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1 hr ago | WJRT

Small businesses boom with Flushing Summer Festival

Flushing kicked off this year's Summer Festival Wednesday night, and small businesses are looking forward to a big boost.

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5 hrs ago | NewsBlaze

Death Tax Repeal: Death And Taxes Collide To Destroy Small Business

With land values in places such as South Dakota up more than 50 percent, and the prospect of 2,400 family farms and 2,700 small businesses being hit by one more tax at the end of life, lawmakers gathered Wednesday afternoon in the Capitol Visitor Center to talk about the prospects for the repeal of the death tax.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Kristi Noem, Republican, US House of Representatives, John Thune, US Senate, Personal Finance, South Dakota, South Dakota Government, Kevin Brady

5 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

Small business: Export markets - Henry Studholme

Henry Studholme, owner Prime Foods NZ based in Hororata began production from a new joint venture plant in the Philippines two years ago from where it now exports Prime Foods NZ began in 1994 and is based in Hororata.

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8 hrs ago | Silicon Alley Insider

Small Business Owners Must Adapt To The Rise Of The Millennial

This is part of the " Moving Forward " series offering advice to small business owners on technology, mentorship, productivity, and growth.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Marketing, HubSpot, iPod, Apple, Startups

12 hrs ago | Small Business Trends

McAfee Hires Former Apple Executive to Oversee Small Business Market

When suffering a cyber attack, small businesses lack the resources of a larger company and face different challenges.

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Related Topix: Startups, McAfee, Personal Finance, Marketing

14 hrs ago | Brandon Sun

Export revival underway as small businesses look overseas for sales after the recession

When Lawrence Scheer began selling baby clothes in 2010, he didn't realize it then, but he was on the leading edge of a recovery in small business exports.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Olney, TX

14 hrs ago | Bangor Daily News

From Aroostook to York, how small businesses are driving the rural economy

In rural America, the local community drives the rural economy. Money spent and invested locally rolls through a community and generates even more economic benefits.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, York, ME, Agriculture, Science, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, United States Department of Agriculture, Maine, Opinion

15 hrs ago | Reuters

New 'Obamacare' exchanges could miss enrollment deadline: GAO

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.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Personal Finance, Healthcare Law, Law

18 hrs ago | Center for American Progress

The Threat of Self-Insured Plans Among Small Businesses

President Barack Obama speaks about the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House, May 10, 2013.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Health Insurance, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, US News, Liberal Political News

20 hrs ago | Channelnewsasia.com

Internet balloons to benefit small business: Google

Google's plans to beam the Internet from giant balloons sent to the stratosphere could boost small businesses in rural parts of Asia by connecting them online, the company said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi

Yesterday | KTIV-TV Sioux City

USDA awards grants to South Dakota organizations

USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that Value Added Agriculture Development Center in Pierre will receive $99,950 to help establish a small business in Shannon County.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Science, Personal Finance, Sioux City, IA

Tue Jun 18, 2013

St. Augustine Record

Fla. retailers 'disappointed' DeSantis' opposition to Internet sales tax

Florida retailers are calling out U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, for opposing legislation that would require online retailers to pay state sales tax.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Ron DeSantis, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Florida, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, St Johns County, FL, Rick Scott, US Governors, Personal Finance

Foster's Daily Democrat

Shaheen, Ayotte introduce export bill

U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte are teaming up to help small businesses make the most of their export opportunities.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Senator Kelly Ayotte, Republican, Personal Finance

Reuters

Exclusive: Facebook reaches 1 million active advertisers

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Personal Finance

The Journal News

Lowey: Small businesses should get credit card protections

Small business owners would enjoy the same credit card protections that consumers have under legislation proposed by Rep. Nita Lowey on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Nita Lowey, Democrat, US News

KARD

Landrieu Leads Committee Passage of Key Bills to Create Jobs by Helping Small Businesses

The United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, led by Chair Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today passed key small business access to capital and disaster recovery bills.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, US Politics, Mary Landrieu, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Home, Mortgage, Thad Cochran, Republican, Senator Roger Wicker

KCRG

Wellmark to Seek Smaller Rate Hikes

Months after customers blasted the company for skyrocketing rates, Iowa's dominant health insurer says it will limit premium increases in 2014 to less than six percent for individual and small business policyholders.

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The Jersey Journal

Photos: Owners of The Gravity Vault in Chatham honored by U.S. Small Business Administration

Yesterday, at The Gravity Vault in Chatham, they stood tall as they were named by the U.S. Small Business Administration as the group's 2013 New Jersey Small Business Persons of the Year.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Upper Saddle River, NJ, Saddle River, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ

WKXW-FM Trenton

Running a Small Business is Tough, Survey Finds [AUDIO]

It's harder to run a small business today than it was five years ago, according to most respondents in a new survey from Constant Contact, Inc. Hundreds of owners admitted operations are a bigger struggle these days.

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Black Enterprise

Rick C. Wade Helps Small Businesses Expand Into the Global Marketplace

As a former Senior Adviser and Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Commerce and Founder of global business development firm the Wade Group, Rick C. Wade is uniquely positioned to advise small business on how to become members of the global marketplace.

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