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Yes! There are seven principles in the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights…
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No one gets more love than small business. Just turn on any news channel big or small, liberal or conservative, and within a few minutes some politico is telling us how much government is doing to help small business.
Everything except actually hire one: Most small contractors have never received — or even bid on — [...]

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In an effort to boost access to federal contracts and financial assistance, the Small Business Administration recently changed its definition of “small business” in a variety of industries for the first time in about 25 years.
Small-business advocates, however, aren’t yet sure if or how the move will affect small businesses’ ability to get federal government [...]

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Small businesses in New York and around the country may soon have additional tools to market their products abroad if Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-NY) has her way. As the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Small Business, Velazquez today introduced H.R. 3976, new legislation aimed at facilitating the participation of small firms [...]

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On Monday, President Obama formally released his budget outline and renewed the debate over allowing the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americas to expire on schedule. On cue, conservatives played the “small business” card, claiming that raising taxes on the rich would amount to “massive tax increases on small businesses.”
While this knee-jerk attack is [...]

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Today, the National Small Business Association (NSBA) and its international trade arm, the Small Business Exporters Association (SBEA), sent a letter to House leadership urging their prompt action to reauthorize and increase the lending cap on the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank). Currently facing potential stoppages in financing small-business exporting, more than 70 small-business owners, [...]

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House Republicans may tweak their proposal for a 20 percent tax cut for “every” small business with fewer than 500 employees after being asked if owners of sports teams such as the New York Giants and billionaires such as Oprah Winfrey would qualify.

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