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Led by Retail, The Surge in New Business Applications Continues

Small Business Labs

Back in 2003-2007 80% of new retail trade business applications came from firms planning on hiring traditional employees.    But more work needs to be done to understand who the new applicants are, what their plans are, and how many will actually form new small businesses.   In April, only 33% did.  

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Use of Contract Labor by Small Businesses Continues to Grow

Small Business Labs

  The data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by taxpayers on Schedule C of tax Form 1040.   Way back in 2003, contract labor was only about 20% of the labor costs of sole proprietors.   Over the same period, spending on salaries and wages (meaning traditional employees) rose from $73.7

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When Nature Calls, Boston Harbor Now CEO Kathy Abbott Answers

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Facing discrimination After gay marriage became legal in Massachusetts on November 18, 2003 , Abbott married her partner of six years—a move “the Romney administration wasn’t really happy about,” she says. All the while, she kept receiving calls asking her to accept the role as president and CEO of the newly formed Boston Harbor Now.

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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It wasn’t just any form of the disease, but a rare form of blood cancer known as anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. In 2003, again swimming the 800-meter freestyle, she won gold at the All-Africa Games. When you throw like a 25-year-old left-hander does, muscles are often sore—but the pain wouldn’t go away.

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Use of Contract Labor by Sole Proprietors Surging

Small Business Labs

This data covers business receipts, deductions, and net income reported by individual taxpayers on Schedule C of Form 1040. In 2013 contract labor was 36% of total labor costs, up from 31% in 2010 and just 20% in 2003.  The IRS recently released the 2013 data on sole proprietors. trillion in gross business receipts. . 

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

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Over the past 60 years, and more dramatically in the past 10, this art form has evolved into a means of creating immersive experiences between the viewer and the art, most recently through high-tech, multimedia presentations that surround and encompass the viewer.

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How Immersive Art Has Transformed the Ways People Experience Creativity??????????

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Over the past 60 years, and more dramatically in the past 10, this art form has evolved into a means of creating immersive experiences between the viewer and the art, most recently through high-tech, multimedia presentations that surround and encompass the viewer.

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