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Small Business Supports Minimum Wage Increases
A report by the non-profit organization Small Business Majority finds small businesses are in favor of an increase in minimum wage, reports MLive. Although, many small businesses question whether an increase in minimum wage could be detrimental to their business.
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Why Your Business Needs a Recruiting Process
Establishing a recruiting process can help a small business find good employees, reports The Washington Post. Without a defined process for finding and hiring employees, businesses run the risk of missing out on good employees.
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Small Businesses Embrace Social Media Advertising
According to eWeek, a report from Ad-ology, over 80% of all small businesses surveyed planned to increase the amount of money they spend on social media advertising.
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Amdocs Expands SMB Capabilities
Amdocs has announced the release of Amdocs CES 9.1. The company's latest product suite introduces new social care, small and medium-sized business (SMB), and multi-play capabilities to allow service providers to give customers control of their experiences across any channel, network, service or device.
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Sharp Releases Cloud Portal Office
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, releases Cloud Portal Office, a first-of-its-kind software solution designed for an increasingly mobile workforce where companies need to share information while maintaining control and security over critical documents.
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TrackVia Revolutionizes Business Applications
TrackVia today formally unveiled a new version of its do-it-yourself application platform that allows business users to build their own customized department application in minutes with drag-and-drop ease. Featuring a streamlined user interface and set-up process, the new version allows users to build their own department applications by dragging-and-dropping spreadsheets into TrackVia.
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Risk Management Recommendations for Small Tech Businesses
Among the many trends Deloitte noted this year was the end of "hacker-proof" businesses. According to the report, no business should consider itself safe from hacking and data breach incidents. Deloitte's recommendations, which are geared toward IT departments and large IT companies, include moving away from a "fire truck" model of dealing with breaches and toward a "smoke detector" model--in other words, proactively identifying and managing risk to prevent incidents whenever possible.
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Slow Start for Small Business Healthcare Exchange
According to Businessweek, the number of small businesses using the Obamacare Small Business Exchange to purchase healthcare is relatively low. For example, in Kentucky only 14 small business have enrolled.
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Changes for Tax Season
Tax seasonis rapidly approaching, reports Fox Small Business, and there are a few tax changes that small businesses should be aware of, including a Medicare tax on investment income.
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Small Business Gains Jobs
According to the Wall Street Journal, The Intuit Small Business Revenue Index shows small businesses gained 10,000 jobs in January, but overall revenue in December declined .05 percent.
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