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Since May there's been a continual decline in small-business employment, according to Intuit Inc.s Small Business Revenue and Employment Indexes.

With 2,756 new industrial jobs, industrial employment in Utah increased 1.7 percent in the last year, according to the 2013 Utah Manufacturers Directory, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News Inc. in Evanston, Ill.

While health care sales jobs grew this summer, the total growth rate remains under 1 percent, and this slow rate is attributed to the uncertainty of health care reforms future, according to a report by MedReps.com.

Although most small-business owners permit employee use of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets, few practice strategies to keep these devices safe from cyber threats, according to a new study commissioned by AT&T and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Workers' compensation insurance rates paid by Florida's employers are going up 6.1 percent on Jan. 1.

The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by more spending by consumers and the federal government.