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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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'Smart Guns,' Paying Too Much for Financing, Solar Islands: March 18
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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 -
Smart Answers
How Are the SBA’s Loan Programs Doing?
The Small Business Administration is pushing to expand loan availability and streamline its loan-guarantee approval process. Approvals in the last two years set records, but it's unlikely that pace will continue -
Small Business
Zuckerberg's $1 Billion Offer, Tax Mistakes to Avoid, Groupon's Interim Boss: March 14
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Taxes
Does Small Business Tax Reform Overlook Small Business?
A draft bill for tax reform spends more time policing tax avoidance than it does on lowering taxes for mom and pop -
Benefits
For Obamacare to Work, Small Employers Must Embrace Exchanges
High costs keep many small businesses from offering workers health coverage. Exchanges being set up this year could cut prices—if enough people participate -
Small Business
Job Openings Rose, Lessons on China, Bonobos Shops That Don't Sell: March 13
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Policy
Small Caps Stall, NYC's Soda Ban Blocked, NVCA Seeks New Chief: March 12
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Policy
How Frustrated Are Small Business Owners With Washington?
Politicians often tout their love for small business, but entrepreneurs aren't reciprocating, a recent Pepperdine University study shows -
Benefits
Small Employers Add Jobs, Obamacare Opportunities, SBA Cuts Overblown: March 11
A daily roundup of the most compelling stories about small business and entrepreneurship -
Policy
Health Insurance Costs Rise, Bill Gates Pushes Education, Wal-Mart Launches a Women-Owned Line: March 8
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Policy
Think Twice About Opening a Moving Company in Kentucky
“Certificate of necessity” laws are preventing aspiring entrepreneurs from opening moving businesses in Kentucky and other states -
Taxes
Tax Reform, Angels Slow Investments, Nasdaq's New Private Market: March 7
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Policy
Sequestration Cuts $92 Million From the SBA's Budget
Government contractors aren't the only folks affected—the cuts also shrink entrepreneurs' access to capital -
Policy
Lawmakers Enlist Small Business to Back a Minimum Wage Increase
New legislation would raise federal minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016—and its proponents say small business supports it
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