx Logistics

Global Headquarters is a vision for the future of global commerce, or as we like to say at FedEx: it’s where now meets next.” FedEx Logistics — which invested more than $50 million to sustainably renovate the buildin...

Boeing Celebrates 1 Million DreamLearners Participants | site |



Information contained in The Boeing Company press release dated: April 6, 2022

North Charleston, April 6, 2022 - - The Boeing Company is excited to announce that the company’s DreamLearners program has reached more than 1 million participants since the program began in 2012. Elected officials, representatives from Boeing and the Charleston County School District (CCSD) celebrated

the milestone at North Charleston Elementary School Wednesday, where they were joined by dozens of students who participated in a DreamLearners session. As part of the program, those in attendance also had the opportunity to participate in the program’s popular paper airplane activity. DreamLearners, which began ten years ago at Boeing South Carolina, is an instructional program based on elements...

Federal Trade Commission Enforces New Made in USA Rule against Lithionics and Owner Steven Tartaglia for Falsely Labeling Foreign-Made Batteries as American | site |


Order Requires Lithionics Battery LLC And Tartaglia To Pay Civil Penalty, Notify Consumers, and Stop Making Bogus Made in USA Claims


Information contained in Federal Trade Commission press release dated: April 13, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today used its authority under the Made in USA Labeling Rule, which took effect on Aug. 13, 2021, to bring a complaint against Lithionics Battery LLC and its owner, Steven Tartaglia for illegally misrepresenting that its lithium ion cells are made in the United States. The FTC’s complaint alleges that, since at least 2018, Lithionics has falsely labeled its battery products with an American flag image surrounded by the words “Made in U.S.A.,” often accompanied by the statement “Proudly Designed and Built in USA,”...

FedEx Plans to Test Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery with Elroy Air | site |


FedEx and Elroy Air work to launch test flights aimed at middle-mile delivery in 2023


Information contained in FedEx press release dated: March 30, 2022 Memphis, TN., March 30, 2022 - - FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. As a first of its kind agreement in the U.S., FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations. This is the latest initiative from FedEx in its effort to explore and adopt emerging technologies across its networks. The exponential growth of e-commerce ha...

Raj Subramaniam to become President and CEO of FedEx Corporation; Frederick W. Smith to serve as Executive Chairman
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Information contained in FedEx press release dated: March 28, 2022

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March 28, 2022) – FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) announced today that, effective June 1, 2022, Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will become Executive Chairman, and Raj Subramaniam, President and Chief Operating Officer, will be promoted to President and CEO.

In addition, R. Brad Martin, Chair of the Board’s Audit Committee, is now non-executive Vice Chairman of the Board. As Vice Chairman of the Board, Martin is the Board’s designated successor to serve as Chairman of the Board. David P. Steiner, Chair of the Board’s Governance, Safety, and Public Policy Committee, will

Frederick W. Smith

continue to serve as Lead Independent...

Boeing Successfully Demonstrates Ground-Based Anti-Jam SATCOM Capability | site |



- Demo showcased successful integration of Boeing Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) software elements with an industry partner’s user terminal

- U.S. Space Force is employing agile development and rapid prototyping on this pathfinder program to accelerate delivery to the warfighter


Information contained in The Boeing Company press release dated: April 4, 2022 Colorado Springs, Colo., April 4, 2022— Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently demonstrated successful integration of its Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) software elements with an industry partner’s user terminal, proving technical maturity on the U.S. Space Force’s pathfinder program. “The Space Force and our industry partners are employing continuous integration, rapid prototyping and agile development across the PTES program to ensure successful de...

Federal Trade Commission Takes Action Against Multistate Auto Dealer Napleton for Sneaking Illegal Junk Fees onto Bills and Discriminating Against Black Consumers | site |


Napleton Auto will pay a record-setting $10 Million in case brought jointly with the State of Illinois


Information contained in Federal Trade Commission (FTC) press release dated: April 1, 2022

The Federal Trade Commission and the State of Illinois are taking action against Napleton, a large, multistate auto dealer group based in Illinois, for sneaking illegal junk fees for unwanted “add-ons” onto customers’ bills and for discriminating against Black consumers by charging them more for financing. Napleton will pay $10 million to settle the lawsuit brought by the FTC and the State of Illinois, a record-setting monetary judgment for an FTC auto lending case. “Working closely with the Illinois Attorney General, we are holding these dealerships accountable...

U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Announces New Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Milestone
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In Less Than Two Months, One Million Borrowers Apply for Direct Forgiveness through Agency’s PPP Portal 

Administrator Guzman highlights new Direct Forgiveness Portal and other innovations as critical to accelerating reviews and approvals


(Information contained in U.S. Small Business Administration press release dated: September 22, 2021)

Washington - - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) reached a major milestone today as its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Direct Borrower Forgiveness Portal recorded its one millionth PPP loan forgiveness application for borrowers seeking forgiveness for loans of $150,000 or less. “We are committed to delivering against the promise of forgiveness for our eligible PPP borrowers. Our innovative direct forgiveness portal is helping our PPP borrowe...