U.S. Rep. Jim Himes serves up Wall Street leftovers to small businesses

Leftovers never tasted so good to U.S. Rep. Jim Himes , D-Conn. Himes supports a measure in President Barack Obama ’s budget proposal repurposing $30 billion in leftover Wall Street bailout funds for community banks to loan to small businesses in an attempt to resuscitate the economy.

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Obama to lay out tax credit proposal

BLADE NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON - President Obama will ask Congress on Wednesday to increase and permanently extend a tax credit for business research as a way to boost job growth, administration officials said Sunday. Such a move would cost $100 billion over 10 years. That would be covered by closing other corporate tax breaks, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The …

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Scott, Sink divided on how to create jobs

By Mary Ellen Klas, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Sunday, September 5, 2010 Alex Sink offers a jobs plan that would diversify the economy, nurture small businesses and provide access to investment capital. TALLAHASSEE — Republican Rick Scott and Democrat Alex Sink are both former business executives duking it out in an increasingly hostile race to be Florida’s governor, but they agree on one …

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Private sector roots of Bruton’s IFSC Czar post may be its Achilles’ heel

BUSINESS OPINION:Why send John Bruton halfway around world if the Government is lukewarm on his role, writes JOHN McMANUS

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Design can be crucial to business profitability

Q: How do I integrate design throughout my company?

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