YOU'RE THE BOSS; Paid Sick Leave Irks Some Owners
Date: 02 May 2013
By ROBB MANDELBAUM
Calls for paid sick leave in Portland, Ore, New York and other cities are being met with surprising amount of hostility and wariness; small business owners say policies hurt their businesses more than their larger counterparts. (M)
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YOU'RE THE BOSS; A Coach’s Leadership Lessons,
On the Field and in Business
Date: 02 May 2013
By BRYAN BURKHART
You're the Boss blog; high school football coach Bill Courtney is founder of Classic American Hardwoods, which employs 120 people and expects sales of approximately $40 million in 2013; Courtney says secret to his success is hard work. Photo (M)2
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A Mortgage Agency Pick Is Likely to Cause Conflict
Date: 02 May 2013
By PETER EAVIS and ANNIE LOWREY
Pres Obama announces nominates Rep Melvin Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, significant step in overhaul of mortgage market; Watt has advocated for strong measures to provide relief to struggling homeowners, including reducing how much borrowers owe on their mortgages. Photo (M)
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Banks Ease Capital Cost of Loans to Brokers
Date: 02 May 2013
By SUSANNE CRAIG
Arbitration case involving Morgan Stanley in Tampa, Fla, shows varied choices financial firms make about where to hold virtually identical assets and how those decisions can reduce firm's capital burden and costs; broker James Eastman filed a claim against the bank after he left in 2010, arguing defamation of character and wrongful dismissal, seeking to have loans from bank forgiven. Photos (M)
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Shell Makes a Heavy Bet On a Boom in Natural Gas
Date: 02 May 2013
By STANLEY REED
Royal Dutch Shell is betting its future on business of bringing natural gas from remote locations like Qatar to energy-hungry destinations like China and Japan; company has about 7 percent of world's liquified natural gas business, with ambitions to more than double that share through new projects and acquisitions. Photo (M)/
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