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Hurricane Damage Watch
Nate Silver does the worst-case-scenario math but the damages dont seem to be as bad as feared.
Red Tape Update: Black Market Lemonade
The White House unveils a plan to help small businesses cut red tape, but business groups are lukewarm to the proposal. Congress introduces a Web tax bill while the House G.O.P. is getting closer to finalizing its regulatory rollback agenda for the fall. But hold on, three-quarters of our leaders lack a business background (pdf). Chicago, meanwhile, requires a license to help people fill out the paperwork to get a business permit, and Alabamas new immigration law is irking businesses. A few brave kids buy illegal lemonade. A new survey finds that nearly one of every 10 midsize or big employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once federal insurance exchanges open in 2014. Felix Salmon discusses the regulations facing electronic payment companies. U
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Where your business is based can impact on how green you are. That’s the takeaway of a recent top 10 ranking of states by Site Selection magazine that ranked U.S. states on how well they engage in environmentally sustainable practices.
The rankings look at attributes such green industry projects, the number of projects certified by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), financial incentives offered to support green projects, per capita renewable energy generation, funding for brownfields redevelopment and use of alternative-fuel vehicles.
Topping the list, unsurprisingly, is California, followed by Washington, Oregon, Minnesota and Colorado. The rankings also rate metro areas, with San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles; Chicago; and New York City as the top five. Interestingly, the United States doesn’t make it onto the magazine’s list of top sustainable countries; Canada is No. 1.
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Putting a price on business.
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I’ve been in love, some might say obsessed, with the written word for as long as I can remember. That’s why, as an undergraduate, I declared my English major as early as I could. At the time I believed that such decisions should be based entirely on what you love to do. I loved to read and write, so it never occurred to me that I would be anything but an English major.
A handful of people warned me that my English major might not be very marketable. “Marketable,” I remember saying, wrinkling my nose in distaste, “how can you talk about your personal interests in terms of sales jargon? Furthermore, why should I care?” Three years, countless interviews and two crumby jobs after graduation, the reason why I should have cared about the marketability of my degree became clear.
There is a similar disconnect between the language of entrepreneurship and the reality of selling a business. Let’s face it, there’s a lot of happy talk associated with starting your own business. We’re told to p
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Business lending continues to be listed as a key reason small businesses are struggling in the recovering economy. But how true is the assertion? This roundup looks at the latest efforts to correct the situation and at the realities involved. Take a look:
Small business loans on the horizon. Six banks are receiving funds from the U.S. Treasury Department aimed at the small business sector. The funding includes $30 billion in small business loans which, it is hoped, will spur yet more small biz lending from smaller banks.
Here is how the funding breaks down. Funding aimed at small businesses and coming from the U.S. Treasury Department will roll out in stages. The first stage will be $123 million aimed at six community banks announced yesterday. The money is part of funding first outlined by President Obama in his 2010 State of the Union Address.
But small businesses are still struggling to get loans. Despite all the talk of the importance of small businesses to the economy, lending to small businesses has actually decreased, further stalling chances of economic recovery. T
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Unemployment rises to 9.2 percent and weekly unemployment claims exceed 400,000 for the 13th week in a row. The National Federation of Independent Business says small-business hiring in June was “a bust” and another survey shows wages rising (and here’s why my kids have jobs this summer). A Bloomberg opinion piece argues that as bad as the employment picture looks, “the official Labor Department figures understate the magnitude of the crisis.” A few bright spots: The auto industry, seeing new life, is on a hiring spree. ADP says private hiring jumps. Gallup’s job creation index is the highest since 2008. And Harry finally defeats what’s his name (oh, come on, as if you didn’t know!).
The Debt Ceiling: Working Toward Compromise
Things are getting so tense that President Obama cancels his vacation and gets aggressive in less than 140 characters. Scott Grannis reports an unusual pickup in the money supply. Conan starts car-pooling with staffers. An investor tells us what we need to know and Bruce Bartlett offers five myths about the debt ceiling. Here’s one econ Read more…
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