Sentences with phrase «against small businesses for»

Given that Rosales had filed 385 lawsuits against small businesses for ADA violations, that was only the tip of the iceberg.

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As the battle for talent continues to heat up, startups and small businesses are competing for quality employees against big corporations that have serious advantages working in their favor.

What's more, his polarizing lack of political correctness can also work against him among women and minority businesspeople, leaving the door open to his rival Clinton, whose small business platform and reputation for getting the job done may very well win over undecided voters.

This pain is especially acute for entrepreneurs and small business owners, who may not be able to justify full - time hires and who may have to compete against larger companies.

If someone would have put a wager on a reality show about a family - run small business selling products for duck hunters being a blockbuster success, I would have bet against it.

How do small businesses compete for top talent against huge corporations with the resources to provide these amazing benefits?

Though in her second campaign for Senate in 2012 — against Connecticut Democrat Chris Murphy, a member of the Senate Small Business Committee who is in favor of her confirmation — she did support a plan that proposed to fold the SBA into the Department of Commerce.

«It virtually eliminated all tariffs on my imports and made it easier for my small business to stay competitive against giant retailers on pricing.»

Two economists — one for and one against the stimulus — sound off on why small businesses are getting a bad deal.

While supporters say the law protects small business owners» religious freedom, critics say it will allow for discrimination against gay customers and drive business out of the state.

He also voted against raising the minimum wage, against tax cuts for the middle class, and most importantly to entrepreneurs, against the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act in 2012.

For Daniel Lubetzky, the founder and chief executive of KIND, the FDA's response showed the power a small business can have when it takes a stand against a large government agency.

If your bank has exhausted all avenues for recovering the debt but still has not recovered the full amount of the loan, they can make a claim to the Small Business Administration against the guarantee the administration put on the loan.

In the case of the NEOs who head significant business segments, the Committee also compares compensation data for these positions against the pay for CEOs of smaller companies, as the size and complexity of certain of those business segments are similar in size and complexity to several of HP's peer group companies.

For small - and medium - sized businesses though, hedging against rising fuel costs isn't even an option, says Jayson Myers, CEO of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters trade group.

This is a great one for smaller businesses as it levels the playing field against companies with bigger budgets.

Noting Walmart's ongoing high - profile fight with credit company Visa, and recent news that consumers in the U.K. are preparing a 19 billion - pound ($ 24.5 billion USD) class action lawsuit against MasterCard alleging unfair practices, he added, «Whether retailers are large or small, when credit card and related transaction fees for merchants run rampant, it directly and immediately increases the cost of doing business.

But Podesta and his candidate want to force a religious order of Catholic women to cooperate in the provision of contraceptives and abortifacients; they want to compel small businesses to cater to same - sex marriage ceremonies; and they want physicians to refer troubled patients for «transgender» treatment — all against the Catholic understanding of the right to act on one's conscience (in these cases, one's rightly formed conscience).

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

FSB National Chairman meets businesses in York devastated by the latest flooding and calls for better insurance cover Small firms need insurance protection against flooding as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) raises concerns that many businesses in high - risk flood areas can not get adequate insurance cover and will have to pay out themselves to repabusinesses in York devastated by the latest flooding and calls for better insurance cover Small firms need insurance protection against flooding as the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) raises concerns that many businesses in high - risk flood areas can not get adequate insurance cover and will have to pay out themselves to repaBusinesses (FSB) raises concerns that many businesses in high - risk flood areas can not get adequate insurance cover and will have to pay out themselves to repabusinesses in high - risk flood areas can not get adequate insurance cover and will have to pay out themselves to repair damage.

«I have spent years fighting for small business owners, family farms, hardworking families and the neediest among us against the corrupt, rigged system that has allowed Albany politicians and their cronies to literally steal from Upstate New Yorkers while destroying our economy.»

NOW WE CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF DEMENTIA IN AMERICA Dale Benjamin Drakeford 8-31-12 When Clint Eastwood, a self - proclaimed «conservative» (who has lived more like a Joseph Smith liberal spurning nine children with four different women, sporting a clinch fisted personae in his private exenterates over public exhibitions) talks vulgar to an empty chair, Marco Rubio (a small government advocate who loss his roots somewhere between caffeine - free tea and a caffeine rich Cuban cigar) slips Freudian to advocate «large government» in a failed attempt to wax brilliant but came off bane (pun intended) to the capitalization of the nation, Paul Ryan can lie and demonize his role against the truth until his nose is a foot long and not one member of his audience will notice, and Mitt Romney can anecdote on his personal family, business and church goings on as oppose to his solutions for unemployment, banking corruption, housing displacement, militarism, planetary illness and international human rights unrest, we can clearly understand the extent of dementia in America.

HARLEM — At Ideal Pet Warehouse on East 116th Street between First and Second avenues, owner Joseph Spataro said he is against mandated sick time for small business employees, an idea at the core of a bill shelved last week by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

«The choice for Republicans is clear: they can keep Richard Hanna, who votes to raise taxes, to extend U.S. debt to economically dangerous levels by voting with Obama, Reid and Pelosi to raise the debt ceiling while bankrupting our nation, or they can choose a commonsense Republican like me who has a proven record of voting to reduce taxes, voting against the implementation of Obamacare in New York, votes against funding an illegal database (including ammunition database) against legal gun owners, voting against increasing our debt ceiling in New York and supports countless initiatives to reduce the burdens of government red tape on individuals and small businesses, including family farms,» Tenney said.

