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Farm Bill Remains in Limbo

After a bumpy summer, the uphill battle in Congress to pass a long-term Farm Bill continues and is expected to go down to the wire.

What is the Right Price?

At the heart of America’s longest-running game show “The Price is Right®” is a deceptively simple question: “What’s it worth?” If the answer was easy, the show would not have lasted 41 years. And a similar but far less entertaining contest rages among a v

A Time of Change

As I begin the upcoming year as Big “I” Chairman, I have been thinking a lot about change. Most people don’t like change—that’s just a fact—and yet change is inevitable. I challenge myself and those around me to embrace change, because it tends to turn ou

The Case of the Tangled Web

Ace’s blind date seems perfectly pleasant, until she reveals the reason she’s willing to pay: She recently won the “insurance lottery” by being dishonest with her insurer about a claim involving water damage to her hardwood floors. How will Ace straighten

Health Care Navigator Drama Continues

Battles, delays and controversy regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) continue to splash the front pages of newspapers and frustrate small businesses across the country struggling to comply with the deluge of new rules and regul

Taking Stock

It doesn’t seem possible my term as your chairman is winding down. The time has gone by so fast—but we have accomplished a lot of things that make us a better association than we were almost one year ago.

How Inbound Marketing Saved a Business

Marcus Sheridan almost lost his swimming pool business during the recession. But instead of accepting defeat, he says he grew the business into “one of the largest of its kind in the world”—and he credits his success to inbound marketing.

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