Government, Politics, and the Economy U.S. Stocks Advance, Extending Global Rally, as Dollar Weakens The global rally is predicted to stick around, as the dollar fell, while oil and copper advanced and Treasuries were little changed. Bloomberg.comManagement and OperationsTen Tips to Help Create More Time in Your DayHave a problem with time management? Learn how to earn the most out of your time, and even add more time to your day to get more accomplished. BusinessKnowHow.com Management and Operations
By Cheryl Sowa · September 22 2009
small business brief, marketing, internet, branding
Government, Politics and the Economy
Seidman: I Don't Want the Recession to End Yet
According to Dov Seidman, the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of LRN, we need more time to understand where our economy went wrong and to get Wall Street back into proper perspective. BusinessWeek.com
Next Six Months Will be Tough for Obama
In his first six months as President, Barack Obama got a $787 billion economic stimulus package, $750 billion for the financial crisis, and a down payment on a $1 trillion overhaul of the healthcare system. With greater policy hurdles before him, the next six mo...
By Charles M Cooper · July 21 2009
small business brief, marketing, small business, economy
Government, Politics and the Economy
Will Small Business Get a Bailout Afterall?
The Obama Administration is considering a plan to use money from the $700 billion TARP program assist millions of small businesses, which officials now say are essential to any economic recovery because they employ so many people. WashingtonPost.com
Employment Legislation: Two Ways to Get it DoneThere are two bills making their way through Congress, and they illustrate the starkly different ways that important employment-related legislation is created in Washington. Workforce.com
Management and Operations
By Charles M Cooper · July 13 2009
small business brief, marketing, small business, economy
Government, Politics and the Economy
Republicans: Obama's Financial Oversight Plan Would Continue Bailouts
Leading Republicans on a House panel considering the Obama administration’s overhaul of financial regulations said the president’s plan would continue taxpayer-funded bailouts. Bloomberg.com
Ownership, Management and Operations
Make Sure Your New Hires are “Onboard”
Once they've finished their HR paperwork, it's time to really bring your new hires “onboard.” They will be more engaged, more productive, and they will want to stay and be committe...
By Charles M Cooper · June 19 2009
small business brief, marketing, small business, economy
Government and Economy
Bill Restrict Small Business Contracting to Real Small Businesses
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), has introduced a bill that would ensure that small business government contracts go only to true small businesses, rather than being awarded to subsidiaries of large companies. WebCPA.com
Emerging 200 Program: Training Entrepreneurs to Save Cities
Starting its...
By Charles M Cooper · May 28 2009
small business brief, marketing, small business, economy
Government and Economy
Is Obama Anti-Business?
The weekly assault on business by President Obama is becoming a fixture of this administration, or is it, as some Democrats say, merely an assault on business-as-usual? Yahoo.com/USNews & World
Climate Bill: It's On Its Way
There is a compromise in the works on carbon caps and while it may not garner Republican votes, it could bring skeptical Midwestern and Southern Democrats on board. BusinessWeek.com
By Charles M Cooper · May 13 2009
small business brief, marketing, small business, economy
Chrysler is entering bankruptcy, which—along with its wayward big brother GM—it should have done a long time and billions of wasted dollars ago. That is the good news. The bad news, and a troubling glimpse into how the President sees capitalists, is that he has decided that those investors who didn’t like the deal he and his car czar were offering are nothing more than speculators. Here is how Politico.com described it:
The White House had offered Chrysler’s lenders a deal to take roughly 33 cents on a dollar to write off the company’s debt. Most took the deal, but a few holdouts said it wasn’t good enough — and their refusal to go along pushed the company into bankruptcy. Now Obama is calling them out. “A group of investment firms and hedge funds decided to hold out for the prospect of an unjustified taxpayer-funded bailout. They were hoping that everybody else would make sacrifices and they would have to make none,” O...
By Charles M Cooper · April 30 2009
obama, venture capital, chrysler, bankruptcy
Government and Economy
The Push for Online Sales Taxes
States and the federal government are working hard now to turn e-tailers into tax collecters. In these efforts, some powerful online entities like Overstock.com and eBay stand opposed, while others like Amazon.com are calling for uniformity. BusinessWeek.com
Small Business Tax Cuts Dwarfed by Proposed Tax Increases
Business owners are watching the President spend more money than any president in history while, at the same time, proposing an extra $1.3 trillion in taxes for business and high earners over the next decade to pay for it. Wash...
By Charles M Cooper · April 27 2009
small business brief, marketing, small business, economy
