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American business, typically a reliable Republican cheerleader, is decidedly lukewarm about Senator John McCain’s proposal to overhaul the health care system by revamping the tax treatment of health benefits, officials with leading trade groups say.
The officials, with organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable and
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An overwhelming majority of small business owners feel they've been left out in the dark in terms of having either U.S. presidential candidate address specific proposals that would assist them, a new survey shows.
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The congressional defeat of the proposed bailout plan by the Treasury led to one of the worst stock market days in history.
The result was an elimination of trillions of dollars in shareholder wealth.
The main reasoning for the rejection of the plan was that ordinary taxpayers should not have to subsidize the fat cats over on Wall Street.
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September 29, 2008 was quite an eye opening day and we can all admit to being anxious for what will become of the "greatest country the world." When CNN commentators are saying that we are entering a time of economic turmoil worse than that of the Great Depression, even I am starting to second guess the ways of America.
It is our duty to each
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One blogger, Rosalind Resnick on Entrepreneur.com, lays out an alternative bailout proposal. Instead of spending $700 billion on large conglomerates like AIG, the Fed should offer businesses and consumers loans at the 2% federal funds rate so homeowners could refinance at much lower rates and businesses could have immediate access to the cheap cap
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Throughout the day, dozens of media outlets have covered the unfortunate passing of Hollywood legend, Paul Newman, who died Friday of Cancer at age 83. While Newman is widely known for his accomplishments in film, his life as an entrepreneur and philanthropist is remarkable in its own right.
In 1982, Newman and his friend, A.E. Hotchner, start
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Slate's BizBox takes a closer look at a SurePayroll survey that gave John McCain a 64% win among small business owners and finds some good news...for Obama.
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A survey earlier this month of 1,062 business owners with 100 or fewer employees conducted by payroll administrator SurePayroll found that 64% of businesses planning to vote for either Sen. McCain or Democrat Barack Obama are leaning toward Sen. McCain, while the remaining 36% plan to vote for Sen. Obama.
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Look at today's headlines screaming about the collapse of some of America's most venerable institutions...
http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/bbdp/stocks-plunge-on-lehman-merrill-news/165607
Big Business as we know it is history and good riddance, I say. I've been advocating that entrepreneurship is the salvation of America and indeed
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With a recession looming and job opportunities becoming scarce, many people are looking to entrepreneurship as a new career path.
How will the upcoming American election impact small business owners? Here’s my take on how small business friendly Obama and McCain are:
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Michael Taylor of Slate's BizBox wonders why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac get all the attention and money while the Small Business Administration is left to languish.
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I'm not sure if there is really a good choice for businesses this election - but this article makes a few good points about how Obama might not be the best choice.
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Another WSJ piece on small business and the presidential election. This one looks at two big divisive issues when it comes to businesses: health care and taxes.
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