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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for February dropped a substantial 2.7 points from 94.3 in January to...
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The office supplies sector was challenged even before Thursday. Now things are worse after Staples said that its sales are being challenged and that it would close some 225 of its more than 2,200...
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The National Federation of Independent Business Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for January barely ticked up. But sales expectations and hiring expectations rose more...
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courtesy of Office DepotOffice Depot Inc. (NYSE: ODP) has just completed its OfficeMax merger. It also has a new chief executive to boot. Now the research team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch is not...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for October dropped 2.3 points to come in at 91.6. As recently as last...
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ThinkstockTwo different manufacturing reports hit the tape this morning. The more important and broader measurement from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) report on business covered the...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for September came in at 93.9, down slightly from August’s revised...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported Tuesday morning that its small business optimism index for August came in at 94, essentially flat with July’s reading of...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) this morning reported a rise of 0.6 points in its small business optimism index, from 93.5 in June to 94.1 in July. In May the index...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) this morning reported a drop of 0.9 points in its small business optimism index, from 94.4 in May to 93.5 in June. The May index was...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) this morning reported an increase of 2.6 points in its small business optimism index, up from 89.5 in March to 92.1 in April. The NFIB...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) this morning reported a decline of 1.3 points in its small business optimism index, from 90.8 in February to 89.5 in March. The NFIB...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) this morning reported a rise of 1.9 points in its small business optimism index, from 88.9 in January to 90.8 in February. The NFIB...
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ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported that its Small Business Optimism Index rose a meager 0.5 points in December to 88, only slightly better than the November...
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The Wells Fargo/Gallup small business index dropped from a July reading of 17 to a November score of -11, Gallup reported this morning. The index surveys small business owners’ ratings of current...
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