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SME Finance & Jobs: China says small and micro-enterprise lending rose 8% year-on-year in Q2 2026, with outstanding loans hitting 38.9 trillion yuan, as authorities push credit to support jobs and demand. Local Business Survival: In York, buyers are snapping up coffee shops and cafes as tourism drives “very high demand,” while in another city, long stormwater construction on Ninth Street left some restaurants shuttered and owners frustrated about how closures were handled. Payments & Deal Talk: Stripe is in talks to reshape the payments market with a potential bid for PayPal, as PayPal weighs restructuring pressure and slower growth. Creator Economy & Legal/Profit Basics: A creator-economy interview highlights how founders must think like operators, not just earners—planning for taxes, refunds, and reinvestment—while also protecting IP and platform risk. Tech Skills to Small Business: With tech hiring cooling but AI skills rising, one report points job seekers toward low-start-cost service businesses that use existing expertise. Government-Backed Growth: California’s IBank closed $236M in bond financing for the La Brea Tar Pits Reimagine Project, aiming to fund upgrades and create thousands of jobs. SMB Compliance Tech: Oman’s e-invoicing push gets a boost as Advintek’s Al Faisal becomes an OTA-approved service provider for Fawtara Phase 1. Energy Costs: Europe’s energy price spike response is mapped across 125+ policy moves, mixing short-term relief with longer-term diversification to protect households and energy-intensive firms.

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