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CFOs Not Adding Finance Staff
Posted on March 8th, 2009 No commentsOnly 3 percent of chief financial officers in the Milwaukee area expect to add accounting and finance staff during the second quarter of 2009, while 7 percent anticipate reductions in personnel, according to the most recent Robert Half International Financial Hiring Index. The majority of CFOs, 89 percent, anticipate no change in hiring. Read the Small Business Times article.
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Community Banks Doing Fine
Posted on March 8th, 2009 No commentsDespite dire headlines about the credit crunch and the shaky state of financial giants like Citigroup, the vast majority of banks in the United States are doing well. In fact, many are actually thriving and still making loans to help to grow local businesses and keep families in their homes, the Christian Science Monitor writes.
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‘Stimulus Grant’ Scams Abound
Posted on March 8th, 2009 No commentsOnline ads that promise individuals a share of the $787-billion stimulus pie are scams, warned the Federal Trade Commission and the Council of Better Business Bureaus, which have tracked several sites and Facebook ads that offer consumers thousands of dollars in “stimulus grants.” Read more in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Dollars & Sense blog.