Apr 18, 2013

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Small Business Owners Want Change on Obamacare
Fox Business
It's been three years since Obamacare was passed – and so far, the response from small business owners is a mixed bag. On Wednesday, the House Small Business Committee heard testimony from small business owners and economic experts on effects of ...
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Small businesses feeling anti-social media
The Tennessean
About 61 percent of small businesses don't see any return on investment on their social-media activities, says a survey released Tuesday from Manta, a social network for small businesses. Yet, almost 50 percent say they've increased their time spent on ...
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Small Business Rulebreakers Get Competitive Edge in Hiring - CNBC.com
CNBC.com
Sixty-eight percent of business owners surveyed last month by the advocacy group Small Business Majority said too many companies gain an unfair advantage by hiring immigrants who aren't eligible to work in the U.S. In 2008, the Pew Research Hispanic ...
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CNBC.com
Hiscox Authors Series launches 2013 program with small business expert Gene ...
Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hiscox, a specialist insurer that provides U.S. small businesses with the simplest way to purchase customized business insurance online or over the phone, announced today the second installment of its Hiscox ...
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SBA and W20 Group Launch Social Media Webinar Series for Small Businesses
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration and the W20 Group, an entrepreneurial ecosystem of digital communications companies, is launching a five-topic social media webinar series to help small ...
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Sales of small businesses up in Tulsa
Tulsa World
Nationwide, small business sales increased 56 percent in the first quarter compared with the same time last year - the largest year-over-year increase since small business sales bottomed out in mid-2008, according to BizBuySell.com, an Internet ...
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Small Business Owners – Be Heard, Get Involved In Sacramento Next Week!
Fox and Hounds Daily
On April 23rd, the National Federation of Independent Business-California's (NFIB) small business owners and friends will descend on Sacramento with one objective – to make sure that those in the State Legislature know what is important to small ...
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Call off the small business attack dogs
Business Spectator
Call off the small business attack dogs. Robert Gottliebsen 7 hours ago 6 · Politics · Election · Industries · Family Business · Small Business (SME). Small business has been neglected under Labor, leaving it to be mauled by overbearing tax office tactics.
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3 Years After Passage Small Business Owners React to Affordable Care Act
YouTube
... video to your playlist. Sign in. Statistics Report. Published on Apr 18, 2013. Over 3 years after passage the House Small Business Committee held a hearing to examine how small businesses are dealing with implementing the Affordable Care Act ...
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Obamacare needs changes, say small business owners
Examiner.com
Yesterday, April 17, the U.S. House of Representatives heard testimony from small business owners and economic experts on how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), better known as Obamacare, is affecting business. Not surprisingly ...
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What Small Business Owners Don't Understand Could Be Holding Them Back
Accountingweb.com
Sage North America announced April 18, 2013, the availability of Sage 50 Accounting 2014-US Edition for small businesses. The 2014 release coincides with National Financial Capability Month. Sage North America also released findings of a survey to ...
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Accountingweb.com
Bank of the West Announces 245 Percent Increase in Lending to Small ...
Wall Street Journal
In 2012, it provided $1.1 billion in small business lending, and in the fourth quarter alone small business loans increased by more than 50 percent from one year earlier and SBA loans increased by more than 20 percent. Commensurate with its growth, the ...
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"Small Business Saturday" idea debated by Council
virtual-lancaster (blog)
The motion - which is being debated by councils across the length and breadth of England - called on the Council to back the idea of a Small Business Saturday to celebrate and encourage residents and tourists to shop at small local shops on a ...
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Conn. to proceed with small-business exchange
ModernHealthcare.com
The directors of Connecticut's public health insurance exchange are moving ahead with plans to launch the state's Small Business Health Options Program marketplace in October, despite the federal government's proposed delay of the program's full ...
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Promoting yourself in the digital age - Brisbane Times
Brisbane Times (blog)
Communication expert Trevor Young has released the book MicroDomination: How to Leverage Social Media and Content Marketing to Build a Mini-business Empire Around Your Personal Brand. He says small business owners need to embrace the idea of ...
