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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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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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Brian is great at what he does. Brian is your controller—he manages all of the accounting for your small business. He keeps all of the company's expenses properly documented, finds all of the tax deductions, manages payroll, pays all the bills, negotiates for better rates on the company's health plans, and keeps a sharp eye on all of your accoun
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Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have advanced a broad array of tax proposals that are complex, hard to understand, and on many points, difficult to compare. But the Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, two nonpartisan research organizations, recently published a study that provides the best
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If you’re keen to taking random strolls down some unknown street, perhaps some new ‘pedestrian friendly’ town you happen to be visiting for the weekend, or want to enjoy the beautifully HOT weather that has come to us this year, or basically move within a radius of not more than 10km, Google walking directions is your thing.
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Barack Obama unveiled a tax credit to encourage small firms to buy health insurance for employees.
The proposal, elaborated in a conference call with reporters by the campaign's Economic Policy Adviser, Jason Furman, would provide small firms with a 50% tax credit against the cost of employee premiums. To receive it, a company would have to
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Affordable health insurance is one of the biggest challenges for small business. It's one reason talented employees stay at large companies. They and their families can't afford to NOT have it. It's not our fault we can't offer health insurance as an employee benefit. But, the insurance industry has priced it out of our reach. Here's some sol
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We can all use reminders to vacation. Rest, re-creation, time away from the job lets you recharge, reignite, reconnect. Many, many times I find the best solutions come to me when I'm not sitting at my desk.
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Spiraling health-care costs have forced many small employers to reduce the benefits they offer -- or, in some cases, eliminate coverage altogether.
And there's no end in sight. Health-care costs for U.S. employers are expected to rise almost 10% in 2008, according to a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers of more than 500 employers and heal
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For many years, I've believed that people have the "power" to make their lives better. I'm a big fan of alternative health and thinking. So, when Dyan Garris approached me about a virtual book tour for her book Money and Manifesting, I was intrigued. In the last few months we have worked together on several promotional campaigns and I’ve learn
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If you never step out of your comfort zone, how on earth will you ever know what you could have possibly achieved in your life? How will you ever learn anything from your triumphs as well as your mistakes? How will you grow as a person and live your life to the fullest?
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New research released today from the National Federation of Independent Business shows the top concerns among small business owners are business costs, particularly those that are difficult to control such as health insurance costs, energy costs and inflation.
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The cost of health care is on the rise and fewer micro-businesses owners are offering coverage to their employees.
A survey of nearly 4,000 micro-businesses found that 18.6% of the respondents said their health care plans are covering full-time employees this year. That number is down from 46.2% in 2005.
A micro-business has 10 or fewer em
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Who should get health insurance, how should they get it, and who pays? Those three questions are at the forefront of the current controversy over health care and will provide the framework for the great debate that will begin once the presidential primaries end and the general election begins.
Small business owners, of course, have a huge stak
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Many managers assume that when a worker takes a "duvet" or "mental health" day it is because they are simply being lazy or not committed to their job. But it may in fact be a warning signal that they are working too hard or in the midst of a family or relationship crisis.
A survey of more than 1,000 U.S workers by Chicago-based employee ass
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