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Experts say the city’s rising levies and property taxes have taken their biggest toll on its nearly 200,000 small-business owners. “The city extracts a very high cost on small businesses,” said Manhattan Institute senior fellow Steve Malanga. “The b...
The unemployment rate hit 10.2% in October, and economists say a big reason is small businesses. With sales weak, they're slashing jobs.
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Small business owners grew slightly more optimistic in October, but not enough to turn job growth positive.
RALEIGH, NC ─ November 9, 2009 ─ The Accidental Entrepreneur , a leading Triangle-based small business development organization, is sponsoring new weekly sales training sessions for small business owners and account executives.
Gov. Martin O'Malley says he plans to create Maryland's first commission on small business. It's one of a variety of plans to help small businesses the governor is outlining on Thursday night at a gathering of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce in Cambridge.
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After two rejections from federal emergency officials for help following Aug. 4 storms and flooding, the U.S. Small Business Administration has agreed to make loans available to residents and businesses who were victims of the weather.
A group has emerged as the champions of recovery from the recession —small businesses. “It’s SMBs (small/medium businesses) that create new markets and push large firms and companies,” said Caleb Manscill, vice president of marketing at Search Clicks. “It’s SMB attitude that pushes our economy into deeper financial prosperity.” According to a recent study by the Kauffman Foundation of ...
NEW YORK----Chase announced today that it plans to increase its lending to small businesses by up to $4 billion in 2010, boosting expected new lending to about $10 billion to this vital segment of the U.S. economy.
Small businesses, pessimistic about the economy and frustrated by a lack of access to credit, are holding off on hiring, according to a new nationwide poll of small firms.
RIDGWAY — Bankers and business owners had a rare opportunity on Thursday when they were able to hear about programs from USDA Rural Development, U.S. Small Business Administration and FHL Bank to help them survive the economy and how to recover.
Small businesses often lead the nation out of recession. Not this time.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Democratic Senators Tom Harkin and Mary Landrieu and Congresswoman Debbie Halvorson joined Mike Draper, a small business owner from Des Moines, Iowa; Gwendolyn Barnes, a small business owner from Shreveport, Louisiana; Dr.
Small businesses have cut overhead, payroll and advertising to achieve rising profits in spite of the downturn.
In April, San Francisco startup Airbnb.com made enough money to allow the firm's founders to hire employees so they could expand their online marketplace that enables people in 93 countries to rent spare rooms to travelers. Since then, the startup has created... San Francisco - Small business - Business - Electronic commerce - United States
With unemployment fast becoming one of US President Barack Obama's biggest domestic challenges, focus is shifting from "too-big-to-fail" manufacturing and financial giants to struggling small businesses.
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