In San Francisco, early in 1945, all of the great and most
of the small nations of the world, with the exception of the defeated powers, signed the charter creating the United Nations.
Not exact matches
The agents were particularly interested in the facility's practices when it came to an even
smaller subset
of those scheduled drugs: the highly addictive pain medicines containing oxycodone and hydrocodone that have been at the center
of the
nation's opioid epidemic.
Scott Griest is founder and chief executive officer
of American Finance Solutions (AFS), one
of the
nation's fastest growing merchant cash advances for
small businesses.
Canada might be a trading
nation, but we are mediocre traders: in its report on trade, the growth council said the majority
of the country's
smaller enterprises don't trade at all.
«America's
small businesses reflect the best
of who we are as a
Nation — daring and innovative, courageous and hopeful, always working hard and looking ahead for that next great idea.»
Here is a rundown
of what
small business owners and advocates hope to hear from President Obama as he addresses the
nation tonight.
It's an accepted and well - circulated meme that
small businesses are the drivers
of economic growth, creating most
of the jobs that keep the
nation humming.
«National
Small Business Week is a chance to honor our nation's 28 million small businesses and renew our commitment to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit that is central to the American experience,» says SBA Administrator Maria Contreras - Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, in a state
Small Business Week is a chance to honor our
nation's 28 million
small businesses and renew our commitment to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit that is central to the American experience,» says SBA Administrator Maria Contreras - Sweet, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, in a state
small businesses and renew our commitment to fostering the entrepreneurial spirit that is central to the American experience,» says SBA Administrator Maria Contreras - Sweet, the head
of the U.S.
Small Business Administration, in a state
Small Business Administration, in a statement.
In mid-June, the
nation celebrated the contributions and achievements
of small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the 50th anniversary of National Small Business Week (N
small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) with the 50th anniversary
of National
Small Business Week (N
Small Business Week (NSBW).
The
nation's 28 million
small businesses and tens
of millions
of self - employed freelancers need a voice the President will listen to.
Rhonda Abrams writes the
nation's most widely - read
small business column and is the author
of The Successful Business Organizer, Wear Clean Underwear, and The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies.
There are also
smaller films that should have your attention like the Sundance hit «The Birth
of a
Nation,» the powerful «The Light Between Oceans,» and the Amy Adams sci - fi trip «Arrival.»
Rhonda Abrams writes the
nation's most read
small business column and is the author
of The Successful Business Plan: Secrets and Strategies.
The largest decrease came from African and Middle Eastern countries, though these
nations make up a
smaller portion
of foreign U.S. visitors each year.
The commission on Thursday outlined three options for taxes aimed at internet companies that could be agreed upon relatively quickly at the EU level or by a
smaller group
of EU
nations.
For most
of the
nation's history, Hispanics have played informal, yet largely
small roles in advising U.S. presidents.
So while the heart
of this argument and debate revolves around big money properties (team owners and wealthy players), the effect on the
nation's economy would be considerably greater and have a massive effect on
small business.
California topped the
nation in
small business filings for reorganization or liquidation: The state's metro areas claimed four
of the top five slots on the most - filings list.
Founded more than two centuries ago by
small medicines vendor and namesake Chobei Takeda in Osaka, Japan, the company was that
nation's largest pharmaceutical firm by revenue as
of 2014.
There were high hopes for the G20 when President Barack Obama declared at a summit in Pittsburgh in 2009 that the group would thenceforth be the guardian
of the global economy, replacing the
smaller Group
of Seven industrial
nations.
In a report published in February, Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page projects the cost
of elderly benefits will increase from $ 36 billion today to a peak
of $ 142 billion in 2036 - 37 — but as dire as that fourfold increase may sound, that will amount to a relatively
small portion
of the
nation's economy (3.2 %
of GDP), and Page estimates that «the federal fiscal structure is sustainable.»
Yves Savain, executive director
of a Haitian garment industry group, estimates the
small Caribbean
nation needs $ 100 million to upgrade its existing clothing factories and build new ones.
In the ongoing saga between the
nation's biggest banks and
small retailers, the courts today ruled in favor
of small businesses.
