Members of the Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce met this week for a presentation on how to keep a small business afloat, if not thriving, in tough economic times.
Over breakfast Wednesday at the Doral Desert Princess Resort, an audience of 50 listened to a lecture by Vincent McCoy, executive director of the Inland Empire Small [...]
Maryland health care regulators are planning to increase the size of businesses that will be eligible for a new health insurance subsidy that will become available in October.
The $15 million small business premium subsidy, created during last fall’s special legislative session, will open up this fall to firms with between two and nine employees. It [...]
The Quad-City region graduates nearly 48,000 high school and college students each year — enough to help fill the area’s future work force needs, according to a study released Monday by the Illinois Quad-City Chamber of Commerce.
The first-ever Quad-Cities Graduate Inventory determined that 47,700 graduates are being produced annually within a 90-mile radius, which is [...]
Victorian businesses will save more than $1 billion in payroll tax, land tax and workers compensation premiums under the Victorian budget handed down by Treasurer John Lenders yesterday.
Payroll taxes, which had been scheduled to fall from 5.05% to 5%, have been slashed to 4.95%. The thresholds on land taxes have been increased by 10%, with [...]
Victorian businesses will save more than $1 billion in payroll tax, land tax and workers compensation premiums under the Victorian budget handed down by Treasurer John Lenders yesterday.
Payroll taxes, which had been scheduled to fall from 5.05% to 5%, have been slashed to 4.95%. The thresholds on land taxes have been increased by 10%, with [...]
OGDEN Northern Utah’s skilled technical work force is on the verge of critical shortages, according to a white paper released Monday by the Weber Economic Development Corp. and the Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College.
The state faces challenges in generating necessary interest to fill available manufacturing [...]
It took them long enough, but it looks like U.S. politicians have finally noticed that something is very wrong with the way the financial industry is regulated.
It’s time for more regulation, said Barney Frank, the Massachusetts congressman and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, in a speech last week. Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson [...]
WASHINGTON —
If big Wall Street investment houses are allowed to run to the Federal Reserve for emergency lending, they must face stepped-up regulation, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson declared Wednesday.The demise of once-mighty Bear Stearns proves “the world has changed,” underscoring a need for the government to adapt, too, he said.
The Bush administration will soon [...]
Marion County’s property reassessment, approved today by the state eight months after flawed 2007 bills unleashed a tax revolt, wasn’t sitting well with businesses or homeowners.
The redo shifted more of the tax burden to commercial and industrial properties, a change that business interests predicted could make Indianapolis less competitive in retaining and attracting employers.
And angry [...]
U. S. Small Business Administration is pleased to announce the Hawaii winners of the prestigious 2008 SBA Small Business Awards. Each year, SBA honors outstanding small business owners, entrepreneurs and advocates who best illustrate the important contributions of small business to the local economy and to our quality of life.
Over 30 outstanding business owners, advocates, [...]
