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U.S. small-business owners' net hiring for the past year was -12 in April, on par with -9 in April 2012, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index. Owners' net hiring intentions are down slightly from a year ago.

A huge part of what we're doing at Gallup revolves around the topic of well-being. With the behavioral economic data we're collecting every day around the world, we're working to help leaders better understand what makes a healthy, happy, and ...

U.S. small-business owners became slightly more optimistic in April, with the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index rising to +16, from +9 in January. Owners rate their cash flows at their best levels in nearly five years.

The percentage of Americans lacking health insurance coverage continued to vary widely across U.S. metro areas in 2012, from 4% in Burlington, Vt., and the Boston-Cambridge area to 49% in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.

Boulder, Colo., remains the U.S. metro area with the lowest obesity rate in the U.S. for the third year in a row, at 12.5% in 2012. Obesity remains highest in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, at 38.5%.

Learn about recent Gallup research into builder talent diversity on teams and how the findings point to improved business outcomes for more diversely talented teams.

In spite of today's slow economy and high unemployment rate, 53% of U.S. small-business owners report having difficulty finding the qualified employees they need, according to the January Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index poll.

The proportion of U.S. small-business owners who plan to increase their company's capital spending over the next 12 months (28%) is the highest in four years, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.

World leaders often judge themselves on their job approval ratings, their ability to govern, and whether they are re-elected. While those views are important, they're rooted in the assumption that the citizens who judge them are exactly that . . ...

More U.S. small-business owners say they let employees go than hired them on average over the past 12 months, for a net hiring index of -10 in January, according to the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.