Small business owners create over half of the U.S. economy and sign the front of over half of private paychecks.
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Small businesses represent over 98% of all U.S. businesses, produce over half of the U.S. GDP, and sign the FRONT of the paychecks of over half (70 million) of all U.S. workers.
Europe's biggest real-estate fund manager has started making its first investments in the U.S. market, in the latest sign of an increased appetite for risk among some European investors.
He removed his hat, looked to the heavens and made the sign of the cross.
After accepting the money, he made the sign of the cross.
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Since the sites being measured are all U.S.-based, the score is principally a sign of what Americans are talking about.
"The closure of thelondonpaper... is a sign of the extreme steps ad-funded media companies are having to take to protect their margins in the current environment, " Fitch said.
Some of the hot money that poured out of hedge funds could easily return at the first sign of stability.
Meanwhile, the departure of Bradley Sheares , who ran the company's U.S. operations, is one sign of the changes being brought about by Chief Executive Richard Clark as he works to steer Merck through the Vioxx mess.
"I think he's doing a lot of positive, progressive, constructive work right now, " said Brown University English professor William Keach, the first member of the university's faculty to sign the statement of support.
The bishop said she spoke "loosely and unhelpfully about the sign of the cross".
Doctors in the U.K. argued vociferously that the most effective way to slow the progress of the disease is to give drugs at the first sign of dementia.
They were studied for the presence of eggs, the main sign of the presence of the parasites.
Certainly, European markets have reached for their handkerchiefs this past few days, though opinions seem divided about whether the Fed rate cut in the U.S. was a smart move or a sign of panic.
With barely two months before Barack Obama becomes president, the actions of Mr Paulson and the Fed show some sign of easing the financial crisis.
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The reason is that the number of students refusing to state their race has jumped from 5.1% of the freshman class to 14.3%, a heartening sign that the doctrine of race blindness is at least catching on among the young.
In Istanbul he placed in a cradle a fish dressed in infant's clothing, dramatising a prophecy that the messiah would be born under the sign of Pisces.
Another offensive aspect is the significance of the shoe being a sign of wealth.
Thanks to technology-led productivity, the U.S. economy is roaring with little sign of inflation.
He will receive quarterly reports on the progress of the disposals and the privatisation, and promises to reopen the case on the first sign of deviation.
U.S. officials saw the attack as an ominous sign of growing collaboration by militants on both sides of the Syria-Iraqi border.
Authorities began dragging Meyers Lake over the weekend for a sign of the girls.
"Because the bill accomplishes these two goals ... we strongly support passage of this bill and will urge that the president sign it, " the letter said.
Mr Obama cannot fail to see that he of all presidents would face severe punishment at the slightest sign of weakness.
This is the first sign of Mr. Ryan's influence, since the strategy is clearly modeled on the congressman's own history of winning on ideas against opponents who resort to cheap attack.
Today is the day the U.S. is supposed to come into compliance with world trade rules, but so far the U.S. is showing no sign of changing its laws on Internet gambling, so Antigua is contemplating its options.
If international investors know where they stand, there would be less of the "rush to the exit" panic at the first sign of trouble.
Earlier this month, U.S.-based employers exhausted the annual 65, 000-person quota for H1-B visas within days of the opening of applications, a sign of the strengthening domestic economy.
Meanwhile, the departure of Bradley Sheares , who ran the company's U.S. operations, is one sign of the changes being brought about by Chief Executive RichardClarkRichard Clark as he works to steer Merck through the Vioxx mess.
One of the Standing Rules of the Senate says that the secretary of state must sign the certificate of election along with the governor.
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