Greater Maple Valley - Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce announces its 2011 Business Award recipients
The Greater Maple Valley-Black Diamond Chamber of Commerce announced its 2011 Business Award recipients Feb. 10.
The Business of The Year Award went to Jim Flynn of Flynn Development, and the Economic Engine That Did Award went to Thrive Community Fitness.
February 13, 2012
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When it comes to taxes, keep it simple | Don Brunell
“Keep it simple.” This old saying is more than a bumper sticker slogan, it’s a principle that is especially important when it comes to taxes and regulations.
February 11, 2012
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Tips for winning government contracts | Calvin Goings
Can you imagine your small business providing that key product or service to the Department of Navy, the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Agriculture?
February 11, 2012
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Gino’s Bistro in Maple Valley to offer fresh scratch-made food
Just a few months after arriving in the United States from Peru at the tender age of 18 Gino Rivera’s father told him to get a job.
It would change his life and take him to Maple Valley twice.
February 9, 2012
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What a relief: power’s back on | Don Brunell
An old TV commercial for an antacid once asked heartburn sufferers, “How do you spell relief?”
January 29, 2012
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Washington state unemployment rate, job numbers down in December
December’s labor statistics from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics once again produced conflicting data about what’s happening in Washington’s economy.
January 22, 2012
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Buying American products creates American jobs | Don Brunell
As Congress and state legislatures struggle with the sluggish economy, high unemployment and growing deficits, it may seem that a solution is out of reach.
January 21, 2012
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Good and services deficit $47.8 billion | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced today that total November exports of $177.8 billion and imports of $225.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $47.8 billion, up from $43.3 billion in October, revised. November exports were $1.5 billion less than October exports of $179.4 billion. November imports were $2.9 billion more than October imports of $222.6 billion.
January 16, 2012
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Our initiative process needs to change | Don Brunell
Would you buy a new car or a new house without knowing how you’ll pay for it? Of course not. But Washington voters do something similar every time they approve a costly initiative without specifying how it will be paid for.
January 15, 2012
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It’s the economy - again | Don Brunell
In 1992, Bill Clinton’s campaign slogan was, “It’s the economy, stupid.” In 1993, Washington employers modified the slogan to, “It’s the economy, don’t kill it,” and emblazoned it across a huge banner draped from AWB’s building near the state’s Capitol Campus, where it could be seen by elected officials driving by.
January 7, 2012
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New programs for 2012 from the Small Business Association | Calvin Goings
Every January, Americans look ahead with the desire to start the New Year with fresh ideas and hopes to improve. The U. S. Small Business Administration is doing the same thing – regularly meeting with lenders and resources partners to get feedback on ways to improve our loan programs and services. And, this past year, the SBA engaged over 150 community lenders in all 50 states to provide comments on ways that the SBA’s CAPLines Program could work more effectively for both SBA lenders and small businesses, as this program has been underutilized.
January 3, 2012
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