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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Richardson Named Obama's Commerce Secretary

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Richardson is the new Commerce Secretary; the economy is going dark inspite of Black Friday, Cyber Monday and bright spots in the Fed's Beige Book; the UAW is talking concessions; new rules for credit rating services; and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, richardson, economy, cyber monday, china, fed, beige book, labor, green, environmentalists, health insurance, uaw, concessions, sec, credit ratings, honesty, venture capital, on-demand manufacturing, spending, email, e-marketing

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 12/01

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Bush apologizes for the economy, other rescue options are in the cards, Obama wants to spend another half-trillion to fix the economy, tax changes, handling email mistakes and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, recession, depression, congress, democrats, marketing, paulson, fed, bernanke, bailout, email, advertisements, taxes, ada

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/26

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama says that help is on the way, names Paul Volcker as head of his new economic panel; Treasury wants to print more cash for bailout; prosecutors looking at former AIG exec Cassano for “misstatements” and much more. Also, please note that the ABC Small Business Brief will not be published on Thursday, November 27 or Friday, November 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, venture capital, volcker, fed, treasury, aig, cassano, layoffs, lawsuits, taxes, biodiesel, subprime mortgages, email, search marketing, behavioral marketing, branding

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/24

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: A new economic team takes over, more bailout talk, business partnerships and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, bush, bailout, paulson, partnership, marketing, fed, email, search marketing

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

A Trillion Here, A Trillion There and Pretty Soon We're Talking Real Money

Recently, Bloomberg reported that the Federal Reserve has pledged more than $7.4 trillion to help work the credit markets loose. They are doing this while the FHA is backing more subprime loans, many of which originating with the same people who brought us to this crisis, are being made—loans that could finally kill the US economy for good.


Tags: small business, bailout, fed, fha, credit, credit crisis, subprime mortgages

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/20

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Treasury testimony before the House Small Business Committee, Oil hits a 3-year low, an uptick in trade with China for small businesses and much more.


Tags: small business, treasury, house, small business committee, ramanathan, kroszner, fed, bush, economy, sba

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/19

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Business braces for changes in Washington, consumer prices drop, raising capital from your customers, the paid family leave issue and much more.


Tags: small business, washington, financial regulation, labor, fed, interest rates, consumer prices, price stability, growth, healthcare costs, paid family leave, customer service, employee gifts, raising capital, email, marketing

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Small Business Brief for 11/18

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: What Obama's promises of change really mean to small businesses, more fighting over the bailout, the possibility of tax cuts, a blog-related lawsuit, guns at work and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, change, paulson, bailout, bernanke, tax cuts, wholesale prices, economy, credit, fed, blog, lawsuit, supreme court, vexatious litigant, guns, e-verify, human asset, competition, customers

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