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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

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Small Businesses Faces Sharp Rise in Cost of Health Care : As Congress nears votes on legislation that would overhaul the health care system, many small businesses say they are facing the steepest rise in insurance premiums they have seen in recent years. Howevcr, slack consumer demand remains a concern. — ST.

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

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Canadian small business confidence slowly improving : Small business confidence in the Canadian economy is improving but it suggests that although the recovery is proceeding its pace is gradual. Businesses in Newfoundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, British Columbia and Alberta are the most optimistic for the coming year.

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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. 2010 may be no better. 2010 may be no better.

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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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Improvisational comedy confidence-building exercises. A website teaching readers about the day-to-day training requirements for various sports. A company which takes your dead electronic equipment and smashes it until it becomes modern art! A premium hotline providing legal advice. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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WinWeb's One-Stop-Shop Business Services For Freelancers, Home.

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We have been training a large number of virtual assistants in all aspects of our service offerings for months and we are very confident we can provide a professional and extremely cost-effective service to all our clients. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Is Your Small Business Worth Shouting About?

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Stefan Töpfer Said on April 30th, 2010 at 8:15 am Mary, I guess you need to have confidence in your products and services to succeed. Everyone that I talk to seems to think their products or services are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Thanks for your comment. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

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Some 75 per cent of SMEs say the economy will see an upturn in 2010, with 61 per cent confident about their business prospects for the coming year and 35 per cent predicting an improvement by January 2010, according to BT’s 2009 Business Pulse report. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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