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Four family businesses join FBA

Firms in Petaluma, West Sacramento, Chico, and Salinas seek to protect family business Four businesses recently joined the Family Business Association of California, the only organization exclusively working to protect the interests of family businesses in Sacramento....

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The Developing Trade War & Interest Rates

  Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D., GraphsandLaughs, LLC August 1, 2018 The U.S. economy is, at present, growing very rapidly, and 2018 is shaping up to be the best year for economic growth since 2006. As a result, the Federal Reserve is a lock to raise rates by a...

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FBA lobbyists look ahead to August

By Dennis Albiani and Faith Lane Borges The Legislature has adjourned for a month long summer recess and will return on August 6th for the final four weeks of this legislative year. A month "off of work" is hardly the summer dream it sounds like. All statewide...

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Legislative Session Starts ‘Second Half’

By Dennis Albiani and Faith Lane Borges Apart from the spirited farewell speech from former Senator Josh Newman, who was recalled in the primary election last week, the days of vigorous debate and floor fights appear to be over in the deep blue California Legislature....

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Trade Wars: It’s All About Leverage

Elliot Eisenberg | GraphsandLaughs, LLC | May 2018 Editor's note: Here is economist Elliot Eisenberg's latest column for FBA members. With the U.S.-China trade war looking increasingly ominous, two questions are on the minds of many: do trade deficits matter and which...

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Jobs: They’re Not What They Used to Be

Elliot Eisenberg, Ph.D. | GraphsandLaughs, LLC | April 2018 During every business cycle, economies experience job losses followed by subsequent job gains such that, in time, all job losses are made up, and then some. Between January 2008 and February 2010, almost nine...

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