The landmark immigration bill currently working its way through the U.S. Senate may contain good news for those looking to enter the U.S. on a H-1B visa. While under current law, the U.S. only issues 65,000 skilled guest worker visas per year, the new bill would raise this cap to […]
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Insurance Policies Small Business Owners Must Consider
1.Property Insurance: Business owners who own a business property or own equipment used therein must opt for property insurance. Through such a policy a property owner can easily protect his assets against fire, theft, wreckage, smoke damage etc. Business owners can also choose riders which protect them against business interruptions […]
Know Your Consumer Rights
For all practical purposes, the most protection that the public consumer had before the 1960s was the old adage Caveat Emptor (buyer beware.) Although fraud and corruption has not diminished any, there have been several legal tools implemented that do offer the public and consumers leverage in a form of […]
Mortgage Rates Fall Again while Credit Remains Tight
The fallout from the 2007-08 mortgage collapse continues to rear its ugly head some five years later. Kareem Serageldin, a former executive for Credit Suisse, pleaded guilty on April 12 to fraud after admitting to artificially inflating the value of mortgage bonds in 2007, in an attempt to mask the […]
To Reconnect Wages to Rising Productivity, Protect Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights
Long before the current financial crisis, America's workers were suffering through a wage drought that is now well into its fourth decade, with no end in sight. Yet labor productivity has risen sharply, by more than 80 percent, over the 35 years since the wage drought began. So while rising […]