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By Alan Fram |
April 19, 2012
Republicans cast themselves as champions of small business as they pushed a bill toward House passage Thursday that would cut taxes for nearly every employer in the country. Democrats called the measure merely the latest GOP effort to funnel federal help to those who are already successful.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
April 10, 2012
A possible misunderstanding about President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could cloud Supreme Court deliberations on its fate, leaving the impression that the law's insurance requirement is more onerous than it actually is.
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By The Associated Press |
April 10, 2012
Small business owners are more pessimistic about the economy. The National Federation of Independent Business said its index of small business optimism fell nearly 2 points during March.
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By Mark Sherman |
March 27, 2012
The fate of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was cast into peril Tuesday as the Supreme Court's conservative justices sharply and repeatedly questioned its core requirement that virtually every American carry insurance. The court will now take up whether any remnant of the historic law can survive if that...
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By Mark Sherman |
March 26, 2012
The Supreme Court plunged into debate Monday on the fate of the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system, and the justices gave every indication they will not allow an obscure tax law to derail the case.
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By Mark Sherman |
March 26, 2012
With demonstrators chanting outside, the Supreme Court began hearing arguments Monday on the fate of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul, no less controversial two years after Democrats pushed it to passage in Congress. Twenty-six states are leading the legal challenge, while Republican presidential candidates are vowing to repeal...
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By Amanda McGrory |
March 12, 2012
Small-business employment grew by .25 percent during Febraury after a 2.75 decrease in January, according to the CBIZ Small Business Employment Index, which measures hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees.
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By Jenny Ivy |
February 1, 2012
If the individual mandate is a sinking ship, some groups argue, the high court should not allow other reforms, such as reduced cost-sharing for Medicare prescriptions, to go down with it.
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By Christopher S. Rugaber |
January 10, 2012
U.S. employers stepped up their hiring in November, though they advertised fewer jobs for a second straight month. The mixed data suggest the job market has strengthened but employers remain cautious.
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By Paul Wiseman |
December 21, 2011
The economy is ending 2011 on a roll.
