Reporting on tax issues affecting small business, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde talks with Jim Blasingame about jobs creation tax deductions, Section 179 direct expending and other elements of the evolving tax code.

Kiplinger on the looming states' rights battles with the Feds. Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the federal mandates that various states are taking exception with and the plans being taken to resist these future obligations.

How much of a drain will commercial real estate have on the economic recovery? Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to report on how much of a problem this sector will be over the next year. They also cover global economic recovery, plus proposed tax issues.

Kiplinger reports on the jobs growth picture. Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to report on what is being called the "mother of all jobless recoveries," including some of the key elements that are holding back business hiring.

Kiplinger reports on recent economy-focused legislation. Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the various proposals that are working their way through Congress to improve jobs growth, adjust employment benefits, tax estates, provide more capital for small businesses.

Reporting on several current events issues, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the current state of health care reform legislation, plus a push by product producers to sell their goods directly to customers via e-commerce from their website.

Reporting on the impact of digital marketing, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to identify a number of ways that the digital age has changed, improved and sometimes upset the marketing world, and what this means for small businesses.

Several economic indicators are newsworthy and Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to report on some of them, including GDP, inflation, unemployment, oil prices and others.

Reporting on a number of business issues, Kiplinger's Joan Pryde joins Jim Blasingame to discuss trade improvements with Canada, new union expectations, new COBRA changes, tax law proposals and new pension regulations.

Reporting on the 1-31-10 Kiplinger Letter, Joan Pryde and Jim Blasingame discuss the financial travails of the state governments, the construction industry, Medicare cuts and the impact of campaign reform on small business.