Economy Still Short Of Potential
An Interview with Gallup CEO Jim Clifton
Administration's Blueprint Locks Potential Energy Sources
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Economy Still Short Of Potential

While the GDP numbers improved throughout last year and ended with the fourth quarter growing at 2.8% annual rate, the year as a whole could manage just 1.7% growth, well below the prior year’s 3.0%.

An Interview with Gallup CEO Jim Clifton

A thriving free enterprise system, company culture, and healthcare costs all factor into the global competition for jobs.

Administration's Blueprint Locks Potential Energy Sources

The administration's oil and gas exploration "blueprint" adds virtually no new production and takes years of potential energy off the table.

Entrepreneur

Social Media Ad Spending Exploding for Small Businesses

80% of small businesses plan to use social media by the end of 2012, forecasting an explosion in social media ad spending.

Entrepreneur

Is Your Business Being Chased by the Competition?

Archetype businesses are constantly innovating and raising the bar for competitors; stereotype businesses are conventional by design, but unlikely to lead the pack.

Regulations

Cost-Benefit Analysis Must Be Part of the Regulatory Process

Cost-benefit analysis is an essential (and often neglected) step of the regulation proposal process.

Entrepreneur

Three Tips for Finding the Best New Hires

When making hiring decisions, you must ask three important questions: Can they do the job? Will they do the job? And, will they fit into your culture?

How-To

Why All Business Owners Are Publishers

from NY Enterprise Report

Due to the rise of social media and connectivity in general, content marketing has become essential to any business’s marketing strategy.

Energy & Environment

Nebraska’s Governor Plans to Urge Obama to Proceed With Keystone

from Bloomberg

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman said he will urge President Barack Obama to reverse his decision denying a permit for Keystone XL pipeline

Labor

Government Cuts Kept U.S. Union Rate at Record Low in 2011

Labor unions represented just 6.9% of employees in private companies

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In Your Corner

State of the Union: What We Hope to Hear

Tonight the president will give his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, followed by a response from Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana. What would the U.S. Chamber and the business community most like to hear from these speakers and in the reactions from members of Congress?

The State of American Business: Ready to Invest, Compete, and Hire

Each year at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce we take stock of the state of American business and chart the year ahead. As we begin 2012, the state of business is improving, but it is doing so weakly, slowly, and insufficiently to put enough of our country back to work.