ANN ARBOR – If you're happy in your current job, Thursday's employment report probably isn't cause for alarm. If you're hoping for a raise, planning to switch employers, graduating from college or hiring workers for your business, it's a different story. The U.S. labor market isn't collapsing. It's becoming more competitive. At the same time,
LANSING — If your summer vacation seems more expensive, your favorite restaurant raises prices again, or that long-delayed home repair costs more than expected, Michigan small businesses say rising costs are increasingly forcing them to pass those expenses on to customers. A new survey from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) found small business
LANSING – Small business owners across Michigan are united in citing health care costs as their top concern, according to the latest membership survey from the Small Business Association of Michigan. The immense growth in the cost of health care has them rebalancing their books and cutting back on hiring new employees. Seventy-six percent of
