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Small business can get big tipsHOLYOKE - Small business owners and prospective entrepreneurs looking for ways to beat this sluggish economy will learn more about a number of avenues open to them Tuesday during a morning-long seminar hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Small-business' mantra fails to resonate for some ownersBaltimore small-business owner Gladys Wade Bragg said it does not matter who is governor and what he promises to do for small businesses. In the end, it won't mean anything to her bottom line.
Small Business Owners Say No Government HelpSmall business owners in the Miami Valley are asking a local Congressman for help to boost their business. However, business owners do not want a hand out, they want the federal government to get out of the way.
Federal Reserve System delivers first good news on small business lending since late 2006.Loans to small business (those less than $1 million) dropped 5.7 percent to about $660 billion in the first quarter of 2010 from almost $700 billion in the second quarter of 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank.
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Trapanis EateryBack to the beachfront Trapani family keeps historic business afloat; now prepares to move back and re-build on their former lot on Beach Boulevard Somebody was literally looking out for Trapanis Eatery in Bay St. Louis Aug. 29, 2005 when a tornado spawned from Hurricane Katrina lashed out at the Gulf Coast town.
Small business owners overlookedThere are two million small business owners in Australia, but they've become small targets in this election campaign. The Council of Small Business Organisations says the SME sector has been largely ignored by both the major parties this time around. The sector's peak lobby group is so exasperated by this apparent neglect that it has conducted its own mail-out to marginal seats.
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Early opening after storm inspired cityRichard Chenoweth, owner of Scranton's Restaurant and Catering in Pascagoula has been in business long enough to have been struck by lightning twice.
Small Business Lending Program Creates and Saves 5,300 Jobs: FHLBanks Banking On Business Program Celebrates 10th ...OLD FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FHLBank's small business lending program celebrates 10th anniversary, creates or saves 5,300 jobs; next funding round arrives September 1.
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Just glad to be hereSteve Allen, owner of Allen Plumbing Company in Gulfport, may share his name with a famous television icon, but he said he doesn't share that icon's paycheck. Founded by his father in 1951, Allen Plumbing started out small, servicing homes in Harrison County.
Small Business All-Stars Take Las Vegas by Storm on October 7-8 at the Conquer & Grow Super Small Business ConferenceGILBERT, Ariz.----Its chaos running a small business. Just ask any entrepreneur. On October 7-8 at the Bellagio Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas strip, hundreds of small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs will come together with a panel of world-recognized experts and best-selling business book authors for a two-day event that is part of the nationwide movement to help propel the ...
