A whopping 94% of microbusiness owners delivered a resounding “Yes!” in answer to the seemingly silly question “Are increased energy costs, such as gasoline prices, affecting your business?” No surprises there. According to the results of a member survey released by The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) last week, 87% of respondents said that [...]
Robert Hughes, president of the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), was inspired to write the top two lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee late last month to warn them that a proposal to require banks to report merchants’ credit card payments was a bad idea. There are procedural and administrative problems with the plan, [...]
In its latest member survey, released last week, the National Association for the Self-Employed decided to ask how the housing market meltdown is effecting microbusiness owners. More than eight in ten microbusiness owners also own their home and a sizable 59% of them have fixed rate mortgages. That does not mean, however, that nobody is [...]
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