Business Roundtable


The Insider's Guide to Economic Forecasting

By Gene Sperling |  Aug 1, 2003

Or, How to Get Ahead of the Competition by Becoming Your Own Economist. A well-known economist pulls back the curtain on the indicators he a...  Read story

CEO Outlook Dips

Jun 6, 2007

With slower growth expected in the months ahead, the nation's business leaders were less optimistic about the economy in the second quarter, according to ...  Read story

Best Small Employers Named

Sep 17, 2007

A mining company, a financial services firm, and a business consulting group were among top employers named this week in Principal Financial Group's 10 Be...  Read story

CEOs Create Disaster-Response Guide

Mar 23, 2007

March 23, 2007 -- A taskforce of CEOs has launched a human-resources guide to disaster response to help private sector better prepare for...  Read story

Write It Yourself

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Jan 1, 1987

There's still a market for CEO-tells-all -- if you know how to approach it.  Read story

Comerica Bank, Starwood Hotels Launch Credit Cards for Business Owners

By Peter Hoy |  Oct 18, 2006

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

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Jun 1, 1981

Another lobbying group will be woring for small business interests in Washington. The American Business Conference, modeled after The Business Roundtable...  Read story

CEOs Bullish Despite Katrina

By Allen P. Roberts Jr. |  Sep 23, 2005

Sept. 23, 2005 --Even as much of the Gulf Coast lay wrecked by Hurricane Katrina, America's business leaders sounded an optimistic outlook...  Read story

CEOs Expect to Add Workers

By Matt Quinn

June 3, 2004 -- With economic conditions continuing to strengthen, a growing number of chief executives plan on hiring workers by the end...  Read story

Time To Pull The Plug On High Electricity Bills

By William H. Elsey III |  Nov 1, 1982

Small business contributes disproportionately to the revenues of utility companies, and it has only itself to blame.  Read story

This Week's Economic Roundup

By Angus Loten |  Jun 7, 2007

Observers predict potential labor shortage; prices at the pump fall for second straight week.  Read story

The Importance of Being Ethical

Nov 30, 2000

Companies with strong ethics programs have found that these efforts can reduce potential costly fines, decrease vulnerability, improve reputation, provide...  Read story

New Center to Help Businesses Hit by Katrina

By Angus Loten |  Oct 3, 2006

The Urban Entrepreneurship Partnership Gulf Coast will provide training and access to capital for minority business owners.  Read story

Study Finds That Writing is a Critical Business Skill

By Darren Dahl

Sept. 20, 2004 --In its National Commission on Writing report, the College Board found that in today's high-tech economy filled with e-mai...  Read story

Cheat Sheet: Economic Indicators

Jul 1, 2003

Well-known economist Gene Sperling reveals his top resources for gauging economic performance in "Read story

Young Workers Lack Savings Plans

By Laura Palotie |  Mar 19, 2008

A survey gives younger employees failing grades in financial literacy.  Read story

Why There Aren't More Women In This Magazine

By Ellen Wojahn |  Jul 1, 1986

Maybe it's because women are creating a business world all their own.  Read story

Big Guys Buy More

Jan 1, 1998

Sometimes, the most efficient route to reaching a customer is not the most direct. For instance, the publisher of FamilyEducation Today, a newsletter advi...  Read story

Marketing Through Employers

By Susan Greco |  Jun 1, 1993

A newsletter start-up taps consumer markets by piggybacking on large companies.  Read story

SBA Chief Meets with New Orleans Business Owners

By Angus Loten |  Jul 20, 2006

Steven Preston heard concerns from African-American entrepreneurs disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.  Read story

What's In A Name?

By Tom Richman |  Oct 1, 1982

With the profusion of political lables, there is more need than ever for small business to create an identifiable image.  Read story

A Small Businessman In Congress

By Steve Weinberg |  Dec 1, 1981

Berkley Bedell built a thriving company that makes fishing tackle. Then he went to Congress to do something about the state of free enterprise.  Read story

The 1981 Tax Cut: A Tilt To Big Business?

By Tom Richman |  Jun 1, 1981

President Reagan's tax reform plans still leave small business at a disadvantage.  Read story

Hanging Tough With Reagan On Taxes

By Tom Richman |  Sep 1, 1981

Small business deal makers had to choose between political loyalty to the Administration and attractive offers from Democrats. They made a split decision.  Read story

A Failure To Communicate

By Stuart Eizenstat |  Jul 1, 1982

Small business may have a special Presidential report, but until some more fundamental changes occur, it will never have much clout with the President.  Read story

The Making Of The President 1988

By Joel Kotkin |  Nov 1, 1984

THERE IS A RISING GENERATION OF POLITICAL LEADERS -- IN BOTH PARTIES -- THAT IS LOOKING TO SHAPE A WHOLE NEW POLITICS OF GROWTH.  Read story

(still) Unsafe At Any Speed

Dec 1, 1985

Ralph Nader, the man who killed the Corvair, is now organizing buyers' collaboratives to make big-volume purchases from fuel dealers, and spotting the consum...  Read story

The Biggest Kid On The Block

By Tom Richman |  Jun 1, 1982

The National Federation of Independent Business has the membership and the money to throw its weight around in Washington.  Read story

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