People Who Eat Small, Frequent Meals Tend To Eat Better & Weigh Less
By Shereen Lehman (Reuters Health) - Adults who had multiple small meals every day tended to eat better, and weight less, than those who had fewer but larger meals, in a recent study. People eating...
View ArticleWhy the nation and NC need small banks
The United States is suffering from a severe over-concentration of banking assets. Currently, 50 percent of all banking assets and deposits in America are held by just 10 banks. This has made those...
View ArticleDodd-Frank is Crippling Small Lenders (US House of Representatives Committee...
(Source: US House of Representatives Committee on Small Business) Dodd-Frank is Crippling Small Lenders WASHINGTON - The House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and...
View ArticlePeter Orszag: Why so little hiring with so many jobs open?
New York: An odd puzzle is taking shape in the labor market: Over the past three years, the number of job openings has risen almost 50 percent, but actual hiring has gone up by less than 5 percent....
View ArticleWhere The Best Job Opportunities Are Now
Looking to make a big career move? Your hottest opportunity might be on Main Street or in an office park near you. Small and midsize firms are finally hiring again, according to recent research. The...
View ArticleBig Business Bows to Small Business Increasing Hiring
Chris Yura says it took about six months before he could afford to hire the first employee for the clothing company he started in June 2009. SustainU Clothing now has 20 workers, about half part-time,...
View ArticlePanel: Debt, government regulations hinder North Carolina’s small businesses...
Small business leaders and advocates sat down with U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan Monday afternoon at the Mint Museum Uptown to discuss the hurdles facing the state’s entrepreneurial community and how those...
View ArticleMiddle Market Takes Center Stage at the U.S. Chamber (US Chamber of Commerce)
(Source: US Chamber of Commerce) There's considerable focus on small businesses from policymakers in Washington. But what about companies that are slightly larger than small businesses, but slightly...
View ArticleSmall businesses deliver a much-needed economic jolt, add 74,000 jobs in...
The nation’s smallest employers posted the largest number of job gains last month, according to a new hiring survey, providing much-needed fuel for an economic recovery that continues to sputter. Small...
View ArticleProgress Made, Work to Be Done
In case you haven't noticed, this is National Small Business Week (Small Business Week). It has been so designated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). In announcing Small Business Week,...
View ArticleNC jobless rate falls to 6.9 percent but job creation lags
North Carolina’s unemployment rate took a sharp turn downward in December, suggesting an rapid economic turnaround, but economists warned that the statistics are distorting a more sober reality. The...
View ArticleDodd-Frank Socks Main Street with Devastating One-Two Punch (US Chamber of...
(Source: US Chamber of Commerce) Above the Fold What you need to know about policy that affects the business community The Dodd-Frank law was supposed to mend our financial system and strengthen our...
View ArticleRobbins Geller Takes IBM and Alibaba to Task
Seven years later, we are still recovering from a recession that left many Americans without jobs, and with what still is for some, a destitute future. For what seemed like years, politicians, banks,...
View ArticleSouth Carolina Floods Are A Small-Business Owner's 'Nightmare'
Last week, LaBrasca's Pizza in Columbia, South Carolina, was gearing up to throw its 50th anniversary party. Today, it's facing the possibility of a going-out-of-business party. The restaurant is one...
View ArticleThe 2014 U.S. Bank Small Business Annual Survey Finds The ACA Is Causing...
(Source: IFA - International Franchise Association) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jenna Weisbord, 202-662-0766 jweisbord@franchise.org WASHINGTON, April 24-Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that...
View Article1-in-3 Small Businesses Spend at Least 2 Weeks a Year Dealing with Federal...
(Source: US Chamber of Commerce) As a Tax Day post mortem, this Wall Street Journal tweet sums up how complex the tax code has gotten over the decades. "In 1913, the 1040 form had a single page of...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Are Going on a Hiring Binge
(Bloomberg) -- Sterling Risk Advisors, an Atlanta-based property and casualty insurance broker with 86 employees, has added 13 workers since June and will probably hire 10 to 15 more this year. “We are...
View ArticleMission Markets Partners with American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC)...
Mission Markets Community Portals Will Enable the Small Business Networks of ASBC and SCSBCC to Have Access to Equity and Donation-Based Crowd Financing and Support Sustainable Entrepreneurship NEW...
View ArticleSmall businesses keep shrinking, report shows
In terms of job creation, small businesses are still slogging through the same sluggish growth as the broader economy, according to two new employment surveys. Small employers let go of more workers...
View ArticleMake 2014 the Year of Small Business
By all accounts, Small Business Saturday was a smashing success. Now, in order to kick the American economy into over drive, it's time to convert it from an annual event to a year-long one. That is why...
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