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America's Top Small Business Summit
Join us for an opportunity to network with peers, learn from some of the world’s most successful leaders, and pick up tips for your business. It's also a celebration: We'll be honoring the America’s Top Small Business awards finalists and announcing this year's America's Top Small Business.
Spotlight on Small Business
- Small Business
America’s Top Small Businesses: By the NumbersThe U.S. Chamber’s top 70 small businesses selected in the run up to this year’s “America's Top Small Business Awards” reflect a diverse and unique applicant pool.
By Thaddeus Swanek
- Small Business
New Survey Finds More Small Business Owners See Improving Economy
By Thaddeus Swanek - Small Business
Q&A: Why Is Prompt Payment Important for Small Businesses?
By Grace Marsiglio
Economy
Regulations
The most prominent drivers are constant shifts in power in Washington, an increasingly partisan approach to lawmaking, and a willingness by both parties to pursue policy changes through regulation rather than legislation.
Artificial Intelligence
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- Economy
Understanding America’s Labor Shortage: The Most Impacted StatesEvery state is facing an unprecedented challenge finding workers to fill open jobs. Learn which states have been impacted the most by the nation’s worker shortage crisis.
By Lindsay Cates
Chamber OnDemand Highlights: Navigating Business in 2023
Deep Dives on Workforce Data
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- WorkforceTalent ForwardWednesday, October 0409:00 AM EDT - 03:00 PM EDTLearn More
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Seven costly regulations on business have been scrubbed with more expected.
Opportunity is at the heart of the American Dream, and at the heart of opportunity is a job. When the right person fills the right job, we all benefit—families, neighborhoods, businesses. We all grow and prosper. Yet, there’s a disconnect in our country. The national unemployment rate has fallen since the depths of the Great Recession, but we still have too many people without jobs and too many jobs without people.
New innovations and technologies are fertile ground for economic growth. They lead to startup companies, job creation, and a rush of capital and investment. But once a technology gets big, it’s never long before government regulators and aggressive trial lawyers swoop in to crash the party. Hasty regulations and expansive liability stunt the sector’s growth and slam the brakes on job creation.
2017 is off to a busy start for the U.S. Chamber.
‘He will undoubtedly use his gifted legal mind to help our country sort through our toughest questions for years to come,’ says Donohue
Today, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed as Associate Justice to the Supreme Court by a 54-45 vote.