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Policy Tracker: policies affecting small business

Is the recovery real?

One economic barometer, total production of goods and services, served as some good news as it grew at a 5.7 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter of 2009, the best showing in six years.

But another economic barometer, the Dow Jones industrial average, fell 500 points in the first five weeks of this year. Unemployment closed out January at 9.7 percent.

This is really a recovery? Sort of. At least it’s the beginning, economists say. Full Story

Recent gradutes looking to federal agencies for jobs

Some are spurred by a desire to serve the country, while others do so by sheer necessity because they can’t find work in the private sector. Sometimes it’s a combination of both factors. Full Story

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OPINION: What the U.S. should learn from Thailand

Clearly, affordable, quality health care can happen in Thailand. Why can’t our politicians make it happen here at home? Full Story

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