Supervisors in San Francisco are considering what’s being billed a “nickel a drink” fee to help back city services directed at alcohol abuse. But the idea is being opposed by the city’s alcohol and entertainment industries, which say the fee will hurt small businesses. E-Mail This …
Also tagged alcohol-and, are-considering, being-billed, being-opposed, city-services, help-back, idea, the-city, the-idea, which-say, will-hurtA battle is being waged by small businesses, accountants, and members of Congress to repeal a new tax reporting requirement in the health law. But it could raise $16 billion for the government.
Also tagged a-new-tax, and-members, being-waged, billion-for, congress, del-icio-us, fight, government, health, health-care, more-here, new-tax, the-government, the-healthIn past economic recoveries, small businesses generated much of the job growth. But this time around, hiring at small firms is lagging. NPR’s Tamara Keith reports on why and what that means for the recovery
Also tagged generated-much, hiring-at-small, means-for, past-economic, sluggish, small, small-firms, tamara-keith, the-recovery-Tight credit, falling home prices and high unemployment contributed to a high bankruptcy rate among small businesses in the state. Keanyn and Estella Gray know all too well that owning a small business in California is hardly smooth sailing
Also tagged a-high-bankruptcy, a-small-business, del-icio-us, estella, falling-home, hardly-smooth, high-unemployment, know-all, prices-and, rate-among, small-business, state, the-state, too-wellNEW YORK–CIT Group Inc., a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, today announced that Alexander T. Mason, President and Chief Operating Officer, will be leaving the organization effective February 26, 2010. Peter J
Also tagged alexander, chief, chief-executive, cit, group-inc-, leaving-the, leaving-the-organization, new, officer, organization, today-announced, yorkWith credit tight and consumers still pinching their pennies, many business owners find they can’t go on. The Obama administration’s new plan to give a boost to small businesses reflects continued trouble in that sector, which is facing new failures even as much of the nation’s economy is stabilizing
Also tagged even-as-much, facing-new, nation, new-plan, owners-find, pennies, still-pinchingWith credit tight and consumers still pinching their pennies, many business owners find they can’t go on. The Obama administration’s new plan to give a boost to small businesses reflects continued trouble in that sector, which is facing new failures even as much of the nation’s economy is stabilizing
Also tagged and-consumers, credit-tight, even-as-much, facing-new, new-plan, obama, owners-find, the-nation, their-penniesAP – Companies fraudulently collected at least $100 million in federal contracts from a $4 billion government program designated for disabled military veterans who run small businesses, congressional investigators charge. Here is the original post: GAO: Fraud in gov’t contracts for disabled vets (AP) Read the rest here: GAO: Fraud in …
Also tagged 100-million, collected-at-least, contracts-for, disabled-vets, federal-contracts, for-disabled, fraudulently-collected, gao, military-veterans, original, program-designated, read-the-rest, rest, the-restA key reason why unemployment is surging is obvious, but it gets overshadowed by talk of stimulus and bank credit. For many companies, sales remain stubbornly weak. Poor sales are cited by small businesses as their No The rest is here: Poor Sales Hurt Jobs Numbers Read the original post: Poor …
Also tagged bank-credit-, businesses-as-their, gets-overshadowed, key-reason, numbers-read, original, read-the-original, sales, sales-are, sales-remain, the-original, why-unemploymentLender CIT Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday in an effort to restructure its debt while trying to keep loans flowing to thousands of mid-sized and small businesses. It’s one of the biggest Chapter 11 filings in U.S. corporate history.
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