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A New Road and 25 Jobs - The Stimulus Package at Work

May 20, 2009 by Steve King
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CNN has an article about a small construction company starting on Rhode Island's first stimulus package project.  Family-run D'Ambra Construction is resurfacing and improving a section of Route 138 in RI.  The Rhode Island Department of Transportation has 53 projects it plans to fund with stimulus money.  They expect these projects to... [read more]

New SBA Measures Are a Start

April 4, 2009 by Barbara Weltman
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With small business lending at a virtual standstill, the Administration is trying to jump start the credit markets by taking certain actions announced on March 16.  Actions include:  Purchasing up to $15 billion in securities so lenders will have more funds available for new loans, Raising temporarily the SBA loan guarantee... [read more]

Is the Economy Bottoming Out?

March 9, 2009 by Steve King
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The February jobs numbers were not good, with non-farm employment falling 651,000 jobs and the unemployment rate increasing to 8.1%. And according to the ADP Employment Report, small businesses cut 251,000 of those jobs.  But the good news is job losses do not appear to accelerating. The U.S. economy lost 681,000 jobs in December and... [read more]

Time to Hunker Up

March 4, 2009 by Eric Vaughan
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I heard the news the other day: “Welcome Wagon runs over newcomer. Good Humor man slays 10. Pen pal stabs pal with pen.  Pediatrician dies of childhood disease. And Jacques Cousteau dies in bathtub accident, details on the half hour!” ...With all apologies to George Carlin, who actually uttered those very words, it’s so similar to what... [read more]

The Price Is Right

March 2, 2009 by Jonathan Salem Baskin
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The Republican Party is waging a dicey battle with President Obama and his Democratic brethren, and its strategy is part game show, part schoolyard taunt.In one of the games on "The Price is Right," contestants have to guess the retail price of a bottle of shampoo, or box of macaroni & cheese (or whatever).  The winning guess is... [read more]

What The Government Should Do With $1 Billion

February 23, 2009 by Brad Feld
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Don Dodge totally nails it in his post Create 50,000 companies for $1B.  He builds on Fred Wilson’s No Thanks post when discussing what the US government should do with 1/20th of auto industry bailout money.  “Government should create incentives for investment.  It is probably best not to make the investments directly. There are already... [read more]

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