NEWSLETTER - SMALL BUSINESS

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An exceptionally large senior class has created an unprecedented need for area companies willing to participate in Bradley University's "Senior Consulting Project" program. The program, created more than twenty years ago, is designed to provide senior business majors with an opportunity to apply their accumulated business knowledge to a "real world" business situation at NO COST to the participating business.

New DOL Resources to Help Businesses Understand and Comply with Federal Employment Laws

Understanding federal employment laws has become more challenging as overtime rules, benefit packages, and health insurance issues are all changing the business-labor environment for small businesses.

Quincy-Area Firms Travel to China

An article in the last issue of this newsletter discussed how Illinois firms are rediscovering Asian markets, and in November, several Illinois companies traveled to Asia to seek new business opportunities. From November 5 - 18, Quincy Mayor Charles W. Scholz led Quincy-area firms on a four-city trade mission to China.

U.S. Exports Face Retaliatory Tariffs - Will Your Company Be Affected?

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that the "Byrd Amendment" is inconsistent with the United States' obligations as a member of the organization.