«He's got a network of people around the state that have a lot of experience with the taxing policies of the state of New York — the small business guys, people who are trying to make a living running small businesses and they run up against the policies they think make life difficult for them,» Cunnginham explained.

However, the Federation for Small Businesses (FSB) warned against any further rises in the minimum wage, which has gone up every year since its introduction in April 1999, to a current level of # 5.35 for the over-22s.

So the appointment of Lord Young as enterprise tsar is welcome news for the 4.8 million small firms as he understands their needs - he is avidly against red tape, one of the biggest bugbears for any business.

At 12:30 p.m., Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will be joined by the Long Island Association, Association for a Better Long Island, Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers, small business owners and local elected officials to sound the alarm against federal tax reform, H. Lee Dennison Building, 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, Long Island.

Staten Island's two Republican Council members, Minority Leader Vincent Ignizio (South Shore) and Councilman Steven Matteo (Mid - Island / Brooklyn), were among those voting against the legislation in the Council — where many members expressed concerns about how the bill might affect small businesses but voted for it anyway.

On Sunday at the Jing Fong restaurant on Elizabeth Street, «Chinese for Rajkumar» which was described as «a committee of labor, small businesses, small property owners, and residents» gathered to speak out against Chin.

Touching on Albany's recent corruption crises, emphasizing a need to rally against entrenched labor interests, and pushing for greater resources for immigrant students and small businesses, Cuomo adopted a genial tone on the whole, addressing audience members as «my friends.»

The governor's political opposition, the state's Republican Party, has been speaking out against the $ 15 an hour minimum wage, saying it's too costly for businesses, especially smaller employers and would be a «job killer».

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (l.) defended himself against attacks on his small business record by his opponent for the 15th Senate District, City Councilman Eric Ulrich.

Both campaigned against the Affordable Care Act, for tax cuts for small businesses and easing what they said were stifling federal regulatory burdens.

Brooklyn Councilman Robert Cornegy — who does not sit on the consumer affairs committee, but chairs the small business committee — spoke against the bill for entirely different reasons.

Faso, a former state Assembly minority leader who ran against Democrat Eliot Spitzer for governor in 2006, is running on a platform centered on reform to help small businesses, including simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare and easing regulatory burdens.

The state senator, whose turf covers not Maspeth but neighborhoods like Bayside and Whitestone, read a scripted speech that sounded like a laundry list of middle - class outer borough complaints against the present administration: from de Blasio's «narrow - minded anti-motorist» Vision Zero program, to his opposition to bringing the city into line with the rest of the state's two percent property tax cap, to his allegedly insufficient support for co-ops and small senior centers, to the influence of high - power political consultants at City Hall, to the lack of public transit options in the deepest reaches of the city (which the state controls), to his purported failure to shield small businesses from rent hikes, to — yes — his scrapped plans to convert the Holiday Inn into a homeless shelter.

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This might be good for an extremely small demographic that might use this software, but this adds to the argument that RIM is losing sight of its core business values and is spread out to thin trying to compete against the iPad.

Why PerezBox is a Top Computer Security Blog: It's imperative for small business owners to protect against cyberattacks, and this blog will help them do just that.

Using a credit card for your small business can help you protect against fraud.

Moving forward, certain small businesses ($ 50 million or less in gross receipts) can claim the credit directly against any alternative minimum tax (AMT) they are liable for.

As a small business owner who has a huge investment that didn't pan out and not much income for the next 3 years, will this service help me to figure out how to carry the investment forward for several years so that I can deduct the expenses of my business against future income?

If your bank has exhausted all avenues for recovering the debt but still has not recovered the full amount of the loan, they can make a claim to the Small Business Administration against the guarantee the administration put on the loan.

What did get more certain, however, is that other discount brokerages, big and small, have now got their work cut out for them to compete against two award winning brands who will continue to be pushing harder to win the business of Canadian investors.

Pet Industry Joint Advisory President Council Mike Bober said his organization was supporting the state - based small businesses, and he praised Christie for the conditional veto because Senate Bill 3041 «has an online reporting requirement that may be illegal — and, therefore, risks putting taxpayers on the hook for lawsuits against the state.»

«Energy Citizens» is supported by the API, National Association of Manufacturers, American Farm Bureau, American Highway Users Alliance, National Black Chamber of Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, FreedomWorks, American Conservative Union, Americans for Tax Reform, and Council for Citizens Against Government Waste.

When a customer filed a small claims suit against my business for more than $ 5,000, I was caught off guard.

The South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition has been working since 2003 to improve the legal climate in our state and reduce the number and types of frivolous lawsuits brought against our small, medium and large businesses who provide jobs and the many goods and services for our citizens.

When small firms have to go up against a cartel that is willing to take losses for as long as it takes to put the small firms out of business, that is not a level playing field.