Is the recession really over? Not so, according to many business owners.
US Bank conducted a survey of over 1,000 small business owners, and 71
percent replied that the Great Recession was still here three years
after it ended.
President Obama signed legislation that renewed the charter for
Export-Import Bank. The president applauded the government bank as a
critical entity that nurtured U.S. exports.
Does your supplier diversity simply look good on paper, or is it a
robust program that involves the collective effort of many? While most
companies understand that a supplier diversity program will benefit
their business, they often do not understand that the benefits they
receive depend on the effort they make. A quality supplier diversity
program requires honest analysis, solid planning, collective effort,
outreach and training.
Recently, Senator Dick Durbin (Democrat-Illinois), Chris Smith
(Republican-New Jersey) and Bobby Rush (Democrat-Illinois) introduced
"The Increasing American Jobs through Greater Exports to Africa Act."
This proposed act seeks to increase trade and investment between the
U.S. and Africa.
With today’s economy still struggling to right itself, competition for
employment is fierce. The battle lines have been drawn, with baby boomers competing with their children’s generation for jobs.
The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, is dropping
its daily circulation after 175 years and plans to issue three printed
editions a week starting in the fall. With the change, the newspaper
would become the largest metro newspaper in the nation to drop daily
circulation in this digital age.
American Express has announced that there will be no charge to small
businesses for using a service that creates discount offers for delivery
to its cardmembers when they use a new smartphone feature or other
platforms. The goal is to increase acceptance by these merchants of the
company’s high-end credit cards.
On Friday, JPMorgan Chase was strongly criticized for stating that the
$2 billion loss its trading group suffered was due to a tactic for
handling financial risks that meant well but was executed poorly. Three
years after the near meltdown of the financial sector, the huge blunder
was referenced as evidence that the largest banks in the country are
still not concerned about the potentially disastrous impacts of their
financial speculations.
