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Small businesses. let's continue coverage with mike emanuel on capitol hill. what did congress hear from small business types, mike? >> well, shep, that they are worried that their premiums are going up and they want to continue providing good healthcare coverage for their employees. one ceo told lawmakers because his insurance plan only covers generic drugs, he has got problems. >> as a result of the affordable care act, our carrier has discontinued this policy as it does not meet the minimum of standards as stipulated under the law. due to this one change our premiums are scheduled to increa...

Ministry of commerce says their outbound will probably receive foreign investment in the next five to ten years. the unrest cut abroad. china's outbound direct investment or odi in the non-financial sector hit $59 billion in 2010. political turmoil has caused domestic businesses to suffer setbacks which. in the first two months of 2011 the value of china's newly signed contracts in after ka fell 53.2% to 3.47 billion u.s. dollars. that's, of course, because of all the turmoil there. algeria's is down, more than 97% as contracts in the uae dropped 52.3% and as the libya war

By how much? >> 52.3%, to be exact. >> as a businessman, how do you -- how do you evaluate that? >> well, you can't. i mean, obviously at 52.3% increase is unimaginable. this is my second highest expense item besides personnel. i can't pass it on to my clients. i can't absorb it. it's really unmanageable. we renewed early. you know, the stipulations under the affordable care act are for plans under 2014 and forward. so we reviewed two months early. >> you got sort of a one-year grace period but this problem is -- you're coming up on this problem. so what will you eventually decide to do? are y...

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