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Sequestration hits small businesses
WAVY-TV
CHESAPEAKE, Va (WAVY) - Government contractors say small business owners are the driving force of the economy and they're doing everything they can to keep people employed. Military contracts keep many of the small businesses in Hampton Roads ...
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How to start a small business – Yoga Class
Dubai Chronicle
Hayya Health Clubs Yoga Starting a small business is an ambitious goal. You need to organize and plan everything from the scratch. In addition, you need to have an interesting and winning idea that has the potential of transforming into a successful ...
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Dubai Chronicle
Bootstrapping as a self-funded startup
The Guardian (blog)
Dragon's Den, The Apprentice and a fruitless job market have nurtured the desire in more people than ever to start their own businesses. But only a minority actually take the plunge. Top of the list for putting it off? "I don't have the money". Fair ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Pilsung ATA Martial Arts wins the Salute Award for Small Business
Examiner.com
On Tuesday afternoon, March 16th, Mrs. Rose Myers and Pilsung ATA Martial Arts received the 2013 Salute Award for Small Business from the Greater Greenwood Chamber of Commerce. Selected from a long list of nominees, Pilsung ATA Martial Arts was ...
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Report: Virginia earns 'A' grade from small businesses for second year in a row
Augusta Free Press
economic-forecast-header Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, has released the second-annual Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey showing that Virginia continues to be a top state for small ...
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Augusta Free Press
Dell Debuts Small Business-friendly Latitude 3330 Laptop
Small Business Computing
Unveiling its latest 13-inch laptop, the Latitude 3330, Dell signals small business buyers that they no longer have to settle for clunky, heavy laptops. Dell built the Latitude 3330 specifically for the needs of the small business and education markets ...
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Entrepreneur offers small businesses shared office space
Royal Gazette
New kind of office: Businessman Tim Miller's nineteen offers small business and mobile professionals a new kind of shared office workspace on the second floor of 19 Queen Street. (Photo by Mark Tatem) ...
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How Avonlea Village brings Anne Shirley to life every summer
Globe and Mail
This is the latest entry in a series from Report on Small Business called Who Owns That. We've asked readers to identify their favourite small businesses from across Canada, and we track down the owners so they can tell us their stories. The answers ...
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Globe and Mail
what a strong brand does for small business
Business Insider
I was disappointed to hear that the writer didn't see the relevance of brand-building to his small business and that he seemed to see brand-building as relevant only to marketing. I wrote back, "I know of many small businesses that are great brands ...
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New Integration Between Xero and ZenPayroll Gives Small Businesses Greater ...
CPA Practice Advisor
San Francisco, CA, April 18, 2013 — Online business accounting maker Xero and online payroll provider ZenPayroll have announced a partnership they say will give small businesses an easy and collaborative way to oversee their payroll and finances.
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DBJ to Provide $2 Billion for Micro and Small Business Sector
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
alt The Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) will commit $2 billion to the micro and small business sector this year, to ensure that some 12,250 enterprises can gain access to credit through its network of intermediaries. This is a significant increase ...
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Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service
Why Should Our Small Business Offer a Stand-Alone HRA? - Zane Benefits
Clarifying Health (blog)
Small businesses offer Stand-Alone HRAs to provide employees tax-free dollars for reimbursement of their medical expenses (including individual insurance premiums). This type of "defined contribution" solution is an an alternative to an employer ...
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A Positive Forecast for Small Business Lending
Inc.com
The report, conducted by FICO and Professional Risk Managers' International Association, found that 70 percent of risk managers predicted requests for loans from small businesses will increase in the next six months--and 89 percent of them predicted ...
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Inc.com
Big money for small business - PSNews.com.au
PS News
Australian Public Service Departments and Agencies have exceeded the Government's target for contracting with small businesses by 400 per cent according to new figures released by the Ministers for Finance, Deregulation and Small Business. According to ...
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Small Business of the Week: Dry cleaner Mason McLean making waves
Liverpool Daily Post
"I did a deal with the previous tenant for the equipment and we opened in May 2010." Apart from a small bank loan the business is entirely self-funded. Mr Mason's wife, a University of Chester professor with a marketing degree, is the McLean in the title.
