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Global Entrepreneurship Week/USA Announced for November 2008

Posted by Becky under News and Politics
From http://www.publicforuminstitute.org 1639 days ago
Made Hot by: on December 4, 2007 1:57 pm

Plans for the first Global Entrepreneurship Week were unveiled last week in London by Carl Schramm, president of the Kauffman Foundation, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. From November 17-23, 2008, the Week will engage young people everywhere in a variety of activities to learn about the possibilities of entrepreneurship. More than 30 coun Read More

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What Economic Slowdown? Small Businesses Grow Stronger

Posted by ArmadaIG under News and Politics
From http://www.nytimes.com 1643 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 29, 2007 1:03 pm

Even as oil prices surge, the housing market contracts, Wall Street reels and multibillion-dollar deals falter, small businesses are flourishing and, in fact, are helping to buoy the economy, experts say. Last week, for example, a monthly report showed an increase in private sector employment in October of 106,000. That included a surge of 63,000 Read More

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What CEOs Will Admit Out of the Office

Posted by dobbie under News and Politics
From http://www.inc.com 1644 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 25, 2007 1:43 pm

The 26th Inc. 500 Conference, held in Chicago in September, attracted a record crowd of founders and CEOs of America's fastest-growing companies. In between speeches, we asked a random sampling of 30 CEOs to describe their businesses back home, their love lives, and their political sensibilities. Here are the results of our completely unscientifi Read More

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Bill extending Internet tax ban goes to Bush

Posted by LeeAdams under News and Politics
From http://news.yahoo.com 1656 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 16, 2007 11:47 am

The House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday extending a moratorium on state Internet access taxes for seven years, sending the bill to the president to sign into law. Internet service providers say the price of Internet access could rise by as much as 17 percent if the moratorium on state taxes was allowed to expire. Read More

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Cash Flow Improves, Confidence Falls For Small Business Owners

Posted by LeeAdams under News and Politics
From http://blogs.mediapost.com 1661 days ago
Made Hot by: on November 8, 2007 3:01 pm

According to the Discover Small Business Watch, reports the DMA, economic confidence among small business owners continued to fall in October as many expressed increased pessimism about both the future of their own businesses and the US economy in general. The monthly survey of 1,000 small businesses with five or fewer employees shows that at 96.8 Read More

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SMBs Go Against The Political Grain

Posted by TerryJackson under News and Politics
From http://www.smallbizresource.com 1675 days ago
Made Hot by: on October 25, 2007 9:02 am

While the majority of the country seems to be behind the Democratic Party as the political campaigns gain steam, it seems that small business is pretty content with the Republican Party and believes it's the party for small business. According to a new survey from SurePayroll, which polled 450 small business owners, most small biz owners are pull Read More