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The 2012 Presidential Debates: The Channel Takeaway

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http://www.thevarguy.com – Solution providers are small businesses at the very core. So while they are solving other organizations’ tech problems, they too face the same issues all SMBs face, from raising capital to health insurance concerns to training and hiring the best possible workers. So although Oct. 3 was the last official day of regular season baseball for most teams and some division winners were hanging in the balance, I want to believe most in the channel were among the 50 million or so others watching how President Barack Obama and challenger Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney were going to handle themsel (IT news)

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