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Farmers Business Network Raises $250 Million

Small Business Labs

  According to their press release : FBN is an advocate for family farmers and ranchers and is committed to the premise that true price transparency levels the playing field for farmers – regardless of geography or size – and also enhances competition at the manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing levels. . 

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Some Companies Are Asking Employees to Pay for Training to Increase Buy-in. But Does It Work?

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In July 2022, the Student Borrower Protection Center released a report titled Trapped at Work: How Big Business Uses Student Debt to Restrict Worker Mobility detailing the issue. Many experts find the practice to be not only unethical, but potentially predatory on employees.

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Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. | THE SMALL.

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Free Press Release Distribution for Small Business. by Stefan Töpfer on Nov 13, 2007 When you sign up to WinWeb’s free LiveNet – still in public beta – you can also use our useful and FREE RSS Press Release service. Free Press Release Distribution- Ever wish for an all in one online office workspace?

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How Employers Can Better Serve Neurodiverse Employees in 2023

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IO psychology program manager at HireVue , which specializes in “video interviewing, assessments and text-enabled recruiting tools,” according to a company press release , conducted research that determined using games leads to less unfair “screening out” that regularly happens with traditional hiring methods. Colin Willis, Ph.D.,

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The Rise of Online Lending

Small Business Labs

It was released in conjunction with an announcement that Intuit and Fundbox  are partnering on a new product that allows small businesses a simple way to fix their cash flow by advancing payments for their outstanding invoices within QuickBooks. Filling in the gap are online vendors of various types.

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Worsening Access To Finance For UK Small Business

The Small Business Blog

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. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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A 2020 study by WerkLabs that looked at the effect of having colleagues who are also mothers found that “[two out of three] female employees with mom managers agree that their manager enhances overall team productivity” and 81% of mom managers “are rated favorably for encouraging collaboration among teams.”

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