National Federation of Independent Businesses

Who Speaks for Small Business? Not the NFIB

Ellen Bravo | Posted 05.23.2012

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Ellen Bravo

Many small business owners maintain the NFIB's agenda doesn't address their priorities, and say the lobbying group even fights against policies that small businesses need.

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Small Business Hiring Edges Up In February

Reuters | Posted 03.02.2012

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(Reuters) - Hiring at small U.S. businesses edged higher in February as the number of firms laying off workers fell to its lowest since 2007, although...

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Small Businesses Split Over SOTU

Reuters | Posted 01.25.2012

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(Reuters - By By Carla Tonelli) Last night’s State of the Union address from President Barack Obama left small business owners divided over his plan...

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Small Businesses More Confident In November

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 12.14.2011

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Small business owners are feeling more optimistic, albeit marginally, according to the National Federation of Independent Business' Optimism Index. Th...

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Small Business Confidence Rises In September: NFIB

Reuters | Posted 12.11.2011

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(Reuters) - Small businesses in the United States grew more confident in the economy's future for the first time in seven months during September as t...

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Small Business Optimism Continues To Decline Amidst Uncertainty

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.09.2011

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Amidst anemic consumer spending and national uncertainty over the fate of the debt ceiling, small-business optimism declined for the fifth straight mo...

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Small Businesses Cut Jobs In July: NFIB

Reuters | Posted 10.04.2011

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(Reuters) - Small business owners cut jobs in July for the second straight month because of weak housing starts and meager spending on services, the...

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Startups Are Starting Smaller, Adding Fewer Jobs To The Economy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 09.10.2011

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The American economy is in a sorry state, if last week's grim jobs report is anything to go by. But startups are unlikely to provide the key to any br...

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Small Businesses Plan To Cut Payroll As Confidence Wanes: Survey

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 08.15.2011

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Confidence might be essential for an economic recovery, but for the 77 percent of small businesses reporting that they were negatively effected by the...

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Small Business Confidence Slips In March: NFIB

Reuters | Posted 06.12.2011

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Small businesses grew less optimistic about the economy in March but raised prices for a second straight month, a potential warning sign about inflation, a survey showed on Tuesday.

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NC Consumer Advocates Seeing Red Over Bait and Switch by One of the Blues

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wendell Potter

Health insurers are demonstrating once again -- this time in state capitals -- that they cannot be trusted to do the right thing for consumers when health care reform is up for debate.

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William Alden

For Small Businesses, Credit Is Still Tight

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a sign that the economic recovery still faces challenges, small businesses continue to report difficulty getting loans. More than 10 percent of sm...

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Entrepreneurs and Investors Will Make a Better World for All of Us

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vivian Norris

If there was one common thing linking the entrepreneurs I met at the LeWeb Technology conference, it was that uplifting, optimistic feeling of individuals taking their passions and turning them into realities.

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NFIB, Small business Lobby, Heads To Court To Fight Obama's Health Care Law

AP | RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Attorneys general and governors for 20 states won't be alone in their legal challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overh...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Small Business Confidence Deteriorates; Economy 'Mediocre At Best'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Small business confidence plummeted last month by the largest amount since the height of the financial crisis as lackluster economic growth and anemic...

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Health Care Costs Take Enormous Toll On Small Businesses

wsj.com | SIMONA COVEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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For entrepreneurs trying to start or run a business, the obstacles are huge. But few loom as large as one: health care. For years, small businesses...

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