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Small Business Closure Scenarios

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Based on an industry by industry analysis (1), our base case estimate is 21% of U.S.    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. .   employer small businesses will close in 2020 (2) (3).   

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

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Archives November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 More.   The main driver for this shift is price.    Key quote from the article: "The biggest reason why customers will cut the cord, according to the study, is the growing cost of pay-TV service. .  

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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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