IowaPolitics.com: IA businesses decry proposed $10-hour minimum wage 2/16/2012 By Lynn Campbell | IowaPolitics.com DES MOINES ? Iowa workers who make minimum wage would get a 38 percent pay raise under a proposal advanced Thursday by Senate Democrats. The state would increase its minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.75 in July, and to $10 in [...] Read More…
Parallels, a hosting and cloud services enablement provider, released the latest updates of Parallels SMB Cloud Insights, its series of research that profiles the cloud buying behavior of small to midsize businesses (SMBs), the fastest-growing segment for cloud services. The survey results continues to confirm why Parallels?and service providers?should remain laser-beam focused on meeting the [...] Read More…
The survey found one-third of the smartphones small businesses use for business purposes are 4G. Read More…
?For me, the takeaway isn?t so much about the healing of the job market as it is about the beginning of an attitude adjustment for this country,? Paulsen said.The cautious and the skepticalIn a few weeks, entrepreneur Joe Wong will open a restaurant overseeing the Sacramento River in Redding, Calif. The eatery, View 202, will [...] Read More…
But Julie Burggraff of Harrisburg plans to stick with her paper list for weekly grocery trips. She said the Hy-Vee app sounds interesting, but thinks it will be something the next generation of kids will use when they start shopping, because they?re so accustomed to texting and typing on a phone.?It?s quicker to write it [...] Read More…
Lee Ann Laes believed the way to make her small business more successful was to work hard. Really hard.After a year in the Green Bay Packers Mentor/Protégé Program, her business is more successful than ever and shes making progress by doing less, smarter.It was really hard to do (fewer hours). For me to work in [...] Read More…
Staying at home just doesnt cut it for some football fans on Super Bowl Sunday, meaning extra business for restaurants and bars; places that customers say add more fun to the game. I love the atmosphere, the camaraderie, everyone is either rooting for the Patriots or the New York Giants. If one team is doing [...] Read More…
Before Yanling Li opened the Tranquillity Spa in Linwood last year, she socked away a lot of money. She worked as a dealer in an Atlantic City casino, and then as a massage therapist for other salons before opening her first business in the Cornerstone Commerce Center, she said. “Whatever I do, I always save [...] Read More…
Startup Businesses Are Popular During The Recession Says New Report From Shoestring Publishing The loss of jobs and money has motivated people to try starting their own businesses where they can be in control, the report says. Read More…
By Mason BrownCapital News Service Richmond, Va. – Virginia’s machinery and tools tax, which some businesses see as a burden but local governments view as a critical revenue source, would be slashed under legislation before the General Assembly. Two bills, still in committee, would alter the way Virginia classifies and taxes machinery used in manufacturing, [...] Read More…