Edward M. Kennedy


Will The Real Small Businessman Stand Up?

By Tom Richman |  Jul 1, 1982

Unfortunately, he can't, because he doesn't exist, although everyone claims to speak for him these days.  Read story

Unhealthy Benefits

By JAY FINEGAN |  Jul 1, 1987

Hold on to your wallets.  Read story

Business Groups Attack Immigration Bill

By Angus Loten |  May 18, 2007

Critics say the new Senate measure amounts to amnesty and will lead to higher taxes.  Read story

Senate Defeats Minimum Wage Hike

By Carole Matthews |  Mar 8, 2005

March 8, 2005 -- Efforts to attach minimum-wage increase proposals to legislation designed to overhaul the nation's bankruptcy law were d...  Read story

Learning to Love Nancy Pelosi

By Kate Ackley |  Apr 1, 2007

Business trade groups have been allied with the Republican Party for years. How will their agenda fare under the new Democratic majority?  Read story

Deja Vu All Over Again

By JAY FINEGAN |  Feb 1, 1989

Summary of the mandated benefits debate and the uncertain outcome both locally and nationally  Read story

Small Business -- And The Nation -- Win A Very Big One

By Milton D. Stewart |  Sep 1, 1982

What is the most important piece of small business legislation yet enacted in our life-time? My vote goes to the Small Business Innovation Development Ac...  Read story

Minimum Wage Increase Stalls in Senate

By Angus Loten |  Jan 24, 2007

Citing a lack of protections for small businesses, Republicans block a measure to raise the federal minimum wage without including tax cuts for employers.  Read story

The Stakes In The '86 Elections

By JAY FINEGAN |  Nov 1, 1986

This month, all eyes are on the Senate, where a Democratic victory would put business interests on the defensive. Would this be the end of the Reagan revolut...  Read story

Open the Gates

By Joel Kotkin |  Oct 1, 1989

Reasons why immigration may be the most effective way to boost the economy.  Read story

Storming the Hill

By Eamon Javers |  Feb 1, 2003

Now that the Republicans are in command, the small-business lobby hopes this new congressional session will bring it more victories than losses. Here's the v...  Read story

Small-Business Tax Cuts Tied to Iraq Funding Bill

By Angus Loten |  Apr 30, 2007

President Bush promises to veto the legislation, which sets a timetable for troop withdrawal.  Read story

Minimum Wage Debate on the Horizon

By Matt Quinn

June 17, 2004 -- With worries about many low paying jobs having already been lost abroad, Congress will consider whether those left behin...  Read story

Business Groups Protest Iraq Bill

By Angus Loten |  May 4, 2007

The groups want Congress to consider a minimum-wage increase and tax cuts as separate legislation.  Read story

The Obama Administration: Now What?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Jan 8, 2009

Barack Obama campaigned on an agenda of change -- from increased financial oversight to health-care reform. But with an economic crisis that shows no signs o...  Read story

Aah, Those Were The Days

By JOSEPH P. KAHN AND STEPHEN D. SOLOMON |  May 1, 1986

Inflation topping 15%, the prime nudging 20%, and business failure rates skyrocketing. When it came to starting a company. . .  Read story

Wooing Small-business Votes

By Steve Coll |  Nov 1, 1985

DEMOCRATS ARE MOVING SLOWLY IN RETHINKING POLICIES AIMED AT THE SMALL-BUSINESS SECTOR.  Read story

Congress Hears -- And Forwards -- A Message

By Milton D. Stewart |  Sep 1, 1981

Eighty-one United States senators have joined to sponsor (not just vote for) a "Small Business Innovation Research Act of 1981." We have previously report...  Read story

Massachusetts Businesses Still Reeling from Floods

By Melanie Brooks |  May 19, 2006

Record rainfalls have caused days of disruption and millions in property damage.  Read story

Business Groups Push for New Immigration Bill

By Angus Loten |  Jun 11, 2007

Calling the bill a "work in progress," groups in Washington say they support the overall reform effort.  Read story

Senate Rejects Pro-Union Bill

By Angus Loten |  Jun 26, 2007

The so-called card-check bill, opposed by business groups, would have made organizing unions easier.  Read story

Small Business Not Left Out of Health-Care Reform

By Keaton Gray |  Jul 6, 2009

With the possible adoption of a national exchange program comes the benefits of buying in bulk.  Read story

Nobel Prizes Aren't Enough

By Milton D. Stewart |  Jul 1, 1981

Better support of small company R D will help us lead the world in innovative products as well as basic research.  Read story

Senate Agrees to Take Up Health-Care Bill

By Angus Loten |  May 9, 2006

Democrats are expected to make a strong push against the legislation allowing association health plans.  Read story

Not For-Profit

By Tom Richman |  Nov 1, 1990

Profile of a start-up not for-profit youth service corps.  Read story

Protectionist Paranoia

By Michael Kinsley |  Feb 1, 1983

Reagan and the Democrats either don't understand free trade or have started believing their own pap.  Read story

States Grapple with Wage Issue

By Michael Aneiro

Oct. 5, 2004 --In Maine, where the minimum wage is already well above the federally mandated level of $5.15 an hour, the state plans to ra...  Read story

What's The Difference Between Politicians And Cottage Cheese?

By Joseph P. Kahn |  Mar 1, 1984

Not much, at least from a marketing standpoint. And that's where David Sawyer comes in.  Read story

The Kerry Pitch

By Sasha Issenberg |  Oct 1, 2004

Yes, John Kerry is your soul mate.  Read story

Cracks in the Melting Pot

By Stephanie Clifford |  Dec 1, 2005

Visa restrictions are keeping entrepreneurial immigrants away, and they're finding new opportunities overseas.  Read story

The Happiest Workers in the World

By Jeffrey L. Seglin |  May 15, 1996

Inc. 's editor-at-large examines the results of a recent Inc. Gallup survey that suggests worker confidence is good.  Read story

"being Dead Is Bad For Business"

By Lucien Rhodes |  Jul 1, 1984

A growing number of businesspeople are looking beyond the survival of their own companies -- and becoming outspoken participants in the nuclear arms debate.  Read story

Now I Know My Abcs

By Steve Coll |  Apr 1, 1985

The president of the American Business Conference would have us think that the organization represents the elite of America's growth companies. Think again.  Read story

The Anti-marketers

By PAUL B. BROWN |  Mar 1, 1988

The best mail-order catalog in America is put out by people who hate to sell, never use the word 'new,' and make customers pay for the privilege of ordering  Read story

Tail Spin

By Curtis Hartman |  Mar 1, 1985

PBA was an airline in disgrace. Peter Van Arsdale had two weeks to save it. He did. Then the next disaster struck.  Read story

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