Florence Morning News, November 12, 2019 Lexington County Chronicle, November 13, 2019 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. Guest Columnist When the Labor Department job numbers for October came out showing that 128,000 jobs were added nationwide last month, The New York Times headline was “Job Market Shows Resilience.” What the headline and story didn’t tell the …
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InsideSources, September 10, 2019 The Post-Journal (Jamestown, NY), September 14, 2019 By Frank Knapp Jr. The Labor Department has told us that that 130,000 new jobs were created in August. However, around 25,000 were temporary census workers hired by the federal government. That puts the August total for new private-sector jobs at about 100,000. A …
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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Hartsville Messenger August 5, 2019 From staff reports COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Department of Labor released its national jobs report last week indicating that the nation added 164,000 jobs in July. The ADP National Employment Report also released a report saying that 156,000 new jobs were added last month. However, small businesses with fewer than …
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Post and Courier August 8, 2019 By Emily Williams Nationally, businesses with fewer than 20 employees have shed 105,000 jobs since May. File/Staff The smallest businesses in the country have been shedding jobs this summer, and some experts say the drops could be early signs of a slowdown. Businesses with fewer than 20 employees dropped …
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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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Small business jobs continue downward trend. Down 23,000 jobs in June and 52,000 in May. Where are the national headlines????
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 …
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 …
