ADP data on private payrolls has an interesting story to tell about job creation in the US. It is particularly helpful to understand job creation in terms of business size. ADP breaks down businesses into small: 1-49 employees, medium: 50-499 employees…
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Small business loan approval rates – latest trends – Sober Look
by Walter Kurtz • • 0 Comments
This is a syndicated repost courtesy of Sober Look. To view original, click here. Reposted with permission. The latest statistics on small business lending show application approval rates rising at banks. It seems however that banks are still relying on taxpayer support to provide credit. Biz2Credit: – “Smaller banks are making more and more loans…
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Where are the jobs coming from? – Sober Look
by Walter Kurtz • • 0 Comments
The January employment report showed that improvements in the U.S. labor markets are continuing at a moderate pace, as private payrolls added some 166 thousand jobs during the month. The headline numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics however mask…
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Falling Flat On Its Facebook – InformationWeek
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Falling Flat On Its FacebookInformationWeekThe Facebook IPO has been a disaster. According to Bloomberg, it was the worst of the decade. But in a way that's the least of Facebook's troubles. Prior to the IPO, ad growth was slowing and research …
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Financials Up, JPMorgan Brushes Off Projected $4.2 Billion Trading Loss (JPM … – 24/7 Wall St.
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Financials Up, JPMorgan Brushes Off Projected $4.2 Billion Trading Loss (JPM …24/7 Wall St.JPMorgan's share price rise comes on the same day that an analyst at International Strategy & Investment Group Inc. (ISI) estimated that the bank may l…
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3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: May 4 – TheStreet.com
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TheStreet.com3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: May 4TheStreet.comBy Laurie Kulikowski 05/04/12 – 12:41 PM EDT 1.Census data shows the US business startup rate fell below 8%. The nation's business startup rate fell below 8% for the firs…
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Study Shows Fewer Loans To Small Business In March – TheStreet.com
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WRAL.comStudy Shows Fewer Loans To Small Business In MarchTheStreet.comBy AP 05/01/12 – 06:27 AM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — Lending to small business is slowing, possibly a sign of deteriorating confidence in the economy from entrepreneurs. AP Top Extended …
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This Is Small Business in America: Burdened, Crushed, Doomed
by Charles Hugh Smith • • 3 Comments
If you make it increasingly costly and risky to open a small enterprise, then no wonder unemployment remains high.
You hear a lot about Kafkaesque stifling bureaucracy in Greece and other struggling European nations, but America’s Status Quo is tr…
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Not Hiring: The Untold Story of Small Business in America
by Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner • • 0 Comments
Small business isn’t hiring, and the reasons are invisible to those without any real-world small business experience.
Most of the discussions about boosting hiring and employment are detached from the realities faced by actual small-business employ…
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My favorite Martin Hutchinson (Money Morning) paragraph today
by Bears Chat at The Wall Street Examiner • • 0 Comments
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•Back off the banks:
“The financial services sector may consist of bad guys, but it is a major part of the economy. It has been harangued with legislation of more than 1,000 pages, including instructions to the U.S. Securi…
