Dan Danner, executive vice president of the National Federation of Independent Business, issued the following statement in reaction to the U.S. House passage vote on H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:

“America’s small businesses play an essential role in our nation’s economy. Small businesses employ half of all private sector employees and have generated 60 to 70 percent of net new jobs over the last decade. Small businesses also create more than half of nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).

“However, small businesses are not immune from the current negative economic (more…)

Steve Forbes, Publisher of Forbes magazine, says there are 4 needed actions to get our economy moving (more…)

Insights into the American Awakening Seminar

February 7, 2009 – Pocatello, Idaho

It determines what we eat, who eats and how food is produced.
It determines what we wear, what we drive and what we think of ourselves.
It determines our mental stress levels that cascade down into our physical health.

What is it? It is money - created and distributed by the financial system. And the substance of money is credit. And credit, by virtue of its character, spins off more debt (more…)

I’ve come across a terrific organization and a terrific person–Mimi Long, CEO of Pincbubble.com. Mimi Long says it’s all about sharing and helping others. Do you know someone, or are you personally battling cancer?

Pincbubble is headquartered in Atlanta and offers a worldwide (more…)

The backbone of America’s business is the small business sector. They do most of the hiring, and generate 51% of the nation’s GDP. And yet they’re vastly under appreciated. Doing business with these busy people isn’t a (more…)

An interesting event is taking place in Oregon…where an entrepreneur sees the possibility of operating a local non-profit currency exchange as well as a commercial trade exchange. For (more…)

In existence only 10 days, The American Association of Business People & Entrepreneurs appeared on page #1 of Google News!

American Business People Unite through AAPBE

In the current economic climate, many are feeling the (more…)

IRTA’s Executive Director, Ron Whitney, is proud of the many accomplishments IRTA made in 2008. (IRTA is the commercial barter industry’s trade association.)

And given today’s economic train (more…)

Michael Campagno, owner of Casa De Amore Italian restaurant credits his barter membership in IMSBarter for being able to afford perks for his employees, as well as (more…)

Wondering how to survive the 2009 recession? It will require some different thinking as well as actions taken. Here’s (more…)