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Timeline For Health Care Reform
Source: Tycor April 2010
Five Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Competing and Succeeding in Today's Marketplace
Source: IMA January 2010
According to Regus, the shrinking job market has given a growing number of former corporate employees the opportunity to strike out on their own...
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Congress Considers Jobs Bill, According to the American Small Business League
Source: IMA January 2010
In May of 2009, Congressman Hank Johnson (D-4-GA) introduced H.R. 2568, the Fairness and Transparency in Contracting Act of 2009, which would create millions of new jobs by stopping the diversion of billions of dollars a month in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 corporations and other corporate giants...
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Value of "Hidden Paycheck" More Important Than Ever As Small Businesses Struggle To Keep Valued Employees In Tact
Source: SmartPros November 2009
Even though 77 percent of small business owners don’t plan to give raises in 2010, most aren’t even talking to employees about their “hidden paycheck,” according to a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. small business owners by management consulting firm George S. May International. And that’s a mistake that will cost them talent and productivity.
“Pay is just one aspect of employee compensation,” said Paul Rauseo...
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Small Business Cash Flow Strained as Fellow Small Businesses Slow Payments
Source: SmartPros November 2009
New Cortera Small Business Index (SBI) shows widening gap between large and small businesses’ ability to pay bills in timely manner...
Small Business Lending Holds Steady; Accountants Play Key Role in Lender Decisions
Source: SmartPros November 2009
Some small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may have access to more credit down the road, but will have to pass more rigorous tests to demonstrate their creditworthiness...
The Good News: Small Business Are Still Hiring Despite the Economic Storm Clouds
Source: IMA Institute of Management Accountants
Despite the economy's problems, small businesses grew on average in the month of September. This may indicate that the financial market problems did not hit Main Street business owners too hard in September...
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Small Business Optimism Creeps Upward but Recession Still a Concern
Source: IMA Institute of Management Accountants
The National Federation of Independent Business Index of Small Business Optimism rose 2.9 points to 91.1 in August, but continued one of the longest strings of recession-level readings in the history of the survey -- dating back to 1973...
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How to Grow Your Small Business In a Shrinking Economy
Source: IMA Institute of Management Accountants
With the economy on a downturn, businesses both big and small are feeling pressure to control costs, increase revenue and turn over a profit. In fact, a recent survey of 500 business owners, conducted by the National Small Business Association, found that sales and profits have dropped and job growth is at the lowest point in 15 years...
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