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Shahien Nasiripour

No Easy Jumpstart To Get Small Business Hiring Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Small Business, Lending, Employment, Main Street, Jobs, Unemployment, Bailout, Loans, Job, Financial Crisis, Hiring, Banks, Wall Street, Job Creation, Bank Regulators, Small Businesses, Transparency, Business News

As 130 business, labor and thought leaders converge on the White House today to discuss ways to create more jobs, the nation's main engine for job cre...

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Federal Bankruptcy Filings Are Up By 34.5%

Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, Personal Finances, Businesses, Bankruptcy, Figures, Financial Crisis, Federal Bankruptcies, Bankruptcy Rates, Bankruptcies by State, Bankruptcy Filings by State, Personal Finance, Business News

WASHINGTON (AP/HuffPost)-- Bankruptcy filings in federal courts jumped by more than one-third this year, as businesses and individuals struggled to re...

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Gretchen Morgenson: Lobbyists Win Again In Securing Tax Break For Home Builders

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Homebuilders, Benefits, Tax Break, Housing, Mortgage Crisis, Losses, Obama, Hovnanian Enterprises, Housing Crisis, Small Businesses, Wall Street, Homebuyers, Foreclosure, Home Loans, Plute Holmes, Lobbyblog, Business News

The New York Times's Gretchen Morgenson points out that lobbyists have won another victory that will lead to billions in taxpayer dollars being handed...

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Obama: Big Banks Must Fulfill Their Responsibility To Ensure A Wider Recovery, Help Small Banks

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 10.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Tarp, Wall Street, Bailout, Obama Weekly Address, Obama Weekly Address Banks, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Banks, Obama, Obama Banks, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Big banks that got big bailout bucks should return the favor by lending more to qualified small businesses, President Barack Obama ...

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Small Businesses Take A Back Seat In Obama's Health-Care Plan

Newsweek | Kevin Kelly | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Government, Health Care Bill, Small Businesses, Small Business, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Obama, Health Insurance, Health Care, Bill, Health Care Plan, Business News

A healthy percentage of the uninsured, about 46 percent, work for small businesses too poor to afford insurance. And poll after poll says that fear of...

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Obama Looks To Fix Safety Net As Unemployment Rate Rises

The New York Times | Jackie Calmes | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Layoffs, Tax Credits, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Jobless, Operating Losses, Unemployment Benefits, Laid Off, Job Creation, Safety Net, Stimulus, Recession, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- With unemployment expected to rise well into next year even as the economy slowly recovers, the Obama administration and Democratic lead...

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Small Businesses That Are Cheap To Start

consumerist.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, Entrepreneurship, Recession, Start-Ups, Business News

Has the slumping economy got you looking for ideas to earn some extra money? If so, personal finance blog Wise Bread can help you out with their list ...

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Start-Ups: Business Creating Takes Sharp Drop During Recession

wsj.com | CARI TUNA | Posted 11.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, Small Business Administration, Business Creation, Economy, Start-Ups, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Recession, Business News

New companies will be crucial to the strength of any economic recovery. Businesses in their first 90 days of life accounted for 14% of hiring in the U...

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Dems Press Insurance Companies On "Purging" Small Businesses

Roll Call | Tory Newmyer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Small Businesses, Bart Stupak, Health Insurance Companies, UnitedHealth Group, Henry Waxman, Aetna, Healthcare Reform, Medica, Humana, Energy and Commerce Committee, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wellpoint, Democratic Lawmakers, Politics News

Two senior House Democratic lawmakers are seeking new information from six top insurance companies in an ongoing probe of the industry's business prac...

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Why Washington Needs to Keep Its Eye On the Cloud

Sean Donahue | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress, Twitter, Economy, Cyber Security, President Obama, Mobile Phones, Cloud Computing, Jobs, Information Technology, Facebook, Yahoo, Iphone, Internet, Federal Government, Youtube, Marketing, Communications, Technology, Hotmail, Gmail, salesforce.com, Innovation, Small Businesses, Google, White House, National Broadband, Politics News
Sean Donahue

Recognizing the power of cloud computing would create jobs, promote innovation and help organizations of all sizes become more competitive.

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The Safer Way to Start a Business

Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Small Business Owners, Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Franchise, Small Businesses, Recession, American Small Business, Job Hunt, Business News
Rieva Lesonsky

There is one silver lining to the economic misery surrounding us -- more Americans are likely to start their own businesses this year.

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Good Beer In Bad Times

Michael Boland | Posted 03.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Google, Pubs, Small Business, Eating Out, Economy, Microsoft, Economic Crisis, Beer, Duvel, Business, Recession, Drinking, Small Businesses, Restaurant Industry, Economic Recession, Alcohol, Food, Booze, Martin Luther King Day, San Francisco, Business News
Michael Boland

In down times, there isn't a leveling effect across the market but instead a weeding out of the weaker players, where the fittest not only survive but sometimes thrive.

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John McCain's Tax Lie

Jane Devin | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Corporate Greed, Corporate Taxes, Small Businesses, Gop, Small Business Owners, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Stimulus, Politics News
Jane Devin

With our country in crisis, this is a time to face the truth, hold businesses and people accountable, and give relief where needed -- not just where it's politically advantageous to do so.

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Why Macs Still Aren't Right For Most Businesses

CNN Money | Jonathan Blum | Posted 06.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Apple, Macs, Small Businesses, Business News

Is it time to consider moving your small business to Macs? First, you should know that I'm no Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) fanatic. I've used the gear s...

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Most Americans Will Save, Not Spend, Tax Rebate Checks

CNN/Money | Ben Rooney | Posted 04.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Businesses, U.S. Economy, Economic Stimulus Package, Tax Rebates, Taxes, Bush Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Plan, Rebate Checks, Business News

Tax rebates are the centerpiece of the government's plan to stimulate the economy, but many Americans are planning to put the money in the bank or use...

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