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Article: Small Business Owners Hold the Line on Hiring and Remain Focused on Growth in Uncertain Economy, According to the OPEN from American Express(R) Small Business Monitor.
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- October 1, 2007
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Healthcare Issues Most Influential in Upcoming Presidential Election
NEW YORK -- Hiring plans among small business owners are at their second lowest point in the seven-year history of the OPEN from American Express( [R]) Small Business Monitor, a semi-annual survey of business owners. This fall hiring plans among business owners have dropped, with three in ten business owners reporting plans (31%) to hire full and/or part-time staff in the next six-months. That is down from 34% in fall 2006, 37% in fall 2005, 35% in fall 2004, 34% in fall 2003 and 26% in fall 2002.
Healthcare is cited by one in five small business owners (21%) as the issue that will ...