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Your Small Business Questions, Answered
Send us your questions on challenges you face in your business. Journalist Karen E. Klein will interview experts and distill their insights into answers.
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Managing
A Flooded Manufacturer Rebounds After Hurricane Sandy
Countertop manufacturer IceStone in Brooklyn is waiting on a SBA disaster loan to help replace equipment damaged in the storm -
Financing
Revenue-Based Financing: The Better You Do, the Quicker You Pay
Startups and small businesses, including tech companies, are resorting to revenue-based financing, whereby future performance determines how they pay the loans back -
Management
Your Résumé: Imaginary Friends as Job References
Three out of 10 companies report spotting fake references on résumés -
Health Care
John Sculley: Seeing Steve Jobs Everywhere
The ex-Apple CEO mentors health-care entrepreneurs -
Courts
Startups Party at the Patent Office
Startups once ignored intellectual-property issues; now they protect innovations early -
Managing
Rise of the Barter Economy
Exchanging goods and services is popular, but it's not the best business plan -
Starting a Business
How Brad Gruno Ended in the Chips
The failed telecom executive became a raw foodie, started whipping up chips in his kitchen, and launched a $2 million business -
Policy
Growing Home Care Industry May Have to Raise Pay
The government wants to close a loophole that lets employers pay less than minimum wage -
Management
The 'Heart Attack Grill' Experience
A man suffered cardiac arrest at a deliberately unhealthy Vegas restaurant. How did no one see this coming? -
Management
Researchers Detail Flaw in Online Cryptography, but Don't Panic
A team of Internet security researchers says a small number of public encryption keys offer "no security at all" -
2012 campaign
Alabama's Immigration Law Could Cost Billions Annually
Since a harsh immigration law took effect in September, thousands of immigrants have fled, triggering a potential economic decline that could erase at least 70,000 jobs -
Management
Have Fingers, 30 Seconds? You, Too, Can Hack Google Wallet
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Policy
Explaining Obamacare's Baffling Tax Breaks for Small Business
Small employers have been slow to take the law's tax credit for offering health coverage. Accountants blame complicated rules -
Management
The 'Heart Attack Grill' Experience
A man suffered cardiac arrest at a deliberately unhealthy Vegas restaurant. How did no one see this coming? -
Policy
Small Employers Are Clueless About Obamacare
A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests -
Managing
A Flooded Manufacturer Rebounds After Hurricane Sandy
Countertop manufacturer IceStone in Brooklyn is waiting on a SBA disaster loan to help replace equipment damaged in the storm -
Taxes
How to Get Ready for an IRS Audit
The self-employed are more likely to be audited. Here's how to bulletproof your tax return -
Commentary
The IRS's Worker-Classification Rules Aren't Working
Congress should halt the Internal Revenue Service's increased audits of small employers suspected of misclassifying workers as independent contractors until the IRS clarifies its rules
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Policy
Small Employers Are Clueless About Obamacare
A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests -
Managing
A Flooded Manufacturer Rebounds After Hurricane Sandy
Countertop manufacturer IceStone in Brooklyn is waiting on a SBA disaster loan to help replace equipment damaged in the storm -
Policy
Explaining Obamacare's Baffling Tax Breaks for Small Business
Small employers have been slow to take the law's tax credit for offering health coverage. Accountants blame complicated rules -
Taxes
How to Get Ready for an IRS Audit
The self-employed are more likely to be audited. Here's how to bulletproof your tax return
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Policy
Small Employers Are Clueless About Obamacare
A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests -
Commentary
The IRS's Worker-Classification Rules Aren't Working
Congress should halt the Internal Revenue Service's increased audits of small employers suspected of misclassifying workers as independent contractors until the IRS clarifies its rules
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