This past Thursday at 10 p.m. the U.S. Senate voted to include a proposed Small Business Lending Fund as part of a larger bill called the Small Business Jobs Act. The purpose of the overall bill is to increase private sector lending and provide tax breaks to small businesses. All the national data shows that […]
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What do you think are the odds that this is only a coincidence: Just days after I slam the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and its president Tom Donohue in the media across the country, and in the Congressional newspaper The Hill, I get a mysterious visitor looking for tax records? How about zero chance? An
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Wall Street Reform Passes the U.S. Senate First, thanks to everyone who contacted the targeted U.S. Senators asking them to support Wall Street reform. The Senate voted for cloture this morning and then voted 60-39 this afternoon to pass the bill. Congratulations to all! Now all that remains is for the President to sign the bill into
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Today’s edition of The State ran my op.ed on using procurement codes to aid state and local economies. ————————————————————————————————————- The city of Columbia will be making needed water and sewer upgrades over the next five years to the tune of about $500 million. With this much money to be spent, City Council is wrestling with an
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By Frank Knapp Jr., Guest Columnist in The State Published July 8, 2010 The city of Columbia will be making needed water and sewer upgrades over the next five years to the tune of about $500 million. With this much money to be spent, City Council is wrestling with an important issue: how to make
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The Saluda Dam On Wednesday, the S.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) approved an electric rate hike for SCE&G that was 48.75% less than the company’s request. The 4.88% increase instead of a 9.52% hike was good news for all SCE&G customers, including small businesses. The increase will take place over 3 years instead of the
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Where was that headline 11 days ago? On June 10th, the S.C. Department of Insurance put out a media advisory saying that its Director, Scott Richardson, had approved an overall 9.8% decrease in worker’s compensation insurance rates (technically the cut was to something called “Loss Costs in the Voluntary Market” but I don’t want you
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“I think the ultimate story that…should come out here is this is a major failure on the part of the media.” – Dan Cook, Editor, Free Times, Columbia SC, in radio interview on U Need 2 Know, WOIC (1230 AM,) June 17, 2010. Dan nailed it. He was talking about the real story behind the
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First, the good news: The House in action, Courtesy SCETV Overridden! The House voted Wednesday to override Governor Sanford’s Veto #14 of the Small Business Development Center’s budget and the Senate followed suit today. The small businesses of this state greatly appreciate the House and Senate votes and send special thanks to Rep. Dwight Loftis
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When Mark Sanford ran the first time for Governor, he promised to be the best friend of small business. Everything was about how he was going to help small business in this state grow and prosper. We at the Small Business Chamber tried to work with his office for several years. But it always was
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