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Encouragement for New Entrepreneurs

We’ve heard the numbers. For many of us, our family, friends, and colleagues are among the more than 4 million jobs lost since the recession began last year, with more than 1.3 million lost in the first two months of 2009 alone. While many of these displaced workers made finding their next job their primary focus, massive layoffs have also resulted in many people choosing a different option—the path to entrepreneurship.

Transcript: Obama’s Congressional Address
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Transcript: Obama’s Congressional Address

Remarks of President Barack Obama’s Address to Joint Session of Congress Madame Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, and the First Lady of the United States: I’ve come here...

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The Energy Booster

Bill Perkins, an energy trader by profession, accomplished some unusual goals last year. His Houston firm, Small Ventures U.S.A., invests in commodity markets for a hedge fund; the firm’s transactional volume is in the billions. The niche he knows best is natural gas, a fossil fuel used to heat homes and to generate much of the nation’s electricity.

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