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Tulsa, OSU-OKC teams win Governor's Cup small-business prizes in Oklahoma
NewsOK.com
Student teams from Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City, Rogers State University and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College were recognized Thursday in the new small business division of the annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup collegiate ...
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Michigan a great place to start small biz, but retention rate needs ...
The ninth annual Michigan Entrepreneurship Score Card done by the Small Business Association of Michigan shows the state is improving its standing as a great place to start a business, but more work needs to be done to ensure those ...
Crain's Detroit Business - Latest News
Is Your Small Business A Social Media Loser? | Daily Deal Media ...
By Megan Bildner - DDM
American small business owners are increasing their involvement in social media this year, in order to make a last pitch effort to increase sales numbers, according to a new report from online business community Manta. The problem with this ...
Daily Deal Media - Daily Deal...
Update on Legal Issues in Affiliate Marketing - Small Business Trends
By Stephanie Robbins
Editor's Note: Here's another installment in our series of coverage from the Affiliate Management Days conference – this one on the new legal landscape of affiliate marketing. This series of articles is on topics of interest to businesses that offer ...
Small Business Trends
[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth ...
By Daniel Goh
Senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute, Anu Madgavkar shared during a sharing session organized by search giant Google the impact of the Internet on small businesses in Asia, and highlighted how a country's infrastructure can aid or ...
Young Upstarts
The S.B.A. Wants to Encourage More Small Loans - NYTimes.com
By By ROBB MANDELBAUM
For the last several years, the Small Business Administration has attempted to expand its loan-guarantee programs by making them available to bigger businesses. But with the 2014 budget that the White House sent to Congress last week, the ...
You're the Boss
UOB aids small firms with loan plan - The Nation
UOB aids small firms with loan plan. United Overseas Bank (Thai) has strengthened its support for small businesses by launching a loan plan called UOB Biz 3D.
NationMultimedia.com - Business
ZenPayroll and Xero Form Accounting Partnership To Rival ...
By Ken Yeung
Small business-focused financial services ZenPayroll and Xero have partnered to create a relationship to rival services offered by Quickbooks and ADP.
The Next Web
NFIB: One Country, Two Economies Slides - Business Insider
By Sam Ro
Small business optimism is nowhere near highs. The outlook is very negative. Much of the pessimism comes thanks to the government. Sales remain weak. And profits are even worse. Few small businesses are investing for the future.
Business Insider
Learn About Mobile Marketing With This Mobile App | Small Biz Daily
By Karen Axelton
New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies has developed an app to teach small business owners and marketers about mobile marketing.
Small Biz Daily
Business Center and Serviced Office News, Tips and Articles ...
By Jo Disney - News and Features Editor, U.K
That's 8 million small businesses you can market to. They're driven, homebased and, more often than not, they're looking to develop their fledgling enterprises into dedicated, full-time businesses. The research reveals that over 5 million of ...
Business Center and Serviced...
Prevent your start-up or small businesses from becoming a target for ...
By Piers Dillon Scott
This year Symantec expects that small companies, start-ups & individuals will become targets for hackers. Threatscape tell us how you can protect yourself.
The Sociable

Web3 new results for Small Business
 
Snapshot: Small Businesses and Social Media | Inc.com
A new survey says small businesses are increasing their social media presence. But is social meeting their needs?
www.inc.com/kathryn.../small-businesses-and-social-media.ht...
Small Business Assistance > Small Business Education Series
Small Business Education Series, a group of Web-based tutorials aimed at educating small pharmaceutical business on topics relating to drug regulation and ...
www.fda.gov/Drugs/.../ucm345107.htm
Your First-Quarter Small-Business Checkup | Intuit Small Business ...
The first quarter of 2013 has come and gone. Before you blink and it's the end of summer — or worse, year-end — take time to do a first-quarter.
blog.intuit.com/.../your-first-quarter-small-business-checkup/


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