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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of ...

These are trying times for small business owners; for many, the continued viability of their life’s work is in doubt on a daily basis. In recent weeks, Congress has done its part, enacting well in ...