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Small Business Closure Scenarios

Small Business Labs

   On average about 8% of small businesses closed each year between 1990 and 2015 and 10% closed at the height of the Great Recession in 2009. 3) Closures include any reason a small business ceases to exist (financial failure, business is sold, owner retires and closes the business, etc.),

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A Detailed Look at US Self-Employment Data

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Wealthy Planning on Working in Retirement | Main | Data and Analytics Help Macys Go Local » October 01, 2010 A Detailed Look at U.S. million Americans were self-employed in 2009.    The self-employment for 2009 rate was 10.9%.    15.3

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slugbug tees off

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Comments: 2 2 Comments Ric Frost Comment // April 18th, 2009 // 5:51 pm Consider driving your Tundra into the ground and hold off on the hybrid. ktcosmos Comment // April 18th, 2009 // 7:30 pm And that is exactly the sort of input I am needing. I’m predicting that in another five years, hybrids will really come into their own.

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Give a care? Give a share!

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Add it to the list of things to try again when I am retired. tim Comment // November 2nd, 2009 // 6:48 am My wife loves to garden and was hoping to garden if we moved to prescott. tim ktcosmos Comment // November 2nd, 2009 // 7:50 am Tim, I never see scorpions here. A Virtual Assistant’s Blog » All I need is $4.59

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Tablet Sales Forecasted to Explode

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To put this into perspective, about 300 million PCs and 175 million Smartphones were sold globally in 2009.  .  Tablet sales in Asia - currently negligible - are also expected to grow rapidly.   The iPad is, of course, the most successful tablet so far.    Apple sold 4.2 Having trouble reading this image?

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Soaring with the Cloud - Free Online Virtual Summit

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  It's also on our Top 10 Small Business Trends lists for 2010 and 2009.  Cloud   We write a lot about the importance of cloud computing.    Cloud computing is a fundamental technology shift and one of the key trends impacting businesses of all sizes. Having trouble reading this image?

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1 in 8 Consumers Forecasted to Cut or Eliminate Cable TV in 2010

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.   Despite the shift away from cable/satellite services, it does not yet appear that American's love affair with TV has ended.    Nielsen also recently reported that the average U.S. home has 2.93 TV sets , up from 2.86   The average TV owning home has 2.5 residents, so the average U.S. View an alternate.

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