President Barack Obama will discuss the economy, lending to small businesses and financial regulation when he sits down at the White House with representatives of a dozen small and community banks. ...more

December 22, 2009

The White House didn't invite the firms that will create new jobs to last week's "job summit" - dominated by the CEOs of big firms, Ivy League economists and union officials - because they weren't available. Many of them don't even exist yet. ...more

December 9, 2009

President Barack Obama is wrong to overly politicize the nation's economic downturn, even though his critics are doing the same to him. ...more

December 9, 2009

More of America's largest companies will shrink their staffs rather than will hire in the next six months, according to the latest survey of their CEOs. ...more

December 9, 2009

President Barack Obama outlined major new government stimulus and jobs proposals on Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession." ...more

December 8, 2009

Under heavy pressure to get Americans back to work, President Barack Obama on Monday suggested using a suddenly available pot of money left over from the government's bank bailout to help create more jobs. ...more

December 8, 2009

So what do you know about the health care bill? Unless you've been reading the legislation, you've probably been depending on talking heads, with their own agendas, to explain it. Here are some things to consider about the health care legislation, according to the Associated Press. ...more

November 29, 2009

I wonder how many people in this country, or the world for that matter, really think we will make any kind of a strong financial recovery without coal and oil? Our manufacturing plants and all of our industries, as well as our small businesses need an ample, dependable and reasonably priced supply of coal and oil, as clean as possible, preferably from the U.S. Wind, sun and battery needs to continue to be developed. I wonder, though, how many windmills, solar panels and batteries would be required to run a car manufacturing plant, along with the tires, glass and steel necessary - once, all very successful; once all very successful in this country. Pollution you say? Are you saying China, North Korea, South Korea, India and Iran, etc. are running their manufacturing plants without coal and oil? Our coal and oil would be used much cleaner in this country. Pollution you say? Ours would be cleaner and doesn't all pollution go into the same sky? ...more

November 22, 2009

If you're looking for another way to stretch your dollar, there's a new Web site offering Bay area residents good deals. ...more

November 19, 2009

WASHINGTON The cost of health insurance is the number one concern of small business owners, according to a new report released by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills. ...more

October 25, 2009