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Small Business Health Insurance Marketplace Set to Go Live
The small business health insurance marketplace is still scheduled to go liveNovember 15, reports Kaiser Health News. Despite the fact several bugs have been discovered, the administration expects the bugs to be fixed prior to the launch. Originally, the healthcare marketplace for small businesses was set to go live on October 1st, 2013, but the government was unable to meet that deadline.
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Small Business Hiring Continues to Grow
According to the Washington Post, the latest employment report from ADP, a payroll processing firm, shows Small employers added 102,000 jobs in October. This is the second straight month of improvement. In September, small businesses added 93,000 jobs.
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Mobile Shopping App Connects Small Business to Shoppers
Arlington has a new social media shopping app, reports ARL Now. The new YOPP app helps small businesses reach mobile customers. The app allows users to search for items they want and it also notifies small businesses when customers nearby are looking for something they sell.
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Cyber Security Expensive for Small Businesses
The Pew Research Internet Project project Cyberattacks will only get worse, reports Bloomberg Business. Small businesses are equally vulnerable, to protect themselves they should invest in cyber security measures, but it can be expensive. The average small business can expect to spend $57,000 a year on cyber security.
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Veterans Successful in Small Business
Veterans have a huge impact on small business. Veteran owned businesses account for 2.4 million businesses in the United States, reports Forbes. This number accounts for 9% of all American firms. In addition, veteran owned firms employ almost six million people, which translates into a payroll of $210 billion. A substantial amount of these veteran owned business are run by former officers, around 55 percent, many of which are highly successful.
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Enterprise Collaboration Tool Intellinote Adds Real-Time Features
Enterprise collaboration tool Intellinote has released new real-time collaboration features so that teams of all sizes can get work done more quickly and efficiently from any device, at any time.
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Simplify Hiring for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
TriNet Hire streamlines the key steps involved in hiring: creating and posting job descriptions, managing candidate referrals, sourcing and screening candidates, scheduling interviews and compiling interview feedback. It also coordinates communication among hiring managers, interview panels and candidates.
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Centralized Office Copier/Printers Replace Water Coolers As Place To Chat
Brother International Corporation, has released a survey that revealed using a centralized copier/printer can significantly curtail productivity in the workplace and dramatically affect employee behavior.
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Defense Department Meets Small Business Goals
The Pentagon has exceeded its goals for small-business contracting for the first time, reports the Department of Defense. The Department reports that small businesses made up 23 percent of the Defense Department’s prime contracts in fiscal year 2014.
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Small Business Optimism Drops
According to Yahoo Finance, the National Federation of Independent Business optimism index fell in September. The index dropped to 95.3, a decrease of 0.8 points from August.
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