With the market's only free loyalty program, LoyalBlocks, has announced that over 40,000 new small and mid-sized local businesses have signed up to use its service, including businesses across different verticals such as retail, food & drink, health and beauty, and others. Read more...

Newtek Business Services, Inc. announced today the findings of its SB Authority Market Sentiment Survey, a monthly window into the concerns of independent business owners. Based on a poll of over 1,500 respondents, the key finding from the May survey is that only 30% of business owners plan on hiring in the next 3 to 6 months. Additionally, 51% of business owners say their company hires employees who have just graduated from college. Read more...

At the IBM Edge2014 conference, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today released preliminary study findings of 750 global organizations revealing less than 10 percent are fully prepared to address the proliferation of cloud computing, analytics, mobile devices and social media. Read more...