ASBC In the News
Hard to Get Small Business Loans, Survey Says

Associated Press and Bloomberg Businessweek cite ASBC's latest Access to Credit Poll Report findings.
Austerity chieftains want to give 'corporate pirates' a big tax break while chopping safety net

Daily Kos cites recent ASBC Tax Poll results in an articel discussing territorial tax plans.
Small business back G-8 plans to curb offshore tax havens

Politico quotes ASBC letter sent to President Obama urging him support a crackdown on offshore tax havens.
Small Businesses Declare Their Support For Paid Sick And Family Leave

ThinkProgress praises the newly launched ASBC website “Better Workplaces, Better Businesses,"  in parntership with Main Street Alliance and Social Venture Network.
Why Retirement Planning Is a Two-Headed Problem for Small Employers

Bloomberg Businessweek cites ASBC's latest Retirement Poll Report to discuss the challenges small businesses face with offering retirement plans.
Small-business owners stand up for voice in political debate

ASBC co-founder and Director of Media and Communications, David Brodwin underlines the need for policy reform to strengthen small business and the economy on Minnesota Public Radio.org.
Calhoun Joins Activists & Lawmakers In Call For Chemical Monitoring

CTNewsJunkie reports that David Levine joined Thursday’s rally to press for action on a bill that would allow state government to monitor “chemicals of concern” in consumer products.with the message that the proposed legislation is not anti-business, but instead “will drive innovation.”
Sharing Strategies for Growing Sustainable Businesses

ASBC's CEO and Co-founder David Levine was a keynote speaker at the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts’ Sustainability Leadership Summit on May 10 at UMass Boston.   The PescoVegetarian Times highlighted David's talk at the summit.
Sorting Through the New Political Alignments in Small Business

The New York Times Blog, You're the Boss, discusses Nancy Folbre recent New York Times post which used ASBC poll results.
Small vs. Big, Local vs. Global

The New York Times uses ASBC's poll result in examining Scientific measures of public attitudes toward business.
EPA Nominee Gina McCarthy Stymied By Republican Boycott

Scientific American cited ASBC's Richard Eidlin's praise of Gina McCarthy to become the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
David Brodwin on WWRL-AM Morning Show with Mark Riley, May 6th

ASBC co-founder David Brodwin joined Mark Riley’s Air America talk radio show on WWRL-AM in New York, to discuss leveling the playing field on sales tax through the Marketplace Fairness Act.
More Businesses Pursue Triple Bottom Line for a Sustainable Economy

American Sustainable Business Council’s work was praised in the Vital Signs research report just published by the World Watch Institute. The report highlights the contributions made by small to medium sized businesses promoting a sustainable economy.
Retailers stepping up green push

An article in Crain's New York Business features three ASBC Business Supporters, Eileen Fisher, ABC carpet & home and Greyston Bakery, Inc. that are using ecofriendly initiatives to provide boost to  their bottom line. 
What New-Style Trade Agreements Are Really About (Hint: It's Not Trade)

TechDirt cites ASBC Cofounder and Board member David Brodwin's trade policy article in U.S. News and World Report.
Surprise: Everyone Applauds Small Business Tax Reform

Bloomberg Businessweek article about small business tax reform cites ASBC's Corporate Tax Reform Poll.
Tax Day Arrives, But Not for Corporate Billions in Offshore Havens

ASBC CEO David Levine discusses the economic problems of offshore tax havens in an interview broadcast by Clear Channel Nation, WBAI-FM New York and 100 other radio stations across the U.S.  (transcript) (Distribution courtesy of Soundbite Services)
Road to stronger economy, communities includes citizenship

The ASBC - MSA Immigration Reform Poll results were mentioned in an article by Crain's Chicago Business
With Eco-Friendly Building Supplies, Green Depot Thrives in the Construction Rebound

ASBC co-founder and CEO David Levine is quoted in the Bloomberg Businessweek article about safer chemical regulations.
Small businesses: Go get the big guys

The Albuquerque Business First  cited the ASBC and Main Street Alliance Corporate Tax Reform Poll.  The TriplePundit, the Black Enterprise, UPI, and Progress Illinois also mentioned the ASBC - MSA poll results.
 

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