Fri.Sep 09, 2011

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[Survey] [U.S] Small Business Owners Poised For Growth in 2012; Concerns Remain About Economy

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Despite all the negativity we hear in the press about the sad state of the economy these days, the latest Citibank small business survey shows that the majority of small business owners believe they are poised to grow or are already in growth mode. According to the results, about 49-percent say they are “holding their own, but poised to grow when the climate is right” and 28-percent indicated they are already growing.

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[Infographic][U.S.] Unemployment By The Numbers

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So we all know that the recent financial crisis has left a devastating wake on the American economy – and especially on unemployment – but how bad was it, really? Here’s an infographic that shows the sobering figures. Americans are suffering the highest figures of unemployment since the Great Depression of the 1930s. And if that’s not bad enough, the richest 1-percent of Americans take home almost 24-percent – that’s one-quarter – of the nation’s i

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