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Small-business optimism higher but cautious
Small-business owners were more optimistic in December, according to two surveys, an indication that the economy is improving and that 2012 should be stronger than 2011. The National Federation of...
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Survey: Owners’ mood positive AND negative
Small-business optimism, based on 10 measures of business performance, rose for the fifth straight month in January, according to the monthly survey by the National Federation of Independent Business....
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Calif. biz owners favor state spending cap
The vast majority (86%) of California small-business owners support a cap on state government spending, according to a new poll by the National Federation of Independent Business California, the state...
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Why firms don’t hire when they try
More small businesses (42%) are trying to hire one or more workers, yet more than 3 out of 4 can’t find a qualified applicant for their open jobs, says Bill Dunkelberg, chief economist for the...
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Small-firm revenues reach pre-recession levels
Small-business revenues are finally returning to pre-recession levels, reports Intuit Inc. The software company recently launched the Intuit Small Business Revenue Index, based on aggregated data from...
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Survey: Small-firm optimism highest in more than 4 years
Small business owners in April were more optimistic than they had been since December, 2007, the month the U.S. economy slipped into recession, according to the National Federation of Independent...
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Report: 60% say now is bad time to expand business
Three out of five small-business owners say now is a bad time to expand their businesses, according to a new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business. The monthly Index of Small...
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Survey: Small biz optimism lowest in 8 months
Small-business owners became significantly more pessimistic in June, pushing the Index of Small Business Optimism to the lowest level since October, 2011, reports the National Federation of...
View ArticleReport: tax hikes would cut state economy by $26.3 billion
Higher tax rates on top of U.S. wage earners would reduce U.S. output by $200 billion and the workforce by 710,000 jobs over a decade, according to a report released today by the National Federation...
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Poll: Uncertainty is major small-biz problem
Taxes as a major problem for small businesses? That’s so 2008. The new worry for 2012 is uncertainty. When the National Federation of Independent Business asked almost 4,000 small-business owners to...
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