There are riots in Greece. The economies of Britain, Italy and Spain are not bouncing back from the Great Recession like they did after the Great Depression. Why? Because the governments in these countries opted for austerity and deficit reduction instead of investing in jobs as a way out of the recession. Which brings us to President […]
243,000 more jobs in January. Unemployment rate down to 8.3% from 8.5% last month. All good news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ADP National Employment Report had a different number, 170,000, for new jobs in January for nonfarm private employment. But the ADP’s analysis of where those jobs came from was important. Total
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National poll finds 78 percent of small businesses say regulations needed to protect small businesses from unfair competition, level playing field with big business; 86 percent see regulations as necessary part of a modern economy Washington, DC – Small business owners say their main concern is weak customer demand, not regulations, according to independent opinion
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Tomorrow the U.S. House Committee on Small Business holds a hearing featuring the results of a Gallup poll conducted in October last year. The title of the hearing is The Path to Job Creation but the better title might be The Path to Deceiving Congress. The issue is the role government regulations play in
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“We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems.” Remember this quote from an Apple executive as reported by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher. It appeared in the first of a two part story that will surely win the two New York Times journalists deserved recognition for exposing Apple’s decidedly un-American manufacturing standards in China.
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Since 2006 the SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) has been advocating for our Department of Commerce to develop a community-based development plan modeled after one started in 2004 by Georgia’s Republican Governor Sonny Perdue. The concept was simple but effective. Help local communities become more small-business friendly by providing expert consultation on the
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The second week of the SC General Assembly starts today so it’s time for a few more issues from the South Carolina Small Business Chamber’s (SCSBCC) legislative agenda. SCSBCC has a long history of supporting renewable energy and conservation. It’s safe to say that environmental groups have no bigger ally in the general business community
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A rally at the South Carolina State House to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is being held today. At the same location just four days ago, hundreds attended another rally in support of an issue surely Dr. King would have approved—the promotion of homeownership for all Americans. Last week’s rally sponsored by the Home
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The lead story for the 7 AM East coast viewers of the Today Show (NBC) this morning was a report by Carl Quintanilla of CNBC. Quintanilla’s gave an analysis of the good economic news that unemployment in December was down 11% from the previous year and the four week average unemployment rate is at the
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The investment banking firms on Wall Street are predicted to cut up to 10,000 jobs in 2012 on top of the 1800 jobs eliminated since April of this year. The industry lost about $3 billion in the third quarter of 2011 and total forecasted profits will be lower than expected. While New York City will
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