Today in Global Small Business: A Christmas Carol Can Never Come Too Early

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Ferrell, the “Saturday Night Live” alum, appears 5/16/26 with James Austin Johnson as President Trump in a sendup of “A Christmas Carol.” Paul McCartney provides the music.
• Search LIVE goes global.
• Exposing marketing tactics and strategies driving the global growth of nicotine pouches.
• Quote of the week:  “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” – Charles Dickens
• HEINEKEN appoints new global marketing agencies to drive next phase of brand growth.
• If AI can translate instantly, why learn another language?

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Today in Global Small Business: S.N.L. Explains 'Operation Kill Everybody'

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• I just love these Saturday Night Live (S.N.L.) skits and this one does not disappoint.  Colin Jost plays Pete Hegseth.  Check it out.
• How global supply chains could become weaponized.
• Quote of the week:  "The past is in your head.  The future is in your hand." – The MindsJournal (Happy Bodhi Day).
• There's always rooms for another player ... Swap Commerce, where you can sell anything, anywhere, from one platform.
• World Bank Scorecard updates and outcomes.
• UCLA Anderson School of Management - Center for Global Management.