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Well America has a new President, Barack Obama.
Some of Obama’s plans for small business include:
- Increase the minimum wage and index the rate to inflation so that it goes up every year
- Wants to eliminate all capital gains taxes for new business start-ups
- Give a $500 credit to business owners to offset the self-employment tax
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Global stock markets which are falling due to continuous rise in crude oil prices suddenly find some breathing space. Crude oil prices fell by 7% in the last 2 days due to fears of decrease in demand due to slowdown in American economy. US Banking stocks saw the sharpest rally ever in the last 16 years. Global markets are rising due to this unexpe
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The National Federation of Independent Business monthly Index of Small Business Optimism was basically unchanged in June, falling 0.1 points to a recession-level reading of 89.2. "The top concern of small business owners today is inflation – the first time since January 1981," said NFIB Chief Economist William Dunkelberg.
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Optimism at small U.S. businesses edged down in June as owners were battered by rising food, energy and labor costs, a survey released Monday showed. The National Federation of Independent Business index of small business optimism fell 0.1 point in June to 89.2 as more owners cited inflation as their top concern.
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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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In the 2008 American Express OPEN Spring Monitor, they found a sharp contrast between business owners over sixty and the small business population at large as they manage their way through the current economic uncertainty.
Entrepreneurs over sixty are taking actions that show they learned from their past experiences with inflation. Although the
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Inflation has sunk its teeth into small businesses this year. The number of owners citing inflation as their No. 1 concern on the National Federation of Independent Businesses monthly economic index in April was at its highest level since 1982. One in five owners is raising prices, according to William C. Dunkelberg, the trade group’s chief econom
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Why is 91% of the population worried about inflation while the fed assures us that everything is under control?
There are several possibilities: The first is that we're all paranoid. We simply need reassurance from the authorities: Inflation rates are fine, nothing to see here, move along quietly. The second is that the Fed's insistence on f
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Small businesses say years of crushing health care costs have them backing major changes this time around. The NFIB helped derail President Bill Clinton's effort to overhaul the health insurance system during the 1990s. Now, small companies with an average of 10 workers are bearing the greatest burden of insurance premium increases, which have gr
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Given the current economic climate, you would think the government would be doing all it can to bolster Small Business Administration (SBA) loan programs. But the Bush administration is proceeding as if it was business as usual. The administration, in fact, is once again proposing substantial SBA budget cuts, as it has every year since the preside
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20 years ago, the median price for a home in the United States was $112,500.00. Today, that kind of money might get you a super-car, but not the average home. $251,000.00 is what you would need today to buy an average home, on an average street, in an average neighborhood; no super-car included.
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Following declines in 2006, small-business hiring rose by 4.3 percent last year, even as labor costs went up, according to SurePayroll. Based on payroll data from more than 18,000 small businesses, salaries rose by 4.2 percent to an average $32,609, the Chicago-based payroll services firm reported.
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