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U.S. Farmers See New Trump Tariffs as Yet Another Round of Instability
Tariffs have battered U.S. agriculture for more than a year, upending trade flows and choking off access to key markets like China.
September 27, 2012
How the Cloud is Helping Some Reduce Stress on Vacation
Vacations more enjoyable for SMB owners thanks to mobile tech.
September 25, 2012
Make Clouds, Not War: The transition to digital workflow doesn’t have to be a battle
For small businesses, the Digital vs. Paper battle doesn’t have to mean a war. There are still hold-outs, but the time is drawing near for them to make the transition.
September 18, 2012
Intuit Goes Worldwide with QuickBooks Online Global
New features support all countries, currencies, taxes and accounting standards.
September 10, 2012
New Design for QuickBooks 2013 & New Features on the Way for QB Online
New Design For QB Focused on "Boosting Efficiency, Retaining Familiarity"
August 22, 2012
New Hiring on the Horizon, but SMBs still Concerned about the Economy, the Election and Legal Issues
A new survey of small business owners show that many are planning to hire new employees before the end of the year, but most are still concerned about the economy, the 2012 election and various legal issues.
August 21, 2012
3 Basics of Financial Checkups
Sageworks CEO Brian Hamilton suggests a few steps for helping clients understand their financial situation: Through simply sitting down with clients and reviewing financial statements, you can build a bridge from the past to the future.
August 21, 2012
FreshBooks Moves Strategy from Online Invoicing to Cloud Accounting
The online accounting system now has more paying users than others except for QuickBooks Online.
August 15, 2012
Mixed News on Small Business Credit
The New York Federal Reserve (NY Fed), has released the results of a survey of 544 small businesses that shows that, in its region, nearly two thirds of the small businesses seeking credit in the second quarter of 2012, received some form of financing. That may sound like good news, but it may be tempered...…
August 3, 2012
Nationwide Hiring Remains Flat, According to Latest SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard
Hiring remained flat across the nation showed data from the July 2012 SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard.
July 27, 2012
How to Find the Right Point-of-Sale System for Any Small Business
Like all technology, POS/Retail Systems change faster than many business owners are prepared for.
July 26, 2012
Xero Takes Big Bite of Cloud Accounting Market: Hits 100,000 Paying Users
Cloud-based accounting is taking off as small businesses and their public accountants, see the benefits of simplifying workflow, invoicing, payroll and other functions. One of the most rapidly growing companies in the space is Xero, which announced today they now have more than 100,000 paying customers. About 50,000 of those were added just in the...…
July 2, 2012
Intuit Small Business Indexes Show Strong Employment Growth, Decrease in Revenue
Small business in the United States are showing noteworthy gains in employment rates, average compensation and hours worked, while revenue figures are down. Employment increased by 0.3 percent in June, for an annualized rate of 4.1 percent – the strongest rate of growth that small businesses have seen in the past three months.