03 Apr Sequestration Effects: Cuts Sting Communities Nationwide
The grips of sequestration are just now beginning to be felt and the effects are already quite dramatic....
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02 Apr Health Law Provision for Small Business Is Delayed – important info for small footwear companies
Health insurance availability and cost are huge concerns for small businesses. The 2010 law stipulates that each state will have a Small Business Health Options...
02 Apr CEOs Lobby for Tax Reform
Twenty-one CEOs of some of the country’s biggest companies had a message Monday for members of Congress....
24 Mar Senate Includes Marketplace Fairness Act (online sales tax) In Budget Resolution
A measure to allow state and local governments to collect sales taxes from online purchases received key support in the United States Senate Friday, with...
21 Mar Currency Bill Introduced in Congress – Would Impact Footwear Trade
A new bill was introduced in the House today to fight currency manipulation, including China's. ...
19 Mar CEOs set tax reform goal: 25 percent corporate rate
Camp has already released draft proposals on tax reform that would affect both individual and corporate taxes, including a draft on international corporate issues and...
15 Mar A Wide Gap Between House, Senate Budget Blueprints
Lawmakers who are marking up fiscal 2014 budget resolutions this week say they hope to reach a compromise on spending and taxes. But in her...
15 Mar Japan’s possible entry to trade talks sparks opposition in Congress
Many of the nations involved in the TPP already have free-trade pacts with the United States, including Canada, Mexico, Australia, Singapore and Peru. U.S. officials...
14 Mar News Analysis: Balanced Budget Fight Is Philosophical and Fiscal
Republicans accused the White House of “never” balancing the budget, and Mr. Ryan argued that ending deficits would foster a healthier and faster-growing economy. Show...
14 Mar As Obama turns on charm for GOP House, Senate Republicans try to defund Obamacare
As President Obama huddled in a basement lecture hall with House Republicans Wednesday afternoon as part of a much ballyhooed effort to reach out to...