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News, articles and information about small businesses, starting and owning and operating a small business, employment law, employment taxes, minimum wage. (Photo iTOWNS)
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Likely Tax Cheats Flock South, West
The Associated PressWorried the Internal Revenue Service might target you for an audit? You probably should be if you own a small business in one of the wealthy suburbs of Los Angeles. You might also be wary if you're a small-business owner in one of dozens of...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Rentals, Taxation, Politics, Business
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Anchorage Small Business Owners React to Looming "Fiscal Cliff" Deadline
Channel 2 NewsAutomatic changes to the federal budget are scheduled to occur on January first if President Obama and Congress can not reach an agreement. These budget changes are to address the $16 trillion debt and prevent the nation from falling over a...Tags: White House, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Unemployment Benefits
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Local Stores Profit from Small Business Saturday
Channel 2 NewsThere was nothing small about this weekend’s Small Business Saturday. Sandwiched in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, U.S consumers shopped small this year spending billions of dollars in keeping their money local. About 500,000 small...Tags: Sales, Holidays, Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday, Business
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Small Business Saturday A New Shopping Tradition
Small Business Saturday drew Alaska shoppers to locally-owned stores on Saturday, answering the call to shop small and local. While ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’ get most of the publicity, ‘Small Business Saturday’...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday, Black Friday (shopping), Business
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Senator Murkowski Encourages Alaskans to Shop Locally Saturday
Channel 2 NewsLisa Murkowski encouraged Alaskans to shop small and locally today in support of Small Business Saturday. Small Business Saturday is a day held by the U.S. Small Business Administration to celebrate and support small businesses nationwide for all they...Tags: Frank Murkowski, Business
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Small Business Owners Find New Ways to Connect
Channel 2 NewsSmall business owners in Anchorage are finding it makes sense to stick together and one way of doing that is to join a local chamber of commerce. It’s not a new concept, in fact the main Anchorage Chamber is nearly a century old, but now some...Tags: Advertising, Business
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Anchorage Mayoral Race Fundraising: Sullivan Leads Honeman
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage mayoral race fundraising is showing a strong tilt toward incumbent Mayor Dan Sullivan, with campaign finance reports showing him outraising his closest opponent, Anchorage Assembly member Paul Honeman, by nearly $90,000. According to Alaska...Tags: Political Fundraising, Elections, Politics, Human Interest
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BRIXS: Local Anchorage Program Strives to Empower Young Women
Channel 2 NewsIn a Fairview office, a small group of young Anchorage women are organizing a teen dance with the aim of creating more after-school youth opportunities. The group gathers together once a week on Saturdays and is led by Tracey Parrish, who owns a couple...Tags: Black History, African-American History Month
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South Anchorage Area Sees Small Business Boom
A small group of new South Anchorage businesses are crediting their success to location.
"The Shops at O'Malley Centre" complex opened in 2009, and most of the businesses that moved in are brand new.
"Its been nice as a small business community that...Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Business
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Small Business Saturday Encourages Shoppers to Stay Local
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage businesses were slashing their prices and offering killer deals in an effort to promote "Small Business Saturday." "A lot of small businesses have things you can't buy at big stores," said Whitney Heskett, the Marketing Manager for Run to the...Tags: Facebook, Business
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Minority Entrepreneurs Connect at Anchorage 8(a) Contracting Conference
For several hundred people meeting in Anchorage this week, when opportunity knocks, it comes in the form of a government contract. They came from all over the United States, to learn how to utilize a Small Business Administration program aimed at creating...Tags: Defense, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Labor Legislation, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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Office-Rental Space Gives Mat-Su Businesses Professional Front
Channel 2 NewsOffice space is one of the biggest expenses a small-business owner faces -- one some businesses can’t afford, even when it is desperately needed. That’s why a Mat-Su Valley man’s business plan is simply to share his space. Jesse...Tags: Alaska, Todd Walker, Rentals, Building Material, Metal and Mineral
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