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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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A Business Friendliness Ranking Questions Business Friendliness Rankings
Thumbtack.com and the Kauffman Foundation say their survey does a better job than others because it relies on small business owners' responses -
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Small Business Wants Immigration Reform for More Than Cheap Labor
New surveys by left-leaning groups show small business owners favor a path to citizenship to strengthen local economies -
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Obamacare's Small Business Exchanges Get Watered Down
In many states, plans to let small employers offer workers a menu of health plans have been put on hold for a year -
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Canada's New Startup Visa Woos 'Brilliant Young People'
To boost job creation, the program grants immediate permanent residency to foreign entrepreneurs who get Canadian venture capitalists or angels to back them -
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Craft Brewers Float a Tax Cut. Mega-Brewers Want In
Small breweries want lower tax bills in a time of fiscal belt-tightening. Good thing they have friends in Congress -
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Advice for Small Employers Confused by Obamacare
What size businesses are affected? Does it pay to drop coverage? Industry experts weigh in on a handful of common questions about the law's forthcoming requirements -
Policy
Exchanges Won't Solve Obamacare's 'Family Glitch'
A recent proposal that would use the Small Business Health Options Program to make dependents' health insurance affordable won't work, says Senator Ron Wyden -
Policy
How to Neuter Patent Trolls
Small businesses need a real defense from spurious patent lawsuits, but a proposed fix in Congress is flawed -
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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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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 -
Social Media
Brogrammers Making Sex Jokes and Other Reasons Startups Need HR Departments
HR departments can be ponderous and annoying. They may also be the one thing that can save startups from themselves -
Policy
Putting Cyber Threats on To-Do Lists at Small Firms
The same tactics that have compromised big institutions are wreaking havoc on small companies lacking IT resources -
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Small Employers Are Clueless About Obamacare
A majority of business owners don't grasp the basics of the law, a new survey suggests -
Policy
Is an Anti-Fraud Law Hampering Veteran-Owned Contractors?
Rules intended to ensure Veterans Affairs prevents fraud are costing veteran-owned companies millions, advocates say -
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Designers Imagine Ways to Hide Cigarettes in NYC Stores
From branded curtains to pneumatic tube systems, designers ponder new ways retailers might conceal cigarettes if Mayor Bloomberg's display ban is approved
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