{"id":2691,"date":"2012-01-27T02:01:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T10:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/2691\/small-business-strategies-obamas-proposal-could-hurt-2\/"},"modified":"2012-01-27T02:01:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T10:01:31","slug":"small-business-strategies-obamas-proposal-could-hurt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/2691\/small-business-strategies-obamas-proposal-could-hurt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Strategies: Obama&#8217;s proposal could hurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/smallbusiness\/columnist\/abrams\/story\/2012-01-19\/obama-small-business-plan\/52685870\/1'>Small Business Strategies: Obama&#8217;s proposal could hurt<\/a><br \/>Want an SBA loan? Don&#8217;t bother applying if you needed less than a few hundred thousand dollars. In looking at President Obama&#8217;s just-announced proposal to combine the SBA with five other agencies, I&#8217;m fearful we&#8217;ll soon return to the days when  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/dealbook.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/24\/spx-sells-auto-tools-business-for-1-15-billion\/'>SPX Sells Auto Tools Business for $1.15 Billion<\/a><br \/>The SPX Corporation, an industrial conglomerate, said on Tuesday that it had agreed to sell its auto tools and solutions business to Robert Bosch of Germany for $1.15 billion in cash. By shedding the business, SPX   s flow technology unit, which  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/bits.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/20\/business-social-media-rise-of-the-machines\/'>Business Social Media: Rise of the Machines<\/a><br \/>Maybe the old guard in enterprise software is firing back at the social media upstarts. At least one, Tibco, is using the best ammo it has, boring old business data. Don   t scoff. Much of our working day involves finding out the state of play  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/news\/2012-01-26\/christie-can-t-shake-n-j-s-last-place-business-climate-rank.html'>Christie Can   t Shake N.J.   s Last Place Business-Climate Rank<\/a><br \/>Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) &#8212; New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, the Republican who has sought to roll back taxes, battled with public employee unions and was courted to run for president, can   t shake one distinction: His state again ranks last in  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/schulich-school-of-business-students-graduate-to-the-ibm-smartcloud-137500953.html'>Schulich School of Business Students Graduate to the IBM SmartCloud<\/a><br \/>In the fall of 2011, 400 students enrolled in &#8220;Management 1000&#8221; at the Schulich School of Business used IBM&#8217;s social networking services to aid their semester-long project of creating a comprehensive business plan. 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