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        "title": "Private company now dictating employment policy to small businesses",
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        "prettyDate": "May 04, 2015",
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        "summary": "It's well-known that small businesses suffer from a crushing burden of employment-related, safety-related, and environmental-related rules and regulations from various government agencies.",
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        "uri": "/2015/04/27/employees-continue-to-view-health-benefits-as-impo/",
        "title": "Employees continue to view health benefits as important",
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        "prettyDate": "April 27, 2015",
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        "summary": "According to a recent survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (www.ebri.org), a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research institute that focuses on health, savings, retirement, and economic security issues, the importance of benefits as criteria in choosing jobs remains high among American workers.",
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        "uri": "/2015/04/20/small-business-review-process/",
        "title": "Small business review process",
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        "prettyDate": "April 20, 2015",
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        "summary": "According to a recent report by the Center for Effective Government (foreffectivegov.org), when small businesses made their case in the 1990s that federal rulemaking processes should pay attention to the special needs of small businesses, policymakers listened.",
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        "uri": "/2015/04/13/small-business-tax-concerns-with-shop/",
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        "prettyDate": "April 13, 2015",
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        "summary": "Initially created with the goal of helping small businesses comply with the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) has not been meeting expectations.",
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        "uri": "/2015/04/10/small-company-benefits-trends/",
        "title": "Small company benefits trends",
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        "prettyDate": "April 10, 2015",
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        "summary": "As small businesses compete to attract and retain talent, trends that show the importance of benefits are emerging.",
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        "uri": "/2015/04/06/the-ppacas-problems-for-small-businesses/",
        "title": "The PPACA's problems for small businesses",
        "byline": "William Atkinson",
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        "prettyDate": "April 06, 2015",
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        "summary": "In a March 23, 2015, press release, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) noted that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) turned five years and added, \"(W)hile the administration is commemorating the occasion, there is not much for small business to celebrate.\"",
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        "uri": "/2015/03/30/house-committee-on-small-business/",
        "title": "House committee on small business",
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        "prettyDate": "March 30, 2015",
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        "summary": "In his opening statement on the House Committee on Small Business's hearing on the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Fiscal Year 2016 budget request, House Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) raised two questions. First: Are the resources sufficient to help small businesses grow the middle class jobs that America needs? Two:...",
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        "uri": "/2015/03/23/small-business-access-to-credit-and-capital/",
        "title": "Small business access to credit and capital",
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        "prettyDate": "March 23, 2015",
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        "summary": "Access to capital is one of the largest impediments facing America's small businesses. According to the NSBA, small business members consistently identify access to credit and capital as one of the top issues impacting their firms.",
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        "uri": "/2015/03/16/hra-usage-needs-long-term-solution/",
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        "prettyDate": "March 16, 2015",
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        "summary": "The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), an organization representing small businesses, offered reaction to the U.S. Department of the Treasury's announcement that it is delaying the enforcement of the technical guidance issued in September 2013 regarding Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs), which NASE says is a key health care tool...",
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        "title": "Cybersecurity: top data breaches of 2014",
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        "prettyDate": "March 13, 2015",
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        "summary": "Increased incidents of cyber attacks in 2014 have caused not only financial losses for businesses, but have compromised customer financial and other sensitive data.",
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