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...recession has hit small businesses particularly hard during this recession, and government bailout programs have yet to offer significant incentive programs aimed at propping up the battered sector. Although there are some provisions for small companies, "we're not seeing it," says Brennan. "We're always left...
...major concern for us and evidence of outside of the box thinking,” Hayward said. “We can protest all we want, but we have to offer new solutions, new ways to pitch to the administration in order to get things done...
...receiving third-party enriched fuel. Therefore, Keyhan wrote, "in view of its historical distrust of the West, a strong guarantee for receiving the fuel for the Tehran reactor needs to be given." Given that the newspaper is a staunch supporter of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, this counter-offer would seem to have the backing of the upper echelon of the Islamic Republic. (See pictures of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visiting New York...
...trillion-dollar repair bill, taxpayers got a rotten deal in the financial meltdown. How to make sure they're not forced to pay a second time is unclear. A levy on financial-market transactions, stretched beyond foreign-currency trades to cover stocks, derivatives and other clever instruments, might offer twin benefits. By slapping an additional fee on each transaction, the tax "would naturally drive [investors] toward those that are more sensible, more profitable, more rational," suggests Julian Jessop, chief international economist at the consultancy Capital Economics in London. What's more, even a modest levy on the world's financial...
...biggest bargains and heaviest competition on Black Friday will be in electronics, where retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart and Target are gearing up to offer "door buster" sales for items ranging from flat-screen TVs, smart phones and home-theater systems to laptops and e-readers. Aside from those predawn door crashers, regular shoppers can expect discounts of up to 60% on certain products on Black Friday, says Vitelli...