Feds approve state-based Hawaii health exchange
AP - Thu, Jan 3, 2013 4:26 PM ESTThe federal government has given Hawaii conditional approval for running its own state-based health exchange. More »Feds approve state-based Hawaii health exchange
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Feds accept Utah health insurance exchange
AP - Thu, Jan 3, 2013 4:25 PM ESTThe federal government has given Utah the green light to move forward with its existing health insurance exchange. More »Feds accept Utah health insurance exchange
Delaware health reform effort moves forward
AP - Thu, Jan 3, 2013 4:24 PM ESTDelaware officials are moving ahead in implementing a state health care exchange under the national health care reform law. More »Delaware health reform effort moves forward
Obama signs small biz contracting bills into law
AP - Thu, Jan 3, 2013 4:23 PM ESTLegislation to help small business owners win more contracts with the federal government became law Thursday when President Barack Obama signed a $633 billion defense bill. More »Obama signs small biz contracting bills into law
Feds OK Nevada's health exchange plans
AP - Thu, Jan 3, 2013 4:22 PM ESTThe federal government Thursday gave Nevada initial approval to run its own health insurance exchange program as called for under the federal health care reform law. More »Feds OK Nevada's health exchange plans
Vt. health exchange gets conditional federal OK
AP - Thu, Jan 3, 2013 4:21 PM ESTVermont has won conditional federal approval for its plan to build a consumer-friendly health insurance marketplace, or exchange. More »Vt. health exchange gets conditional federal OK
ADP: Small businesses hiring picked up in December
AP - Thu, Jan 3, 2013 2:42 PM ESTHiring by small businesses picked up slightly in December, boosted by growth at larger service-oriented businesses, according to a report released Thursday. More »ADP: Small businesses hiring picked up in December
Dubious deal? Small biz mixed on cliff compromise
AP - Wed, Jan 2, 2013 5:32 PM ESTCongress stopped the U.S. from going over the so-called "fiscal cliff" — and that's great news for some small business owners. But with a deal that doesn't immediately address federal budget cuts, for many, the uncertainty drags on. More »Dubious deal? Small biz mixed on cliff compromise
Report: Small biz still cautious about borrowing
AP - Wed, Jan 2, 2013 6:12 AM ESTThe erratic pace of borrowing by small businesses owners continued in November — a sign that they were still cautious about hiring. More »Report: Small biz still cautious about borrowing
Report: Small business hiring slowed in December
AP - Mon, Dec 31, 2012 3:45 PM ESTSmall businesses significantly slowed the pace of their hiring in December, according to a report released Monday by business software maker Intuit Inc. The drop in hiring is a sign that business owners became more cautious as they awaited the outcome of negotiations in Congress on what's called the fiscal cliff. More »Report: Small business hiring slowed in December
Fearful of ban, frenzied buyers swarm gun stores
AP - Fri, Dec 28, 2012 8:57 PM ESTThe phones at Red's Trading Post wouldn't stop ringing. Would-be customers from as far away as New York wanted to know if the Twin Falls, Idaho gun shop had firearms in stock. Others clamored to find out if their orders had been shipped. More »Fearful of ban, frenzied buyers swarm gun stores
Waxing poetic on social media helps business grow
AP - Fri, Dec 28, 2012 3:12 PM ESTBusiness didn't pick up at Tiffany Piggee-Taylor's waxing and skincare business until she went social with what most people consider a private matter. More »Waxing poetic on social media helps business grow
Nonprofit tech innovators inspire new philanthropy
AP - Thu, Dec 27, 2012 7:40 AM ESTScott Harrison knows his charity has funded nearly 7,000 clean water projects in some of the poorest areas of the world in the past six years. How many of those wells are still flowing with drinking water months or years later, though? That's a tough question to answer. More »Nonprofit tech innovators inspire new philanthropy
5 issues small business owners will face in 2013
AP - Wed, Dec 26, 2012 3:11 PM ESTIn 2013, small business owners will contend with many of the same issues that made it hard to run their companies over the last 12 months. More »5 issues small business owners will face in 2013
Kauffman smallbiz expert on taxes, fiscal cliff
AP - Wed, Dec 19, 2012 3:11 PM ESTDane Stangler has never owned a small business, and doesn't expect to ever own one. But he's in a position to understand the challenges facing people who own small companies. More »Kauffman smallbiz expert on taxes, fiscal cliff
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