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1 hr ago | ClipSyndicate

Dr. David Gifford meets with RI Businesses

The head of the RI Dept. of Health met with small business owners to discuss H1N1, and why small businesses are extremely vulnerable to the flu virus.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Video, Health

6 hrs ago | The Honolulu Advertiser

Shinseki outlines VA plan to end homelessness among veterans

WASHINGTON - Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki yesterday announced the framework of a bold initiative to end homelessness among veterans within five years.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Personal Finance

10 hrs ago | Selkirk Today

Watchdog urged to review finance

The Office of Fair Trading is facing pressure over concerns that small Scottish businesses have difficulty accessing finance.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance

15 hrs ago | Daily Mail

'They're living in Disney World': Government's business tsar Alan...

Gordon Brown's business tsar Alan Sugar was under siege last night after dismissing struggling small firms as ' moaners' who lived in 'Disney World'. The multi-millionaire claimed a mere 15 per cent of businesses turned down for bank loans had anything to complain about.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Europe, World News, United Kingdom

19 hrs ago | Quicken

Learn more about Intuita s acquisition of Mint

Mountain View, Calif. Nov. 02, 2009 Intuit Inc . has completed its acquisition of Mint.com , a fast-growing provider of online personal finance services based in Mountain View, Calif.

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Related Topix: Intuit, Startups, Accounting, Software, Mountain View, CA, Personal Finance

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Mississippi Press

Senate committee to investigate insurer pricing

The Senate Democratic chairman said Tuesday the panel is investigating how health insurers price the coverage they sell to small businesses, which have struggled for years with soaring premiums.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Aetna, Insurance, Barack Obama

Banker & Tradesman

CIT Bankruptcy Plan May Win OK At Dec....

A U.S. bankruptcy judge set a Dec. 8 hearing to consider approval of CIT Group Inc's reorganization plan, aiding the large commercial lender's effort to emerge from bankruptcy by year's end.

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Related Topix: CIT Group, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Personal Finance

Slam Sports

Shoppers and small businesses plan to spend less on gifts this holiday season

FISTED?: A third of U.S. adults said they would spend less this year than they did in 2008 on gifts, while 49 per cent would spend about the same amount, according to a Consumer Reports poll on holiday shopping.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Winter Sports, Curling

LongmontFYI

Still must work

For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don't come to work, you don't get paid.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu

Alabama Live

Small businesses could get break on Alabama Power rates

Thousands of small businesses could get a break on their electric bills from Alabama Power starting with the new year.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Energy, Alabama

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Kansas.com

House Republicans roll out health insurance alternatives

Consumers could cross state lines to buy coverage. There'd be no big government expansion.

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Related Topix: US News, Personal Finance, Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Mike Pence, Healthcare Law, Law

Chain Leader

Tight Credit Forces Creative Funding

By Ann Meyer, SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE -- Chicago Tribune , November 2, 2009 Monday Chicagoland Final Edition To grow his health care supply manufacturing company, Ash Luthra needed money and workers.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro, Personal Finance, Cook County, IL, Non-Profit, Evanston, IL

MarketWatch

CIT files for bankruptcy

CIT Group Inc., in one of the biggest corporate bankruptcies ever, filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York on Sunday.

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Related Topix: CIT Group, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Personal Finance, Investment Banking, Lehman Brothers Holdings, Investment Services, Banking, Citigroup

Reuters

CIT failure to leave small businesses floundering

CIT Group Inc's bankruptcy filing, while long expected, could still trigger a financing crunch for many of the hundreds of thousands of small businesses it finances.

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Related Topix: CIT Group, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Personal Finance, Garden City, NY

Gouverneur Times

Health care plan hits rich with big tax increases

Their wealthy counterparts, however, face big tax increases that could eventually hit future generations of taxpayers who are less wealthy.

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Related Topix: Tax, Personal Finance, US Politics, US News, Dave Camp, Republican, US House of Representatives, Barack Obama, W.

WBT-AM Charlotte

San Fran's latest battle royale: parking meters

This city's most popular neighborhoods are night owls, streets that come alive when the restaurants and pubs set the mood and light their candles.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Personal Finance

Sun Nov 01, 2009

CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

Swine flu without sick leave? Tricky calculation for millions trying to stay well or risk rent

For millions of Americans the rule is simple: If you don't come to work, you don't get paid.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Personal Finance, Home Listing, Home, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Fox 8 - WJW

CIT Group seeks prepackaged reorganization in New York bankruptcy court

Lender CIT Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, in an effort to restructure its debt while trying to keep loans flowing to the thousands of mid-sized and small businesses.

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Related Topix: CIT Group, Financial Services, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Personal Finance

Deseret Morning News

Geithner: Economy rebounding, but job growth lags

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner acknowledges the federal budget deficit is too high, but that the priorities now are economic growth and job creation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Personal Finance

SeattlePI.com Microsoft Blog

Microsoft kills Office Accounting, continues support

Office Accounting, Microsoft's bookkeeping and management software that integrates with the ubiquitous productivity suite, is being discontinued on Nov.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Personal Finance

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