Optimistic findings from the latest Intuit Payroll survey show 44 percent of small business owners are planning to hire new employees within the next 12 months, and 60 percent see their business growing.

Political blunders fascinate me. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the train wreck, can't take your eyes away quality to them. Or maybe it's just reality television at its finest.

Not much news out of Washington this week on the health care reform front. Apparently, someone forgot to send the bill to accounting for approval. Or, in this case, the Congressional Budget Office.