Obama proposes boosts for small businesses
President Obama offered Congress a $48 billion legislative package Tuesday to accelerate small-business growth that includes ideas previously offered by Republican lawmakers, an effort to garner bipartisan support in an election year. Read full article > >
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Obama returns focus to small-business tax breaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to revive a plan to give small businesses tax breaks and help start-up firms, ideas he proposed over the last year and which will feature in his 2013 budget next month, the White House said. Obama told a meeting of his cabinet that a top priority in this election year was to have Congress eliminate capital gains for investments in …
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Managing a Small Business: How to Inspire Employee Loyalty
A big part of successfully managing a small business is inspiring loyalty and getting the most out of employees.
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Managing a Small Business: How to Inspire Employee Loyalty
Is access to credit improving for businesses?
President Obama in his State of the Union address on Tuesday urged Congress to help “tear down regulations that prevent aspiring entrepreneurs from getting the financing to grow.” Is access to credit still one of the biggest issues facing entrepreneurs and small business owners? A recent survey by the National Federation of Independent indicates is …
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Small Business Administration chief's status to be elevated
The head of the SBA will begin attending Cabinet meetings. But the change could be short-lived because of another proposal to combine the agency with five others. Small businesses scored a victory when President Obama said the head of the federal agency that provides them with loan guarantees and other assistance would begin attending Cabinet meetings.
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