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Small Business Brief for 11/24

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A new economic team takes over, more bailout talk, business partnerships and much more.

Tags: small business, obama, bush, bailout, paulson, partnership, marketing, fed, email, search marketing

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Posted: 11/24/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/21

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush unveils action plan for global financial crisis, union confidence over card check, banks and lending, credit issues, redefining the independent contractor and much more.

Tags: small business, bush, obama, financial crisis, unions, card check, banks, credit, cash flow, retail, independent contractor, search engines, search, business loans, holiday sales

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Posted: 11/21/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/20

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Treasury testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Oil hits a 3-year low, an uptick in trade with China for small businesses and much more.

Tags: small business, treasury, house, small business committee, ramanathan, kroszner, fed, bush, economy, sba

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Posted: 11/20/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/19

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Business braces for changes in Washington, consumer prices drop, raising capital from your customers, the paid family leave issue and much more.

Tags: small business, washington, financial regulation, labor, fed, interest rates, consumer prices, price stability, growth, healthcare costs, paid family leave, customer service, employee gifts, raising capital, email, marketing

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Posted: 11/19/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/18

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: What Obama's promises of change really mean to small businesses, more fighting over the bailout, the possibility of tax cuts, a blog-related lawsuit, guns at work and much more.

Tags: small business, obama, change, paulson, bailout, bernanke, tax cuts, wholesale prices, economy, credit, fed, blog, lawsuit, supreme court, vexatious litigant, guns, e-verify, human asset, competition, customers

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Posted: 11/18/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/17

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Health reform, the auto industry bailout, small business stimulus, economic issues, FMLA news, employee standards and much more.

Tags: small business, obama, bush, health reform, auto industry bailout, small business stimulus, economic issues, economy, fmla news, employee standards, productivity, flexibility, marketing

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Posted: 11/17/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/14

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush talks up free market economics, Obama pushes to double the automaker bailout, SBA works to increase loan capital, small business proves to be the greatest innovative force in the economy and much more.

Tags: small business, bush, obama, paulson, capitalism, automakers, bailout, sba, taxes, patents, innovation, treasury department, consumer spending, unemployment, family leave, midnight rules, 401(k), barter

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Posted: 11/14/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/13

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: entrepreneurial immigrants, a bailout for automakers, stocks rebound, Bush comments on the economic crisis, unemployment rises, advice from the SBA, digital marketing and much more.

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Posted: 11/13/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/12

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: immigration issues, tips from the IRS, wellness programs for you employees, the downside of blogging, dealing with stress, customer complaints, going all microsoft and much more.

Tags: small business, obama, immigration issues, tips from the irs, wellness programs for you employees, the downside of blogging, dealing with stress, customer complaints, going all microsoft

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Posted: 11/12/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/11

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: health reform, finding a business loan, mandatory sick leave, equipment leasing, the union card-check bill and much more.

Tags: small business, obama, health care reform, business loan, mandatory sick leave, equipment leasing, union card-check bill, barter exchanges, advertising

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Posted: 11/11/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/10

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama on the fast track, healthcare and unions, post disaster contracts for small business, productivity and cutbacks, running your business like the mafia and much more.

Tags: small business, obama, unions, healthcare, sba, post-disaster contracts, productivity, mafia, layoffs, tax deductions, legal advice, lawsuits, travel deduction, hsa, sales, online sales, niche marketing

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Posted: 11/10/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/07

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: What can business expect from the Obama Administration, small business grants for vets, a drop in wholesale inventories, new discrimination laws, why higher prices won't scare off your customers and much more.

Tags: small business, obama administration, the economy, veterans, small business grants, credit, wholesale inventory, discrimination law, advisory board, business loans, venture capital, prices, social networking

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Posted: 11/7/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/06

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Small business reflects on the new administration and how Obama should help, oil keeps dropping, tax breaks, government contracts, social media, Family Guy and much more.

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Posted: 11/6/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/05

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A possible new stimulus package, lessons from the Obama campaign, government contracts, SEO tips, social media, green marketing and much more.

Tags: small business, obama, stimulus, business lessons, jack welch, service sector, government contracts, law, sap, marketing, seo, green marketing

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Posted: 11/5/2008 | Comments (0)

Small Business Brief for 11/04

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: how the recession stacks up, pregnancy discrimination, start-up essentials, why we hate salespeople, social marketing and much more.

Tags: small business, recession, pregnancy, discrimination, pension, start-up, salespeople, voip, overhead, hosted telecom, marketing, social media