WASHINGTON — Big banks are roaring back. At crisis’ edge last year, they are repaying billions of dollars dumped into their vaults to rescue them. Dividend checks are accumulating at the Treasury.
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Help Small Businesses Hire Again (The New York Times)
The Great Recession is over. The solid 3.5 percent gain in gross domestic product during the third quarter proves that the longest, broadest and most severe American downturn since the 1930s has finally given way to recovery.
Read MoreHealth Care Waste Reaches $800 Billion a Year (msnbc.com)
WASHINGTON—The U.S. health care system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing
Read MorePostal Service Goes Mobile
The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced some of the most popular functions currently available on usps.com are now available on cell phones and other mobile devices. The new features include Track & Confirm, Post Office locater, and the USPS’s most popular application, ZIP Code Lookup.
Read MoreObama Presses Banks on Small Business Loans (Reuters)
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama urged banks on Saturday to make more loans to small businesses and said his administration would do everything it can to push them to do so.
Read MoreBoundless Network Makes Second Virginia-area Acquisition in Six Months
Austin-Texas based Boundless Network announced the recent acquisition of Washington-based distributor PromoCorp. This is the company’s second acquisition of a Virginia-area distributor in the past six months.
Read MoreLegislation Would Aid Consumers in Holding Foreign Manufacturers Accountable for Dangerous Products
Foreign manufacturers today are able to skirt the law, exporting billions of dollars of their products to the U.S. without facing accountability for product defects that injure or kill Americans.
Read MoreHirsch Gift Adds Friedman and Alegria
Houston, Texas-based supplier Hirsch Gift announced the company has hired supplier reps Jodi Friedman of San Diego-based AwesomeLines.com
Read MoreNatural Trends partners with Incentives West
Provo, Utah-based Natural Trends, a supplier of health and wellness products, announced new sales representation in the western U.S. Newcastle, Washington-based sales firm Incentives West will represent Natural Trends in California, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaii.
Read MoreUS Small Business Administration Launches Government-sponsored Online Community
The US Small Business Administration (SBA), based in Washington, announced, in an effort to create a more transparent business environment, it is launching a new online community aimed specifically at small businesses.
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