Category Archives: Economy

Senate passes bill enabling smaller companies to go public

On Tuesday, March 27th, the U.S. Senate passed a bill allowing smaller companies to go public and be traded on the stock exchange. The Senate passed this bill

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Interest rates to remain low

On Monday, Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, announced in Arlington, Virginia that

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Availability of talent is great news for franchise owners

The recent news about the unemployment in

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Economy indicates space for franchise success

Despite the unemployment rate in the US still hovering around the nine per cent mark, there have been definite signs that the economy is on the road to recovery. This is certainly the view of Federal Government, Wall Street and

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Three million at risk of losing unemployment benefits

The continuing debate in Congress over a bill to address jobless benefits and payroll tax cuts, threatens to see more than three million people lose their unemployment insurance benefits. The impasse has arisen over the specifics of

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Weak growth doesn’t mean No growth

Whilst the American economy is certainly not at the peak of its powers, there is little danger of a collapse into another recession. That is certainly how the Federal Reserve is judging it, concluding in their latest

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Franchises offer a realistic opportunity for investors of any age

Despite the recent drop in the US unemployment rate of 8.6 per cent throughout the country, the prospects for entering work for much of our youth are still extremely challenging.

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