Lucy Ivanoff: Is leaving your business to your children viable?

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Recently I read a blog post in the New York Times blog – You’re the Boss. It was discussing the issues that arise when parents want to bring their kids into their business. There was the usual information about what to look out for, how mechanically to manage the transition and so on, as most such discussions include.

Ralph Pope: Don’t forget about our economic engine, small business owners

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With unemployment still at over 7 percent nationwide it is time that small businesses and entrepreneurs received the help they need in order to create the jobs our country so desperately needs. Whether it’s offering tax incentives or more access to capital and credit, small businesses need help from the government to bolster hiring.

Libertarian governor nominee Robert Sarvis talks politics with Augusta Free Press

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Robert Sarvis has put more than 8,500 miles on his van this summer running for governor. It might be an uphill battle for Sarvis, running as a Libertarian against well-heeled major-party opponents in Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe, but for Sarvis, 36, a native of Northern Virginia with degrees from Harvard, Cambridge, NYU and George Mason, it’s one worth fighting.