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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. Can someone please make capital available? With a caveat – also almost always offered – that capital and credit have never been easy issues. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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Massachusetts: Frozen Growth In The Frozen North

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Dunbar noted that, apart from high fuel costs over the last few years, businesses have also faced building materials going up in price, tax increases and “no meaningful access to capital” — a refrain that became incredibly familiar the more places we traveled.

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Payments And Commerce On The Campaign Trail

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A funny thing happened on the way to the primaries from our perspective, thanks to the Store Front Business Index — a collaboration between CAN Capital and PYMNTS.com. And we went on the road in New Hampshire , South Carolina and Virginia to ask the local Store Front business owners how healthy they feel. But not everywhere.

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