Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Contoh is a small, independent blog about things we find interesting: news, tech and AI, business, how-tos, wellness and opinion. (Contoh is Malay for “example.”)
Shoppers spent more than expected in September, but gas stations accounted for about 71% of the increase. Here is how to read the report, and why the NRF’s $1 trillion holiday forecast comes with a price-tag asterisk.
Americans plan to spend a record $13.5 billion on Halloween this year, according to the National Retail Federation. Here is where the money goes, who is shopping early and how families are stretching budgets.
Wood Mackenzie finds four-hour battery storage is cheaper than gas peaking plants in all 43 markets it compared. In the US, tariffs cloud solar costs while data centers strain gas supply.
In tests on 2,000 real transactions, the best general AI models categorized only about 80% correctly, no better than a human seeing the books for the first time. The study comes from a vendor with its own product to sell.
Nikkei Asia reports Apple trimmed October component orders for the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max by at least 15% after a $100 price hike tied to soaring memory costs.
The Social Security Administration will announce the 2027 cost-of-living adjustment on Oct. 14. Estimates point to 3.5% to 3.6%, the largest raise in three years.
Waymo has closed a $5 billion term loan led by PIMCO, Blackstone and Sixth Street, its first debt deal, to speed robotaxi expansion in the U.S. and abroad.
The University of Michigan’s sentiment index fell to 46.3 in early October as views of current conditions hit an all-time low. Here’s what’s behind the gloom and whether it will dent spending.
A new SBE Council survey finds 81% of small business owners are meeting their 2026 goals, but worries about inflation, energy costs and recession have climbed since February.
U.S. online sales hit $9.86 billion during Amazon’s Oct. 6–7 sale, up 8.5%, but the average order was under $50 and fewer shoppers bought holiday gifts.
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. These basics from the FTC and CISA — updates, backups, MFA, strong passwords and a response plan — are a solid starting point for any small business.
The average 30-year mortgage rate rose for a seventh straight week to 7.40%, its highest since November 2023. Here’s why, what it costs, and what buyers can do.
AI data centers are swallowing the world’s memory chips, pushing up prices for phones, laptops and tablets. Here’s what’s going on and what it means for shoppers.
Fewer small business owners tried to hire in September, and the smallest firms shed a few thousand jobs, even as their sales rose, new NFIB and QuickBooks data show.
Small business sales rose 2.2% from a year earlier in September, according to the Fiserv Small Business Index, but transactions fell 2% as shoppers paid more per purchase.
