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Opinion poll: Anti-regulatory 'hype' unwarranted (The Register) 2/3/2012
A new study claims that small-business owners do not believe that regulations hamper their ability to manage and grow their businesses; this contradicts NFIB’s study released last December which found the opposite. As NFIB’s study found, "The regulatory thicket is a greater impediment to growth for those citing law/regulatory issues than is a specific regulation or set of them."
GOP Hopefuls Split Over Minimum Wage Issue (Politico) 02/07/12
NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg weighs in on the fight against increasing minimum wage.
Business Group States Case Against Health Care Mandate (Washington Times) 02/06/12
The National Federation of Independent Business yesterday filed its argument to the Supreme Court against the individual mandate.
Small Business Hiring Lags Behind National Picture (Washington Post) 02/03/12
While there was news last week that the unemployment rate lowered, small business added very few net new jobs according to NFIB’s recent SBET report.
Trade Groups Say They Have Right to Challenge Obama Labor Board Choices (Bloomberg) 02/03/12
The National Federation of Independent Business has amended its challenge against the National Labor Relations Board poster rule to argue that the recess appointments President Obama recently made without Congressional approval to fill vacancies on the board are invalid and any rulings coming out of the NLRB by this board are also invalid.
Small business hiring flat in January: poll (Hartford Courant) 2/3/2012
A recent NFIB poll was highlighted from January showing that small business hiring was flat for that month.
NFIB Small Business Economic Trends, January 2012 The Index of Small Business Optimism gained 1.8 points for the fourth straight month, rising to 93.8. About half of last month’s gain was due to reduced concerns about business conditions 6 months ahead and improved expectations for real sales gains.
January 2012 Survey