{"id":2743,"date":"2012-03-30T01:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/2743\/small-business-confidence-rose-to-105-1-in-first-quarter-of-2012-business-still-at-threat\/"},"modified":"2012-03-30T01:00:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T09:00:14","slug":"small-business-confidence-rose-to-105-1-in-first-quarter-of-2012-business-still-at-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/2743\/small-business-confidence-rose-to-105-1-in-first-quarter-of-2012-business-still-at-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Business Confidence Rose to 105.1 in First Quarter of 2012, Business Still at Threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/2012\/3\/prweb9338742.htm'>Small Business Confidence Rose to 105.1 in First Quarter of 2012, Business Still at Threat<\/a><br \/>Vistage International announced it   s confidence index rose to 105.1 in the first quarter of 2012 from 98.8 in the final months of 2011. Compiled from a survey in March of more than 1,850 small business chief executives, it is the highest increase since  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/46878524'>Pentair and Tyco flow control business to combine<\/a><br \/>NEW YORK      Diversified industrial company Pentair said Wednesday that it&#8217;s combining its operations with Tyco&#8217;s flow control business in an all-stock deal worth about $4.53 billion, uniting two of the biggest players in water and fluid  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/la-sp-dodgers-magic-businessman-20120329,0,7480417.story'>It&#8217;s Earvin in business world, but touch is still Magic<\/a><br \/>Magic Johnson&#8217;s purchase of part ownership of the Dodgers is the latest step in one of the most successful postgame careers of any professional athlete. The former Lakers guard has carved out a role as a liaison between big-money investors and  <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href='http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/smallbusiness\/columnist\/abrams\/story\/2012-03-29\/rhonda-abrams-winning-a-small-business-contest\/53873208\/1'>Small Business Strategies: How to be a winner, literally<\/a><br \/>Then it&#8217;s time to enter a business plan competition. And I can help you win. Dozens of business plan competitions are happening all across America, and April is one of the biggest months for these contests that provide money for entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small Business Confidence Rose to 105.1 in First Quarter of 2012, Business Still at ThreatVistage International announced it s confidence index rose to 105.1 in the first quarter of 2012 from 98.8 in the final months of 2011. Compiled from a survey in March of more than 1,850 small business chief executives, it is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/2743\/small-business-confidence-rose-to-105-1-in-first-quarter-of-2012-business-still-at-threat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Small Business Confidence Rose to 105.1 in First Quarter of 2012, Business Still at Threat<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xbizx.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}