Jobs act

• The 2012 JOBS Act is a modest piece of legislation that wont affect most Americans, which is probably why it garnered bipartisan support.
(Yahoo Finance)
• President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (or JOBS) Act into law Thursday, legislation meant to make it easier for entrepreneurs to get investor financing that helps them add workers.
(NPR News)
• Bloomberg, yesterday, and the NYT, today, have come out with big news articles about the dangers and complications inherent in the JOBS Act.
(Reuters Blogs)
• Something all too rare nowadays in Washington is going down at the White House as I write this. A good, logical bill — the JOBS Act — is being signed into law. The math here is simple. America thrives when entrepreneurs thrive.
(Forbes)
• President Obama on Thursday signed legislation intended to boost startups and small businesses. The bill, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, includes provisions that allow for crowdfunding, mini-IPOs, and IPO on-ramps, among other things.
(PC Magazine)
• (Reuters) - Any U.S. corporate executives who think they can use the Jobs Acts relaxed rules for public listing to cut corners on accounting and disclosure may want to think again.
(Yahoo Finance)
• With the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the "JOBS Act") awaiting President Obama's signature tomorrow, the pundits are out in full force debating whether the new law will hurt investors. Of course it will.
(Forbes)
• President Barack Obama is expected to sign the bipartisan Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or JOBS Act, into law today, opening the door for privately held startup companies to seek investment capital from the public.
(Des Moines Register)
• RICHMOND, Va., April 5, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What can we learn from Apple, Groupon, and Facebook? That it pays more than a billion dollars to be the first team off the starting block.
(Sacramento Bee)