Diego Marro
Small Business Correspondent
Diego Marro covers small business for Yield Update. He reports on lending, hiring and cash management at smaller companies, and on how interest rates and credit conditions affect their plans.
Stories
Cisco Reports Its Fastest Growth in Over 15 Years and Raises Its Outlook; Shares Fall 6.2 Percent
Revenue rose 24 percent to $18.5 billion, and Cisco now expects $9 billion of AI infrastructure revenue from hyperscalers this fiscal year. The stock fell on Friday anyway.
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How an IPO Price Range Becomes a First Trade
Anthropic's offering moves from a $70-to-$78 range to a single price and then to an opening trade on Nasdaq. Each step answers a different question, and the money goes to different places.
Nebius Trims 2026 Revenue Forecast on Capacity Delays, Raises Spending Plan to $27 Billion
Nebius now expects 2026 revenue of $3 billion to $3.2 billion after some third-party data-center capacity slipped into 2027, Reuters reported. The shares fell 16.8 percent on Thursday.
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What Another Fed Rate Increase Would Mean for a Small Business Credit Line
Many business credit lines and cards carry variable rates that follow the prime rate, which banks set relative to the Fed's target range. With a quarter-point increase widely expected on Dec. 8-9, fixed-rate loans are the part of the bill that stays put.
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What the Producer Price Index Measures, and Why It Matters to Small Firms
Producer prices for final demand rose 1.3 percent in September and 6.3 percent over 12 months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. The October report is due Friday, Nov. 13, at 8:30 a.m. ET.
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What a Net 37 Percent of Small Firms Planning Price Increases Means
The NFIB's October survey found the largest net share of small-business owners planning to raise prices since July 2022. The net figure is the share planning increases minus the share planning cuts.
KKR Posts Record Quarterly Profit; Constellation Energy Raises Its Outlook Again
KKR's adjusted net income rose 29 percent to a record $1.78 a share in the third quarter. Constellation Energy lifted its full-year earnings guidance for the second time this year and agreed to buy a Rhode Island gas plant.
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The Week Ahead for Business: Power and Chip Earnings, a Small-Firm Survey and Data-Center Politics
Energy, power and chip-equipment companies report in the week of Nov. 9, and small firms get their October survey Tuesday. In Texas, the incoming governor wants to halt data-center approvals.
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A Firm Does Not Borrow at 4.94%
Friday's ten-year yield is the government's rate. A line of credit is a bank's quote. The week begins with that distinction intact.
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Hiring When Money Costs Something
A vacant job and a line of credit are both decisions about time. The rate changes the arithmetic, not the job description.
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Payroll Is a Calendar
A small firm feels interest rates when wages are due, not when a columnist says money is tight.
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How a Small Firm Meets a Rate
A Treasury yield is not the rate on the line of credit. It is the public number the bank can see.