We'll see small businesses growing around all of this.
Michael Alter
Larger companies are doing well and are accordingly bidding up salaries in the hunt for talented workers.
For the little guy, it's getting harder and harder to compete with the big boys.
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2005 was very much a lukewarm, kind of tread-water year for small businesses. That has to do with the challenges facing small businesses: Costs went way up during the year, health care is up double digits, fuel, raw materials, oil for delivery trucks, all that was significantly higher than it was in the past. On top of that is uncertainty in the marketplace. Are we in a recession or in growth mode? Ask four different economists and you'll get four different answers. And as an owner of a business, it's very difficult to figure out how to operate in an uncertain marketplace.
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It was a yawner of a year for small-business growth.
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Small-business salaries are rising from the dead. That's good news for small business employees, but it may not be great news for the overall economy. Inflation is rearing its ugly head and may soon stifle economic growth.
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