Inside Sources August 30, 2019 by Rhett Buttle The Business Roundtable, an influential group of CEOs of America’s most powerful corporations, made headlines recently by declaring they would no longer define the purpose of a corporation as solely focused on generating returns for shareholders. Instead, they declared that the purpose of a corporation should include […]
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Tele-Town Hall Invitation: Small Business Owners and Health Care Costs September 12th @ 2:30ET You are invited to join Public Private Strategies for a lively online discussion on Thursday, September 12 at 2:30pm ET/11:30am PT. We’re talking about new research, supported by the Commonwealth Fund, conducted into how health care costs are impacting small- and medium-sized
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By Ashley D. Bell, Region IV Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration Covering: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee September is National Preparedness Month. I view this as not a celebration, but as a critical reminder for entrepreneurs across the Southeast of how important it is to be prepared in case of
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PRESS RELEASE Date: August 21, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Business Campaign Launched to Protect Democracy Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733 (w), 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Columbia, SC—The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce (SCSBCC) today launched “Protect Democracy USA”, a campaign to raise the voice of businesses demanding that
The Washington Post is reporting that big businesses are pulling back on hiring due to uncertainty about the economy (see below). Still no mention by the national media that small businesses have already been shedding jobs for the last 3 months. From The Washington Post — U.S. businesses have begun taking down job listings because
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MultiBriefs August 5, 2019 Seth Sandronsky Now that President Trump has inked the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, what does it mean for businesses and the federal government? For one thing, the BBA suspends the national debt limit until after the 2020 election and hikes spending by $324 billion over two years. “That makes it
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PRESS RELEASE Date: August 5, 2019 From: South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce Subject: Small businesses nationally shed 105,000 jobs in past 3 months Contact: Frank Knapp, President/CEO, 803-252-5733, 803-600-6874 (c), fknapp@scsbc.org Small businesses nationally shed 105,000 jobs in past 3 months (Columbia, SC) The Department of Labor released its national jobs report last
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GazetteXtra (Janesville, WI), July 11, 2019 Inside Sources, July 11, 2019 Waco Tribune-Herald, July 14, 2019 by Frank Knapp Jr. Two economic stories received big headlines the week of July 4. The Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high and the economy added 224,000 jobs in June. On the surface, the nation’s economy looks
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Small business jobs continue downward trend. Down 23,000 jobs in June and 52,000 in May. Where are the national headlines????
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Lexington County Chronicle June 6, 2019 By Jerry Bellune South Carolina ranks 34th of 50 states in overall economic health. Yet it is 6th highest of all states in imports. That’s a sign that what we make and sell in other countries brings more money into our economy. These are the findings of a study
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