Small Businesses

A survey finds Connecticut businesses are concerned for their future as only 11 percent of them expect the state’s economy to grow next year.

Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in the Washington Times recommending that the Federal Reserve lower interest rates this week to stoke the fire of the booming U.S. economy.

President Donald Trump expanded Thursday the ability for businesses to offer their employees health insurance through health reimbursement accounts (HRAs) in his latest move to extend to Americans more affordable health care.

Tom Price and Alfredo Ortiz write in The Hill about the woefully unequal playing fields for big versus small businesses under current healthcare law and urge Democrats to rectify this by applying the same principles here as they have with retirement plans.

Elaine Parker of Job Creators Network writes in The Hill about the upward trajectory of women entrepreneurs in the country and suggests ways to encourage this trend.

“Each of you has just a remarkable past and I think an even more remarkable future,” Trump said. “Especially with Trump as your president.”

During a CNN debate with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Wednesday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) agreed with the plank in the Republican tax plan that calls for doubling the standard deduction, and said, “We can lower taxes” on small businesses.

A new analysis by the Illinois Department of Insurance shows that residents in the state who have insurance through the Obamacare exchange will see rate increases ranging from 16 to 37 percent next year for the lowest-cost plans.

American businesses created far more jobs than expected in March, with the private sector alone adding 263,000 jobs during the month.

While the post-election optimism hasn’t faded, it has not yet translated into an increase in small business spending and hiring. Many small businesses may be waiting to see if the Trump administration and Republicans on Capitol Hill act on promises to cut taxes, reverse the regulatory expansion of the Obama administration and repeal Obamacare.

House Small Business Chairman Representative Steve Chabot (R-OH) stated, “small businesses have to pay more than $11,000 for each employee in federal regulatory costs alone. That’s before the tax bill comes in, and that’s before these new, higher healthcare premiums

The Federal Register, which is the official journal for government regulations, contains 81,611 pages with only one more day left before the new year. In 2014, there were 77,687. The previous record high was in 2010 with 81,405.

The European Union’s Court of Justice has once again moved the goalposts for businesses by ruling that time spent travelling to and from appointments by workers with no fixed place of work counts towards working hours. The ruling has been slammed

A three-judge panel for the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments today on the International Franchise Association’s appeal to overturn a U.S. District Court judge’s previous decision that denied a preliminary injunction to halt the application of Seattle’s minimum wage law to franchisees. The Seattle law is drafted so that large businesses with more than 500 employees must pay a minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2017 or 2018. However, smaller employers have more time – until 2021 – to increase the minimum wage.

Small businesses are already struggling to survive the spate of minimum wage increases to $15 per hour in parts of California.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News just a few days before she is set to enter the 2016 presidential race, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina discussed her experiences on the campaign trail and her ideas for improving the economy.

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Hewlett-Packard CEO and likely GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says America is at a “pivotal point” and it’s “hugely important” a Republican is elected president in 2016. Indications are she’ll be a candidate.

More than 200 small firms have already stopped trading in the first two weeks of the new year thanks to new VAT rules imposed by the European Union. The companies say they have been forced to abandon trading because the