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Episode 452: SPECIAL PRESENTATION: AN INCONVENIENT STUDY
Why Thanksgiving Is the One American Holiday the Left Can't Stand
Small Retailers Enter Holiday Season Optimistic
First totally synthetic human brain model has been realized
Mach-23 potato gun to shoot satellites into space
Blue Origin Will Increase New Glenn Thrust 15-25% and Make Rocket Bigger
Pennsylvania Bill – 'Jetsons Act' – Aims To Green-Light Flying Cars
New Gel Regrows Dental Enamel–Which Humans Cannot Do–and Could Revolutionize Tooth Care
Researchers want to drop lab grown brains into video games
Scientists achieve breakthrough in Quantum satellite uplink
Blue Origin New Glenn 2 Next Launch and How Many Launches in 2026 and 2027
China's thorium reactor aims to fuse power and parity
Ancient way to create penicillin, a medicine from ancient era

Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times,
With Amazon and Walmart gearing up for the coming holiday season, competing on delivery speed and massive deals, small store owners may be fighting an uphill battle. Yet many of them are confident this stretch could make—not break—them.
A Nov. 11 report from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) shows that its small business optimism index dipped to 98.2 in October, down by 0.6 points from September, while remaining above its long-term average. The organization's chief economist, Bill Dunkelberg, attributed the slight decline in optimism to lower sales, reduced profits, and ongoing labor shortages.
Although the index remains above its 52-year average of 98—which Holly Wade, NFIB's executive director of research, described in a podcast as "an OK space" for small businesses to be in—she said declining profits are a challenge worth watching.