Senate Defeats Minimum Wage Hike
March 8, 2005 -- Efforts to attach minimum-wage increase proposals to legislation designed to overhaul the nation's bankruptcy law were d... Read story
March 8, 2005 -- Efforts to attach minimum-wage increase proposals to legislation designed to overhaul the nation's bankruptcy law were d... Read story
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 story
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
Nov. 3, 2004 --While the presidential election still remains in limbo this morning, the House of Representatives' future has been sealed b... Read story
This article explains how government must reinvent economic and regulatory policies to match today's marketplace. Read story
Forget rebel, forget misfit, forget poor boy makes good. A new study shatters old myths about the entrepreneur. Read story
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
Shoestring start-ups: seven fast-growing companies that were started for $1,000 or less, and tactics to borrow for your own start-up. Read story
There are some new faces at the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Gone are veep wannabe John Edwards (now a Harvard fellow) and former... Read story
The Republican Party controls the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives. What does that mean for small business? Rhonda Abrams challenges... Read story
An economist reveals which political party will be best for the health of the new economy and why. Read story
A CEO by the name of Mike Miller sent me an e-mail last week ribbing me about Inc. 's political bias, which he says is liberal. The latest example... Read story
THERE IS A RISING GENERATION OF POLITICAL LEADERS -- IN BOTH PARTIES -- THAT IS LOOKING TO SHAPE A WHOLE NEW POLITICS OF GROWTH. Read story
Either Ronald Reagan promises to make his next appointment to the Federal Reserve Board someone with firsthand experience in small business, "or, we'll ra... Read story
Under the new bill, 99.5% of all estates would be exempt from what critics call the 'death tax.' Read story
Critics say that the agency should be lending more now that credit is tight. Read story
When profits fell at a hotel management company, it was time to slash human-resources spending. Or was it? Read story
Lawyers and judges who make the bar friendly. Read story
Operatives and advocates with serious clout. Read story
If so, says Libertarian candidate Bob Barr, you should be supporting him for president. Read story
Since being named to the Republican ticket, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been dogged by media reports of alleged ethics violations, potential inexperience, he... Read story
Other Presidential hopefuls have tried to sell themselves to the entrepreneur. Jack Kemp is the first to market entrepreneurship to the rest of the country. Read story
The responses to our first Small Business Outlook survey (see page 31) showed a lot less optimism than we'll need in the year ahead. That's why I made a ... Read story
An independent political consultant comments on the small-business community as a voting bloc in US politics. Read story
Your small business advisory groups could make 1984 a memorable year for legislative issues. Read story
Entrepreneurs take note: When it comes to economic development, the serious business isn't getting done in Washington, D.C., these days. Read story
This CEO's Life David H. Freedman's story on Bob Cramer ["Read story
Business trade groups have been allied with the Republican Party for years. How will their agenda fare under the new Democratic majority? Read story
The findings of a recent Internet privacy study conducted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have prompted the agency to propose that Congress give it ... Read story
A diary of official Washington in the midst of an economic crisis Read story
Analysis of whether or not CEOs would make successful politicians. Read story
An interview with CEO Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, Elizabeth Dole's former chief fund-raiser. Read story
July 14, 2005 --A package of legislation that aims to bolster small businesses' clout in challenging Occupational Safety and Health Admini... Read story
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
Keith Ferrazzi needs two PalmPilots to keep track of all his contacts, people like Bill Clinton and Michael Milken. But there's far more to cracking the inne... Read story
Profiles of various businesspeople who have embraced the teaching of Stephen Covey, and why. Read story
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