Ken Walker the chairman of the International Franchise Association, and chairman and CEO of Driven Brands, at AllBusiness.com says "Start Over". That’s the message that the International Franchise Association (IFA) and … [Read more...]
OPPOSE HEALTH CARE BILL AND INCLUSION OF PART-TIME WORKERS!
March 15, 2010 By 1 Comment
As you may have heard, President Obama has been pushing Congress to pass health care reform in the next several weeks. While the President's proposal is similar to that passed by the Senate in December, he will seek to … [Read more...]
Obama: Small Business Key for Recovery
January 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
President Obama puts economy, small businesses, and job creation at the center of his State of the Union address. Kent Bernhard, Jr writes at Portfolio.com that faced with a national 10 percent unemployment rate and a … [Read more...]
Congress Boosts SBA Loans
December 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Portfolio.com reports that after weeks of talk about the credit crunch facing small businesses, Washington finally is doing something about it. The $636 billion defense bill passed by the Senate Saturday includes $125 … [Read more...]
Immigration Reform Bill Introduced
December 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Paul Frumkin of Nation's Restaurant News reports that the battle over immigration reform got off to an earlier start than anticipated when a group of lawmakers introduced a comprehensive bill into the U.S. House of … [Read more...]
Joblessness Plan Revamps Rules on Bank Bailouts
December 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
David Cho writes in the Washington Post that the Obama administration plans to channel money from the government's massive financial bailout program to small businesses as part of an effort to limit the political and … [Read more...]
Obama wants $100M more to carry small-business programs
November 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The Obama administration is strongly urging Capitol Hill to add new funds to a popular small-business loan program that is nearly out of money. As part of the $787 billion fiscal stimulus package earlier this year, … [Read more...]
Study: Health Reform Boosts Premium Costs
November 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Corrinne Hess reports in The Business Journal of Milwaukee - that National health care reform will drive up premium costs in the private health insurance markets, particularly for the young and the healthy, according … [Read more...]
Obama Asks for SBA Loan Expansion, Franchisees Agree
October 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Don Sniegowski reports at BlueMauMau that President Barack Obama announced plans Wednesday afternoon to shift some of Wall Street’s bailout funds over to community banks in order to spur lending to small businesses, … [Read more...]
Obama: Still “A Long Way To Go” to Help Small Businesses
October 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Henry Pulizzi of the New York Times reports that President Barack Obama unveiled initiatives to help small businesses, saying the U.S. has "a long way to go" to ensure that credit flows to an area of the economy hit hard … [Read more...]
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