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With the end of the year approaching, small-business owners should be scheduling meetings to help them plan for a hopefully stronger 2010. December is often a slow time for many companies, and owners should take advantage of the down time to do some planning.
Beth Daniels had a big problem. Orders were coming in for her "Around the Table" conversation games, so she ordered a lot of inventory. Then she and her husband, Tom Daniels, looked at each other. "How are we going to come up with the money for this?" she asked. "We were in crisis mode for sure."
With the end of the year approaching, small-business owners should be scheduling meetings to help them plan for a hopefully stronger 2010. December is often a slow time for many companies, and owners should take advantage of the down time to do some planning.
Small Business Commerce Association’s Award Honors the Achievement. (PRWeb Nov 29, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3269444.htm
The need for constructive, cooperative efforts to get businesses started and keep them growing has been greater this year than probably any other in our lifetime.
THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION will provide military community members free business development assistance TOMORROW from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Amoskeag Business Incubator in Manchester. Info: 225-1601 or sba.gov.
WASHINGTON - For years, small businesses have sought a solution to rising health care costs. Now with the Senate ready to consider a reform bill that attacks the problem and expands insurance coverage, many small firms haven't signed on to the answer.
WEST BURBANK — A group of small-business owners near the 900 block of South Victory Boulevard is claiming victory after a four-month tussle with the city to restore nearly 200 feet of street parking.
CEDAR RAPIDS — A longtime small-business owner and 28-year-old investment Realtor are facing off Tuesday in a runoff election for an at-large seat on the City Council. Don Karr Jr., 64, polled an even 7,000 votes to Aaron Saylor’s 6,669 votes in the Nov. 3 general election, but neither got a required percentage of the vote [...]
Pago Pago, AS – Monday, Nov. 30, is the final day for American Samoa residents to apply for disaster assistance and return a completed U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loan application for damages or losses caused by the Sept. 29 earthquake, tsunami and flooding.
WASHINGTON — For a political horror show, fast forward to the summer of 2010: The unemployment rate is stubbornly high, hovering in a range between 9.3 percent and 9.7 percent. Companies are wary about hiring more workers because the economy remains soft. Small businesses, which normally power a recovery, are caught in a credit squeeze.In this scenario, the jobs outlook will remain bleak for ...
NEW YORK — Small-business owners with cash flow problems might be tempted during yet another difficult holiday season to forgo gifts for clients or customers. Many look at gifts as budget items that just aren't critical.
Until the debt clouds disappear in the economy, small business can’t lead a rebound.
Even in recession, entrepreneurs buy and sell local small businesses. Plenty of Indianapolis-area companies are for sale.
Shaker Heights native and Hawken School graduate Jordan M. Haas is the new deputy assistant administrator for Congressional and Legislative Affairs at the Small Business Administration. The White House appointment became effective on Nov. 2.
The U.S. Small Business Administration has run out of economic stimulus money for its two most popular loan programs, leaving thousands of small businesses in limbo unless funding is extended.
