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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Obama Contemplates Tax Cuts as Retail Bankruptcies Expected to Soar

Today: A possible tax cut from Obama, changes to the ADA, reevaluating your business strategy, the importance of the subject line on your email and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, tax cut, retail, bankruptcies, economy, 2009, website optimization, ebusiness, ada, hiring, email marketing, customer relationship marketing

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Posted: 1/5/2009 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

New Year, New Tax Cuts

You have to appreciate Barack Obama. Just when you think he’s committed to spending us back to prosperity as he promised during the campaign, he turns around and proposes some $300 billion in tax cuts to individuals and businesses in order to create jobs and stimulate the economy over the next two years.


Tags: business tax cuts, obama, economic stimulus

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Posted: 1/5/2009 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Tax Cuts Coming Despite the Economy

Today: Obama says the tax cuts will go on even as the fallout of the holiday season hits American retailers, how your business can survive a cash-flow crisis, the ADA rises again, the road to a paperless office and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, economy, holiday shopping season, financial crisis, entrepreneurs, partnership, paperless office, branding, online video content, ada, tv, marketing

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Posted: 12/30/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

SBA Expands Emerging 200 Initiative, New Labor Secretary to Hit The Ground Running

Everyone here at America's Best Companies wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season and a prosperous new year. Today: News from the SBA, insight on success from Sir Richard Branson, small business wins the space race against the likes of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, and much more.


Tags: small business, sba, emerging 200 initiative, lending, treasury, federal reserve, retail, holiday season, last-minute shopping, richard branson, virgin, social media, space business, obama, solis, labor, starting salaries, branding, holiday e-cards, marketing

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Posted: 12/24/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Mills to Head SBA, Agency Gets More Lender Oversight

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: new SBA head and oversight, niche market strategies, confusing tech buzzwords and much more.


Tags: small business, karen g. mills, sba, kennedy, healthcare, reform, lender oversight, disaster loans, niche businesses, building a business, most confusing high-tech buzzwords, cloud computing, employee morale, congressional budget office, obama, social media, massaging, marketing

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Posted: 12/22/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Clinton Insider Gets Commodities Post, Automakers Get $17.4 Billion

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama picks former Clinton official to regulate commodities, Bush offers carmakers a bailout of their own, things to do now to take the sting out of tax day and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, bush, paulson, gensler, treasury, commodities, regulation, automakers, bailout, taxes, tarp, marketing, haggling, goal-setting, sexual harassment, holiday party, irs, healthcare, yellow pages, local search, customer relations, digital marketing

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Posted: 12/19/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Should SBA be Elevated to Cabinet Status? Landrieu Says “Yes!”

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Small business is falling through the bailout cracks, Landrieu wants the SBA in Obama's Cabinet, grooming employees for leadership, tackling employee benefits and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, senate, landrieu, cabinet, taxes, ruling 2009-02, leadership, economic crisis, employment, raises, bonuses, low performance, benefits, sales, email, marketing, website, online business

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Posted: 12/18/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Electoral College Speaks: Obama is 44th President

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama is officially the elected President, mark-to-market accounting would put the US deficit at over $1 trillion, managing change, cutting costs without pink slips and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, mark-to-market, us deficit, bailout, change management, cost cutting, start-ups, training, follow-up, health reform, customer service, email, search engines, marketing

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Posted: 12/15/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Obama Wants Estate Tax Freeze, Rhode Island Small Businesses Could See Stimulus

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama wants to freeze estate taxes, the Rhode Island governor wants to stimulate small business, new guest worker rules on the way, saying thank you to your employees and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, estate tax, stimulus, consumer spending, immigration, guest worker program, crime, workplace theft, employee moral, thank-you, motivation, lead-to-order, media, marketing

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Posted: 12/12/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Obama Pleads for the Automakers, Chances for Passage Slim

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Obama is seeking aid for Detroit but the Senate Republicans are not playing ball, credit seems to be loosening a bit, past discrimination case at the Supreme Court, holiday parties, health reform, whether the Millennial generation has the right stuff for business and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, congress, gop, republicans, democrats, auto industry, bailout, economy, discrimination, supreme court, credit, holiday parties, healthcare reform, barter, millennials, burglary, getting paid, customers, social networks

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Posted: 12/11/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Business Structure and the Obama Tax Plan: How Will You Make Out?

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: the Obama tax plan and you, the fight over unions is warming up, the influence of promotional products and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, taxes, irs, schedule c, sba, loans, loan caps, unions, health plans, deductions, home office, email, behavioral marketing, productivity, promotional products

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Posted: 12/10/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

More Economic Stimulus On The Way and Hiring in a Recession

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: More congressional stimulation for the economy, Obama's budget cuts may be in peril, companies are putting the brakes on hiring, but if you're not, here is some advice on hiring a great closer and finding employees during a recession, the dangers of short term thinking, tips for social networking and much more.


Tags: small business, pelosi, obama, economic stimulus, budget cuts, china, visa problems, unemployment, hiring, recession, closer, sales, secondhand stores, short-term thinking, online marketing, online advertising, social networking

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Posted: 12/9/2008 | Comments Comments (1) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

How the President can Help Small Business

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Entrepreneurs speak out on how President-Elect Obama can help small businesses, 2009 unemployment could hit 9%, proposed taxes on cow flatulence, the effect of card check legislation and much more.


Tags: small business, obama, entrepreneurs, unemployment, cow flatulence, hog flatulence, taxes, retirement, ira, card check, unionization, union, benefits, venture capitalists, venture capital, voip, business phone, email, marketing, advertising

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Posted: 12/8/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Sweating the Recession and Predicting the Next Big Economic Pain

Important stories and highlights from the world of business. Today: Immigration issues, the Big Three CEOs are back, the unions seem ready to deal, absenteeism, new environmental regulations and much more.


Tags: small business, democrats, obama, napolitano, immigration, dodd, automakers, bailout, recession, unemployment, absenteeism, unions, deadbeat customer, advertising, management issues

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Posted: 12/4/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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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Posted: 12/3/2008 | Comments Comments (0) | Print Print Article

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