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JOBS Act: 5 things to look forward to (and 5 to dread) As Obama signs the JOBS Act into law, crowdfunding becomes legal and companies get more flexibility in going public. Here's the good and the bad. JOBS Act To Jumpstart The Job Market Today, President Obama signs the Jumpstart Our Startups (JOBS) Act into law. For those of you who haven't been following the JOBS Act, it is a bill that will make it easier for startups and small businesses to raise funds, especially through online crowdfunding. As an entrepreneur myself, I've been watching the evolution of the ... The JOBS Act Signing: A Giant Step for Entrepreneurship in America At the White House yesterday, I had the pleasure of watching one of the most forward-thinking pieces of pro-business bipartisan legislation to date signed into law by President Obama: the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The JOBS Act reduces many of the regulatory barriers that have, up to this point, made it nearly impossible for young startups to raise [...] JOBS Act opens door to hedge fund ads The JOBS Act will lift a ban on advertising by hedge fund and private equity firms, but Wall Street may come to regret it. Analysis: Jobs Act doesn't mean Wild West for companies (Reuters) - Any U.S. corporate executives who think they can use the Jobs Act's relaxed rules for public listing to cut corners on accounting and disclosure may want to think again. The Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama on Thursday, may allow smaller companies new to the markets to reduce their financial regulation, and it removes the requirement for an expensive internal audit. It ... Crowdfunding Craziness: How to Protect Yourself From the JOBS Act Crowd "funding" or crowd "fracking?" The jury's still out on whether the new JOBS Act will empower the next Steve Jobs or the next Bernie Madoff. JOBS Act opens the Internet to investing The JOBS Act, signed Thursday by President Obama, will allow smaller companies to raise money on the Internet using crowdfunding, which has been used to raise donations for charities and art projects. Critics warn that the process could be more vulnerable to scams. Obama's Jobs Act Has Bipartisan Support, Industry Critics President Obama signed legislation on Thursday that aims to make it easier for small companies to raise money, both by easing some rules for making an initial public offering and by turning online fundraising platforms, such as Kickstarter, into small-scale investment portals. Obama's Signing Of JOBS Act Likely Won't Dim GOP Charge He's Anti-Jobs President Obama's signing of the JOBS Act gives him one more talking point with which to try and blunt the GOP's election-year charges that he's been bad for jobs. And those charges are unlikely to be diminished by his signing legislation for which Republicans claim credit. Obama JOBS Act Leaves Labor Fuming In Democratic Feud WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will sign the JOBS Act into law Thursday, clinching a rare and hard-fought bipartisan victory for his presidency. But to secure the legislative win, he had to pick sides in a simmering feud between interest groups aligned with the Democratic Party.
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