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Entrepreneurial Confidence Rises Slightly

The latest Discover Small Business Watch of entrepreneurs reports that economic confidence among the Main Street business class has risen slightly in June, with its index rising to 80.9 from

How to Make Time For Marketing

Employers’ Health Care Costs Have Nearly Doubled

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today released a report about the rising cost of health care. Among its conclusions: “Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums have nearly doubled since 2000.”

That

New Web Tool Calculates Biz Success

Starting a business is not for the risk averse. But in an effort to help entrepreneurs assess just how much risk is associated with launching or running their business, StartupNation.com,

Plastic Increasingly Inflexible for Entrepreneurs

This spring a bigger problem than the bank-loan freeze has emerged for entrepreneurs: Credit card companies are slashing their limits, and small business owners are suffering because a majority of

Are Gen Y Workers Good for Business?

In his new book The Future Arrived Yesterday: The Rise of the Protean Corporation and What It Means for You (Crown Business), business and technology journalist Michael S. Malone argues that

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Economic Recovery in Sight, Economists Say

Good news from the 2009 Chapman University Economic Forecast: Expect the recovery to begin in the next few months.

During an event held this morning in Orange County, Calif., Chapman University