Small Business Optimism Falls to Six-Month Low as Holiday Shopping Disappoints
Small business owners expect sales conditions and the overall economy to deteriorate in the coming year.
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Arizona Republican Blake Masters Endorsed by Oil & Gas Workers, Small Business Advocacy Group
The Oil & Gas Workers Association (OGWA) and the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) endorsed Arizona Republican Blake Masters in his bid for U.S. Senate.
Fact Check: Justice Sotomayor Claims Omicron ‘Just as Deadly for the Unvaccinated’ as Delta
While the omicron variant of coronavirus is highly infectious, Sotomayor was wrong: deaths and hospitalizations have been less frequent than for delta.
Sonia Sotomayor: Why Can’t OSHA Regulate a Human Body Like a Machine ‘if It’s Spewing a Virus?’
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor compared human beings to machines when commenting in favor of OSHA’s mandate for large businesses.
Boyer: ‘It’s Like the Ottoman Empire’–Once Powerful Business Group ‘Unseen and Unknown’ in D.C.
Dave Boyer writes in the Washington Times that the formerly muscular National Federation of Independent Business is no longer the player it once was in D.C.
Donald Trump Objects to Paul Ryan’s Border Adjustment Tax
The Wall Street Journal recently reported President-elect Donald Trump stating that he may oppose the border adjustment tax provisions of the House Republicans’ corporate tax reform as “too complicated.”
Fed Hikes Interest Rates, More to Come in 2017
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates a quarter of a point on Wednesday for only the second time in a decade, and with an improved economic outlook, rates are now predicted to rise three times in 2017.
Trump Boom: Companies Vow Tens of Thousands of U.S. Jobs After Trump Win
The number of companies announcing a ramping up of investment in the U.S. and the corresponding rush to create jobs for Americans have jumped to a quicker pace since the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House.
Trump Victory Sends Small Business Optimism Skyrocketing
The November Index of Small Business Optimism from the National Federation of Independent Business shows small businesses have gained confidence with the expectation of better conditions under the new Trump administration.
