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		<title>Small and Medium Businesses Suffer as Spain Bank Loans Shrivel</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/27/small-and-medium-businesses-suffer-as-spain-bank-loans-shrivel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 15:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By SUZANNE DALEY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The loss of credit is hurting small businesses, contributing to Spain’s troubles by raising unemployment and cutting tax revenues, making it harder to bring its budget deficit down to manageable levels. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/27/small-and-medium-businesses-suffer-as-spain-bank-loans-shrivel/' addthis:title='Small and Medium Businesses Suffer as Spain Bank Loans Shrivel ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Senate fails to agree on student-loan-rate freeze</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/24/senate-fails-to-agree-on-student-loan-rate-freeze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 01:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosalind S. Helderman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Senate held two votes Thursday on measures to ensure that student loan rates for millions of college students do not double in July — and at the conclusion of the legislative action, the issue remained exactly where it began: stuck. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/24/senate-fails-to-agree-on-student-loan-rate-freeze/' addthis:title='Senate fails to agree on student-loan-rate freeze ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Bid to scrap carrier bag charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charges for single use carrier bags is a burden on small businesses and harming tourism in Wales, it is claimed by the TaxPayers' Alliance .<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/05/19/bid-to-scrap-carrier-bag-charges/' addthis:title='Bid to scrap carrier bag charges ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Increasingly in Europe, Suicides ‘by Economic Crisis’</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/14/increasingly-in-europe-suicides-by-economic-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO and DOREEN CARVAJAL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In countries hardest hit by the downturn, including Ireland and Italy, small-business men and entrepreneurs are increasingly taking their own lives. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/14/increasingly-in-europe-suicides-by-economic-crisis/' addthis:title='Increasingly in Europe, Suicides ‘by Economic Crisis’ ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Gay rights groups vow more pressure on Obama to sign nondiscrimination order</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/13/gay-rights-groups-vow-more-pressure-on-obama-to-sign-nondiscrimination-order-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Wallsten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Gay rights activists vowed Thursday to step up political pressure on the White House over President Obama’s refusal to sign a nondiscrimination executive order, with some decrying the decision as an attempt to avoid controversy before the November election. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/04/13/gay-rights-groups-vow-more-pressure-on-obama-to-sign-nondiscrimination-order-2/' addthis:title='Gay rights groups vow more pressure on Obama to sign nondiscrimination order ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Microcredit doesn’t end poverty, despite all the hype</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Roodman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The idea has a wonderfully simple and powerful appeal: Give a tiny loan to a poor person in a poor nation. Watch her start a small business — whether hawking tomatoes or fattening goats — that puts her and her family on the first rung of a ladder that will elevate them out of poverty and into the middle class. Repeat across the planet. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/03/10/microcredit-doesnt-end-poverty-despite-all-the-hype/' addthis:title='Microcredit doesn’t end poverty, despite all the hype ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>GAO: Overlapping government programs cost billions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed OKeefe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The federal government is doing a poor job of coordinating its responsibilities in dozens of areas, including food safety, breast cancer research, assistance to small business owners and home buyers and background investigations for federal job applicants — a disorganization that could be costing taxpayers tens of billions of dollars annually, according to a new report. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/02/28/gao-overlapping-government-programs-cost-billions/' addthis:title='GAO: Overlapping government programs cost billions ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>President Obama’s small business bobble</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/02/01/president-obamas-small-business-bobble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Kessler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “I elevated the SBA [Small Business Administration] administrator to a Cabinet level position so that they are talking directly to me, so that there is no one in between me and the SBA when they are advocating on behalf of small business. …And [even after a reorganization] I’ll still have an SBA administrator in my Cabinet who’s advocating directly for small businesses.” Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/02/01/president-obamas-small-business-bobble/' addthis:title='President Obama’s small business bobble ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Some Shoppers Rebel Against Giant Web Retailers</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/01/15/some-shoppers-rebel-against-giant-web-retailers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As sprawling e-commerce companies like Amazon act more like their big-box brethren, little sites are fighting back with some tactics of their own. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/01/15/some-shoppers-rebel-against-giant-web-retailers/' addthis:title='Some Shoppers Rebel Against Giant Web Retailers ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Life is good’ in Iowa’s Washington, but the candidates keep raising alarms</title>
		<link>http://heave-ho.org/2012/01/01/%e2%80%98life-is-good%e2%80%99-in-iowa%e2%80%99s-washington-but-the-candidates-keep-raising-alarms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ It is the final day of his best year at work, and Keith Lazar, 62, settles into his corner office at the community bank. He eats a doughnut with a fork and turns on an instrumental CD titled “Relaxation.” Outside his office window, the town square is bustling with proof of his impact during the past 12 months: trucks financed by his loans, restaurants expanding because of his savings advice and small businesses created with his support. Read full article > > <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style " addthis:url='http://heave-ho.org/2012/01/01/%e2%80%98life-is-good%e2%80%99-in-iowa%e2%80%99s-washington-but-the-candidates-keep-raising-alarms/' addthis:title='‘Life is good’ in Iowa’s Washington, but the candidates keep raising alarms ' ><a href="//addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&#38;username=xa-4d2b47597ad291fb" class="addthis_button_compact">Share</a><span class="addthis_separator">&#124;</span><a class="addthis_button_preferred_1"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_2"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_3"></a><a class="addthis_button_preferred_4"></a></div>]]></description>
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