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The Obama Administration: Now What?

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 more

Profiting from Politics

Whether John McCain or Barack Obama becomes the next president, a handful of entrepreneurs plan to enjoy -- and make money from -- this political season.  Read more

And The Republican Economic Debate Winner is...Huckabee?

The Republican Economic Debate, held Tuesday afternoon in Dearborn, MI, was mostly a predictable contest -- almost as predictable as when the Democrats ta...  Read more

The Granite State Race Isn't Set In Stone

A new survey of likely primary voters in New Hampshire reveals that the races in both parties are shifting -- though in different ways. Both the Democrati...  Read more

Why Business People Should Be Scared

Politics is not my favorite subject, and it's not my favorite activity. I get a little involved in local politics. I support a few local politicians. But ...  Read more

Republicans Stall, Democrats Abandon Climate Bill

Climate bill, we hardly knew ye. I thought I'd have more time to gather my thoughts on the massive global warming legislation that the Senate Read more

UPDATE: The Clock Still Ticks For Earmarks

Earlier this month, Rep. David Obey, the Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, sent his Republican colleagues a letter that forced a ...  Read more

Decision Iowa: An Entrepreneurs' Forum -- Part I

Is it just me, or do this year's Iowa Caucuses seem more important than ever? (It could just be me, I suppose: I'm from Iowa, so I'm biased, and I also ha...  Read more

Live-Blogging the NFIB Summit: The GOP's Fading Fortunes

6:50 PM It will not be a good year at the polls for Republicans, but it's too soon to say just how bad the election will go -- that's the view, any...  Read more

Blogging The NFIB Summit: Tucker Carlson Brings The Good News

1:30 PM The evening capping the first day of the NFIB summit was held at the National Portrait Gallery, and before sitting down for dinner in the e...  Read more

Groupon Gets Old-School Competitor

Each day,  Inc .'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: <...  Read more

What Health Care Reform Means for Your Business

The House of Representatives has passed a sweeping health care bill. Here's what it means for you.  Read more

NAFTA History?

There was no ambiguity in last night's Democratic debate when it came to NAFTA. Both candidates plainly said that they were willing to dump the trade trea...  Read more

The Democrats Are Coming!

The Democratic Party's new Small Business Council is getting its act together and taking it on road. Beginning in June, the council will sponsor a series ...  Read more

Senate Votes to Include $30 Billion Lending Fund in Small Business Aid Package

The controversial amendment is now part of a bill that could go before the Senate next week.  Read more

The Small Business Debate That Wasn't

The U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has a dream ...  Read more

The Union Label

With Labor Day come and gone, union endorsements are piling up. So who's zoomin' who? Hillary Clinton collected two big endorsements last week, fr...  Read more

Iowa, All Shook Up

The Des Moines Register published its Iowa Poll yesterday, its first survey of caucus-goer leanings since May. The results are important for both...  Read more

The Jobs Bill and You

Senate passes hiring incentives . A measure designed to provide financial incentives for companies to hire new employees looks set to pass the Senat...  Read more

The GOP's Stimulus Speciousness

In the waning hours of the GOP's unsuccessful effort to...  Read more

Bill Of Particulars: Richardson Details Health Plan

Claiming that "We cannot afford a healthcare system that doesn't cover every American -- the cost to our economy and the well-being of our people is just ...  Read more

Senate Advances Small Business Aid Package

The bill, which includes a $30-billion loan fund, is now all but guaranteed to pass.  Read more

The Candidates And The Crises

This was the week for the presidential candidates to address the twin economic crises of the moment: the collapse of the sub-prime housing market on Main ...  Read more

McCain Trades Trade For Climate

There's a hard question that must asked of every plan ...  Read more

President-Elect Obama: What Will Change Really Mean?

Touting a message of change throughout a marathon campaign, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday in a decisive and his...  Read more

Small Business Grabs Attention in D.C.

Democrats and Republicans battle for the small-biz vote. Speaking from a sandwich shop yesterday in Edison, New Jersey, President Obama declared th...  Read more

The Government Will See You Now? (Q&A, Part V)

Today, after a bit of a hiatus, our conversation with Bob Graboyes , the senior health care advisor to the Read more

And The SBA's Next Chief Is REALLY...

...Karen Gordon Mills, a Maine-based investment manager, according to an account<...  Read more

The Specter Of Card Check Is Gone, For Now

The fight over the Employee Free Choice Act -- a.ka. "card check" -- appears to have ended bef...  Read more

The Specter Of Card Check Is Gone, For Now

The fight over the Employee Free Choice Act -- a.ka. "card check" -- appears to have ended bef...  Read more

The Big Stimulus: What's in it for Small Business?

What the $819 billion dollar plan could do for your business.  Read more

Election dissection: state & local races

The small-business lobby was watching a few races this November--you know, other than that big one with Bush and Kerry. The tally on some of the most clo...  Read more

Does the SBA Still Matter?

To get past the partisan debate in Washington, we went to a district office to find out what the SBA really does and whom it really helps.  Read more

Iowa Entrepreneurs Decide (Or Not): None Of The Above?

Notwithstanding the fact that these days you can't walk down the street in Des Moines without running into one or another campaign entourage, our panelist...  Read more

Health Care Reform, Oh My!

Our upcoming healthcare reform event certainly has people talking. The event, to be held on Read more

When a Product Gets the Obama Effect

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Ho...  Read more

The Making Of The President 1988

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

Debating a Small Business Bailout; SpaceX Lifts Off

Possible bailout for small business lender? As the W...  Read more

A Conservative Lambastes The Republican Economic Boondoggle

Last Sunday, for the second time in three weeks, the New York Times presented an economy's-eye view of the election, this time from Read more

Dems Talk Business in Boston

July 27, 2004 -- Small business issues figured into the agenda in Boston Monday as the Democratic Party kicked off its weeklong ramp-up t...  Read more