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Despite Continued Layoff News, Latest Data Shows Resilient U.S. Job Market

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nonfarm payrolls far exceeded economists’ predictions of 185,000 jobs. Job gains were recorded in professional and business services, health care, retail trade, and social assistance, according to the BLS report. over last year’s figure — also exceeding economist’s expectations of 4.1%, according to an analysis published by yahoo!finance.

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U.K. Moves Toward Flexible Work, Yet Stigmas Remain

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for its role in balancing mental and physical health needs in the workforce. According to an article published by Yahoo Finance , women are more likely than men to be working in part-time roles — citing research published by The House of Commons Library which revealed that 37.8% of women in employment were working part-time.

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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business

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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 16, 2009 Following on from my interview on CNBC, I came under fire with some criticism for suggesting the banks and the government is failing small business with access to affordable finance. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24

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One small business financing alternative is the private lender. Flaherty wants code of conduct for credit, debit cards : Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is proposing a voluntary code of conduct for credit- and debit-card companies that could mean savings for consumers and small businesses. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Failure – Reason: Funding | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Anyway here are the small business health check questions you need to ask yourself: What do I need the money for? Thanks Rob Smorfitt Said on September 2nd, 2007 at 9:13 pm Is a lack of finance not a symptom rather than the cause of SME failure. Is a lack of finance not due to poor planning, uncontrolled growth or a poor business?

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

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RBI draws flank from panel : The carte blanche given to private and foreign banks by the Reserve Bank of India to charge interest rates on credit cards at their whims and fancy has come in for severe criticism by the parliamentary standing committee on finance. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Christmas – Small Business Quote of the Week

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