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Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans

AP Features 7 days ago

Faced with high health insurance costs, a North Carolina brokerage passed the buck on to its employees, a Texas public relations firm switched from group insurance to stipends, and a Missouri travel agency let its workers walk away instead paying for insurance. ...

Goldman Sachs, Buffett to help small businesses

AP News 7 days ago

Goldman Sachs teams with Warren Buffett on $500 million effort to help small businesses Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is teaming with billionaire investor Warren Buffett to invest $500 million to provide thousands of small business owners across America with college scholarships and ...

Kansas launches $34M energy efficiency program

AP News 8 days ago

Kansas launches' $34 million program funded by stimulus to encourage energy upgrades on homes Kansas launched a new energy efficiency program Tuesday to make low-interest loans available to several thousand home owners and small businesses for upgrading insulation, installing new furnaces and ...

Job openings remain close to record-lows

AP News 14 days ago

Job openings stuck near record-lows as companies hesitate to hire despite recovery Job openings are at rock-bottom levels, according to government and private surveys released Tuesday, a trend that could keep the unemployment rate high even as layoffs slow. Small businesses in ...

Singapore Yahoo

AP News 15 days ago

Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo Carol Bartz addresses a American Chamber of Commerce lunch in Singapore, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) Copyright 2009 AP News

Travel Trip Deadwood Anniversary

AP Features 16 days ago

This photo released by the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce shows visitors trying their hand at Texas Hold ‘em at the Saloon #10 in Deadwood, S.D. (AP Photo/Deadwood Chamber of Commerce) Copyright 2009 AP Features

Advanta files for bankruptcy protection

Reuters US Online Report Business News 16 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advanta Corp <ADVNA.O>, a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers. In the filing ...

House, Senate health care bills detailed

AP News 16 days ago

House Democratic, House GOP and Senate Democratic health care bills compared A comparison of the health care bills before Congress. The Democratic-controlled House passed its legislation on a 220-215 vote Saturday night. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. In the Senate, Majority Leader ...

Small businesses on front line in Obama's jobs fight

AFP Global Edition 17 days ago

With unemployment fast becoming one of US President Barack Obama's biggest domestic challenges, focus is shifting from "too-big-to-fail" manufacturing and financial giants to struggling small businesses. After months of high-level intervention to save mega-firms like General Motors and Goldman Sachs, Obama's economic ...

Buy-in from the boss

SC Magazine 18 days ago

For the most part, your senior management understands the necessity of running a secure company, reports Angela Moscaritolo. For the most part, your senior management understands the necessity of running a secure company, reports Angela Moscaritolo.When a barrage of distributed denial-of-service attacks ...

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