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Charles
Charles C

Richardson Named Obama's Commerce Secretary

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Richardson is the new Commerce Secretary; the economy is going dark inspite of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and bright spots in the Fed's Beige Book; the UAW is talking concessions; new rules for credit rating services; and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, richardson, economy, cyber monday, china, fed, beige book, labor, green, environmentalists, health insurance, uaw, concessions, sec, credit ratings, honesty, venture capital, on-demand manufacturing, spending, email, e-marketing

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Posted: 12/3/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 12/02

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Treasury to bolster small business, NASA contracts go to small businesses, healthcare costs and specialty drugs, ADA changes, Milwaukee's sick leave law and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, milwaukee, sick leave, sba, treasury, small business loans, nasa, contracts, specialty drugs, ada, recognition, reward, patriot loan, sales, advertising, avatar

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Posted: 12/2/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 12/01

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush apologizes for the economy, other rescue options are in the cards, Obama wants to spend another half-trillion to fix the economy, tax changes, handling email mistakes and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, recession, depression, congress, democrats, marketing, paulson, fed, bernanke, bailout, email, advertisements, taxes, ada

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Posted: 12/1/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/26

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama says that help is on the way, names Paul Volcker as head of his new economic panel; Treasury wants to print more cash for bailout; prosecutors looking at former AIG exec Cassano for “misstatements” and much more. Also, please note that the ABC Small Business Brief will not be published on Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, venture capital, volcker, fed, treasury, aig, cassano, layoffs, lawsuits, taxes, biodiesel, subprime mortgages, email, search marketing, behavioral marketing, branding

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Posted: 11/26/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/25

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama stimulus package, great entrepreneurs, more SBA loans, holiday season shoplifting, ego and customer service and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, stimulus package, healthcare, entrepreneurs, sba, loans, consumer lending, fdic, problem list, osha, start-ups, taxes, customer service, shoplifting, public relations, social networking, export

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Posted: 11/25/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/20

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Treasury testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Oil hits a 3-year low, an uptick in trade with China for small businesses and much more.


Tags: small business, treasury, house, small business committee, ramanathan, kroszner, fed, bush, economy, sba

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Posted: 11/20/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/18

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: What Obama's promises of change really mean to small businesses, more fighting over the bailout, the possibility of tax cuts, a blog-related lawsuit, guns at work and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, change, paulson, bailout, bernanke, tax cuts, wholesale prices, economy, credit, fed, blog, lawsuit, supreme court, vexatious litigant, guns, e-verify, human asset, competition, customers

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Posted: 11/18/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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Charles C

Small Business Brief for 11/17

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Health reform, the auto industry bailout, small business stimulus, economic issues, FMLA news, employee standards and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, bush, health reform, auto industry bailout, small business stimulus, economic issues, economy, fmla news, employee standards, productivity, flexibility, marketing

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Posted: 11/17/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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Charles C

Bankruptcy vs. Bailout: Which is Really Better for the Taxpayer

With the Big Three Automakers threatening bankruptcy if they don't get a government bailout, the question is whether it would be better: to let them go under and fall into the hands of a bankruptcy judge or bail them out and let them fall into the hands of Congress?


Tags: small business, gm, ford, chrysler, paulson, bailout, bankruptcy, economy

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Posted: 11/13/2008 | Comments Comments (4) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

Strong Communication Skills and Some Wise Words

It is always hard to terminate an employee, but there are just some things you shouldn't do and one of them is announce the firings on the company blog. We've got some tips to help you avoid an a difficult termination. Also, as an added bonus, some financial advice from the Roman Empire that still rings true today.


Tags: small business, termination, cicero, economy

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Posted: 10/17/2008 | Comments Comments (1) | Print Print Article

Kim
Kim F

Getting New Customers During the Failing Economy

Mainstream media advertisement is expensive. The economy is failing but we still need to make money to pay the bills. No one is going to do an individual business bailout. In small business, we can't afford traditional media avenues to make the money. Social media is a no-cost way to bring in new customers and business, taking it to the next level.


Tags: cost of, social media, new customers, economy, myspace, linkedin, twitter, plurk

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Posted: 10/10/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles
Charles C

American Confidence in Small Business

We like facts, but as a people and as a nation, tend to run on feelings—specifically confidence. It controls many of the choices we make. How do you feel about the Congress? Do you trust the Military? What are your feelings about small business? How about your church? We have the answers and they are very interesting.


Tags: small business, confidence, economy

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Posted: 6/23/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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