Todd McCracken, NSBA president, said in a statement that with many leading proposals containing «penalties
of up to $ 75,000 and 10 years in prison,»
small business support for
nation wide expansion and implementation
of the existing program is likely to decrease.
In the ongoing saga between the
nation's biggest banks and
small retailers over swipe fees, the courts rule in favor
of Main Street.
It currently has a population
of four and holds the Guinness World Record for «the
smallest area to lay claim to
nation status.»
Although you might not guess it by the number
of malls and outlet centers cropping up, we're mostly a
nation of small, independent merchants.
One
of the most cutting - edge is Palo Alto - based Bling
Nation, which is trying to deploy a system that lets
small firms create on - the - fly loyalty programs.
Singapore, the
smallest nation in Asia, occupies a 225 - square - mile expanse
of swampy, tropical islands — an area about the size
of Trenton, New Jersey.
As a significant contributor to the
nation's economy — 40 % in Dubai, and 60 %
of the overall UAE economy — the
small and medium business (SMB) market is a highly dynamic one with unique connectivity needs that must be supported.
Biggest
of all: How would she plan to keep capital flowing to the
nation's still struggling
small businesses?
The SMB sector plays an important role in the UAE's well - diversified economy, comprising 95 %
of small business and employing 42 %
of the
nation's workforce.
As Singapore is a
small nation, most people will find themselves within five to 20 minutes
of the nearest hospital.
All this was just a
small part
of the party that cost at least $ 1 million in a
nation where just about everyone ekes out a meager existence.
By 2016, the number
of small firms operating in six or more
nations will more than double, the report found.
Currently, Minneapolis has the fourth highest concentration
of small businesses in the
nation, thanks in no
small part to the city's variety
of financing programs designed to help Minneapolis - based businesses.
The author
of Small Giants and co-author
of The Knack (with Inc. columnist Norm Brodsky), as well as two books with open - book - management guru Jack Stack, Burlingham joined the magazine's staff in 1983 and has developed an unmatched ability to get inside some
of the
nation's most fascinating organizations.
The Next Evolution
of Marketing can be applied to billion - dollar brands or
small businesses, to consumer marketers and B2B firms, in both highly developed markets and developing
nations around the world.
For a rather
small nation — technically a sovereign city - state — Singapore has a lot
of dining options.
Most
of its foreign employees and manufacturing facilities were already located in the Caribbean, and Gildan's founder and then CEO Greg Chamandy explained in a press release that the
small island
nation was attractive because
of its high literacy rate and excellent telecommunications system.
They represented the boards
of trade and chambers
of commerce in cities as large as Montreal, the
nation's economic and cultural hub, and as
small as Elmira, a newly incorporated town
of 2,500 in southern Ontario.
So
small business is the economic growth and innovation engine
of the
nation.
House Republicans on Thursday unveiled a sweeping overhaul
of the
nation's tax code, slashing the corporate tax rate, eliminating scores
of smaller deductions, and collapsing the number
of individual tax brackets.
But InsideClimate News recently reported that the leak detection systems used on most
of the
nation's pipelines rarely detect spills
smaller than 1 percent
of the pipeline's flow, which for the Keystone XL would be hundreds
of thousands
of gallons per day.
My conclusion is that developments in the global economy during the past 50 years have greatly reduced the economic disadvantages
of small nations enumerated for his time by Hamilton.
Wells Fargo, the
nation's No. 1 SBA lender 7 (a) in dollar volume for six consecutive years (U.S. SBA data, federal fiscal years 2009 - 2014), established these relationships with the intent
of providing
small business owners with an additional financing solution that may better meet their lending needs.
The
small nations of the Nordic region like Sweden, Denmark, and Iceland have much in common besides cold weather and long, summer nights.
[As trade barriers have come down over the past half - century,]
small countries can now gain the advantages
of large markets through trading with other
nations.
Arton Capital managing director May says he expects two sets
of independent
nations to continue improving their passport strength: «
Small nations who are no threat to anyone as well as smart and open - minded
nations, especially when there is a strong rule
of law.»
What began as a
small, focused Enbridge campaign with northern First
Nations grew into a political juggernaut that arguably contributed to the Harper government's 2015 defeat, after the pro-tanker Conservative party lost more votes in B.C. than in the rest
of the country combined.