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News, articles and information about small businesses, starting and owning and operating a small business, employment law, employment taxes, minimum wage. (Photo iTOWNS)
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Small Business Saturday
It’s bad enough that we’d already endured weeks of Christmas commercials before Thanksgiving Day, but this year’s ridiculous idea of having stores open on Thursday really bugged me. I heard a few shoppers on the news today saying that...Tags: Small Business Saturday, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Holidays, Xbox
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New ranking places South Florida in the top 5 for small-business growth
If you are looking to grow your small business, South Florida is a good place to be. Biz2Credit, a firm that matches small businesses to financial institutions, has ranked the Broward and Miami-Dade County area as the fifth-best for small-business growth...Tags: Miami-Dade County, Career and Workplace, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), United States Census Bureau, Miramar
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Tea party rallies against IRS in Washington
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The tea party is using the Internal Revenue Service scandal as a springboard to renew calls to limit or even abolish an agency it's always disliked. Thousands of tea party supporters rallied Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, cheering on proposals...Tags: Eric Holder, Human Rights, Jim McDermott, Dave Camp, Sandy Levin
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Racing team owner aims to spread spiritual message
John Franczak has a racing spiritual motto he lives by every day, "Put God first and you won't come in second." Franczak is the car racing team owner of Motor Sports 3:16 based in Delray Beach, where he resides. The organization is built exactly from...Tags: Technology, Engineering, Jeff Gordon, National Football League, Auto Racing
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New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss enrollment deadline - GAO
Reuters(Reuters) - New health insurance exchanges being set up by the federal government in more than 30 states under President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul could miss an October 1 deadline for open enrollment, a government report said on Wednesday....Tags: Orrin Hatch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Troy Wolverton: Going on vacation? Here's what to take with you
San Jose Mercury NewsYou've packed your clothes, your shoes and hopefully your toothbrush. But before you head out on vacation, you need to pack the right gadgets. It's a familiar dilemma for frequent travelers. Fortunately, as tech gadgets become smaller, lighter and ever...Tags: Telecommunication Service, Travel, Services and Shopping, Apple iPad, Tour Operations Industry
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LETTER: When Poaching Jobs Makes Sense
Regarding the editorial "Texas Rustler" [June 15] about Gov. Rick Perry, "business poaching" may not usually be economically effective. However, when you approach a business owner who has been publicly and specifically targeted and told his or her product...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Dannel P. Malloy , Government
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City close to 'magic' moment
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Joe Abraham has fond memories of growing up in India in the 1970s and '80s. But, now with an entrepreneur's mindset, he looks back with wonder that it took so long for his home country's economy to catch fire. The India of his youth...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Kevin Allen, Cultural Development, Business Enterprises
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Ellicott City businesswoman to run for delegate in District 9B
Ellicott City business owner and Republican Carol Loveless has filed to run for a seat in the Maryland House of Delegates representing the newly drawn District 9B in 2014. Loveless, 54, said she has been a resident of Ellicott City for over 30 years and...Tags: Politics, Maryland General Assembly, Howard County, Ellicott City, Elections
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Tech Q&A: Why Wi-Fi is speedier than Internet
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)QUESTION: You wrote that any Wi-Fi router you can buy today will be much faster than your Internet connection. Does this mean the wireless router can transmit data faster than my Internet connection can send it? If so, who cares? Along those lines, what'...Tags: Microsoft Windows, Apple MacBook Pro, Crime, Law and Justice, Mac OS, Netflix Inc.
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Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's no guarantee that President Barack Obama's health care law will launch smoothly and on time, congressional investigators say in the first in-depth independent look at its progress. But in a report to be released...
Tags: Orrin Hatch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Kathleen Sebelius
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A Law And A Cause Hit The Airwaves As Obamacare Marketing Begins
The Hartford CourantNearly 10 percent of the state's residents have no health insurance, and Kevin Counihan and Jason Madrak have a good picture of who they are and even where they live. But for Counihan, CEO of the state health exchange that will start selling Obamacare...Tags: Sales, Executive Branch, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Poverty, Dannel P. Malloy
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