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New SBAM Web Site Helps Small Business Figure Out Obamacare

The Small Business Association of Michigan Monday launched Decision Point, an online tool that helps small business owners understand and take action on the health insurance decisions mandated by the Affordable Care Act.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/04/08

MBPA Survey: State’s Business Owners See Growth, Stability

A majority of Michigan’s small- and mid-size businesses have experienced financial growth and stability over the past year, with just 11 percent of companies reporting less growth, according to the latest member survey by the Michigan Business and Professional Association

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/28

Huntington Bank Has Lent $4 Billion To Small Biz

Officials at Huntington Bank say aiding the Midwest’s region’s small business community is a priority.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/19

Registration Open For Small Business Awards

Small business owners and supporters are coming from across the state to show support for Michigan’s growing companies at the ninth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business awards dinner on May 2.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/20

Left to right: Gary Peters; John Dingell; Chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., Fred Hochberg; Debbie Stabenow, and Rick Snyder. (credit: WWJ/Ron Dewey)

US Export-Import Bank Opens Detroit Office

The opening of a federal Export-Import finance center will help create jobs in Detroit and in the state, officials say.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/01/28

Michiganders Urged To Shop Local Small Businesses On Saturday

Detroit area residents are encouraged to “shop small” at local businesses following the frenzy of Black Friday.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/24

Mitt Romney (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Opinion: Obamacare Is Bad For Small Business

As the final days of the presidential campaign of 2012 wind down, there is ongoing concern about what President Barack Obama’s law for requiring businesses to provide health care for its employees will do to small business owners.

2012/10/25

Barack Obama (Photo credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Obama Fails To Address Black America’s Disappointments With His Presidency

Many who supported Obama in 2008 did so because they believed that he would help black Americans. The criticism four years later is that having a black president in the White House hasn’t helped African Americans at all.

2012/08/09

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Big Cities’ People-in-Power Don’t Understand Crime And Murder

For America’s big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don’t have a clue.

2012/07/11

Local Companies Seek To Do Business With Boeing

Businesses hoping to build a relationship with Boeing gathered Monday in Sterling Heights. The Detroit Regional Chamber hosted Monday’s Connection Point program program event at Velocity.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/06/25

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