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1. Including small business in stimulus may boost jobs
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 17, 2008
As business groups lobby the new administration and Congress for economic-stimulus incentives, NFIB executive Dan Danner says both Democrats and Republicans need to remember how important small business is in creating new jobs. "I don't think that changes" with a change at the White House, he says. American City Business Journals (11/17)
2. Panel: Several factors are making health care costs rise
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 19, 2008
A panel of business leaders Tuesday discussed the issues affecting rising health costs in the Dayton, Ohio, area. Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates, uncoordinated care and need for more doctors are among the factors causing costs to rise, they said. American City Business Journals (11/18)
3. NFIB will not back bailout of auto industry
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 18, 2008
NFIB President and chief executive Todd Stottlemyer said Monday that small business will not support a federal bailout of the auto industry. "Proposals to provide as much as $50 billion to the Big Three auto companies are a misguided attempt to bail out companies that are in this situation not because of the credit crisis, but because of a long series of decisions that have led these once-admired corporations to where they are today," Stottlemyer said. Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.) (11/17)
4. Survey: Help for small firms may be too late
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 20, 2008
Most small-business owners see credit as crucial to surviving the economic crisis but 60.2% believe the government will deliver it too late, according to a new survey from George S. May International. Those responding to the survey listed their top priorities for the new administration as credit relief, affordable health care and tax rebates or incentives. MarketWatch (11/19)
5. Health care reform is top issue for small businesses
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 18, 2008
NFIB is supporting the new administration's focus on reforming health care, an issue it effectively scuttled in the Clinton era. "Health care reform is very much linked to the broader economic issues that the country is facing," said NFIB President Todd Stottlemyer. Los Angeles Times (free registration) (11/18)
6. Supreme Court rejects California "vexatious litigant"
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 18, 2008
The Supreme Court Monday rejected the case of a paralyzed man who has been labeled a "vexatious litigant" by California's federal courts for filing 400 lawsuits against businesses alleging they violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. Many business owners have settled the suits filed by Jarek Molski, who is paralyzed from the chest down, to avoid the costs of defending them. Google (11/17)
7. Lawmakers ready to push forward paid family leave
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama is likely to make headway with his call for a federal sick-day mandate with Democrats a majority in 27 state legislatures. The proposed Healthy Families Act would require employers with 15 or more workers to provide seven paid days for employees to take off to care for family. Wall Street Journal, The (subscription required) (11/19)
8. 8 paths to cutting-edge leadership
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 19, 2008
High-performance leaders have learned how to take smart risks and create the opportunities that bring success, IMD professor George Kohlrieser says. Here are his suggestions for how to develop your leadership talents and build a productive organizational culture. IMD (11/12)
9. Labor advocates call new family-leave revisions "stingy"
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 14, 2008
Labor Department revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act were announced Thursday, drawing criticism from labor advocates, who called them "stingy." Labor organizations did applaud the addition of military families to the law. STLtoday.com (11/13)
10. Small-business owners say they need loans now
NFIB SmartBrief | Nov 17, 2008
Small-business advocates say the government needs to follow through on President-elect Barack Obama's mid-October rescue proposal by making banks lend them money or make direct loans. Since October, lending has gotten tighter, more jobs have been cut and an increased number of small enterprises predict they are headed toward failure in the next six months. CNNMoney.com (11/16)
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