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Everett Herald - Fri Dec 4, 9:26 am ET
Low-interest disaster loans are available to small businesses in 18 Washington-state counties, federal Small Business Administration officials said Thursday.
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Mundelein Review - Thu Dec 3, 5:12 am ET
Elliot Richardson's "aha" moment came while he was watching lawmakers debate about small business on a Sunday morning TV news program. "Before I knew it I was yelling at the television," he said. "At that point I said, 'You know what, it's time to do something about it.' I don't want another 15 years to pass and say, 'Gosh, I can't believe small businesses never got a fair shake.'"
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Charleston Regional Business Journal - Wed Dec 2, 12:53 pm ET
The deadline is Friday for nominations for the Small Business Administration’s 2010 small business awards. The awards include categories for small businesses and small-business advocates.
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Washington Post - Thu Dec 3, 6:40 pm ET
More than a dozen small-business owners offered anecdotes Thursday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Small Business Administration chief Karen Mills about their struggles trying to stay afloat amid the worst economic downturn in generations. Seated around a rectangular table on the fifth...
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 3:02 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) and Chair Mary L. Landrieu (D-La.) today introduced legislation to make permanent the enhanced Section 179 expensing limits enacted in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Specifically, the bill will aid small businesses by allowing ...
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 11:34 am ET
U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary Landrieu, D-La., today will join the Senate's Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) in a hearing on barriers to job creation for small businesses. The hearing will take place at 10:30 a.m. in Room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, DC.
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NPR - Tue Dec 1, 7:13 am ET
Two provisions in the federal stimulus package which were aimed at helping small businesses are out of money. The Small Business Administration used the measures to make it easier for banks to make loans, and for small businesses to get them. The lack of funding could set the stage for further business credit contractions.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:05 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair, Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, yesterday hosted a staff-led roundtable on the 2009 expiring federal tax provisions. The roundtable, "What is Working: Tax Incentives to Aid Small Business Recovery," assessed the expiring incentives ...
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Anniston Star - Fri Dec 4, 4:06 am ET
The Jacksonville State University Small Business Development Center, the Small Business Administration, and the Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce will offer one-on-one counseling for prospective and existing small business owners at no charge Dec. 17 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the chamber office.
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Press & Sun-Bulletin - 2 hours 30 minutes ago
This has been a difficult year for most small business owners, with many worried about weathering the recession.
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Casper Journal - Fri Dec 4, 2:59 am ET
Small businesses will play an important role in the economic future of Wyoming.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 6:03 pm ET
Democrats want increased lending to small businesses and funding for "shovel ready" transportation projects included in a job-creation bill they hope to pass in Congress next month to address the high U.S. unemployment rate.
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Anniston Star - Fri Dec 4, 4:06 am ET
The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) will offer one-on-one counseling for prospective and existing small-business owners at no charge.
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YNN Rochester - Mon Nov 30, 10:51 pm ET
The U.S. Small Business Administration ranked M&T Bank the number nine lender to small businesses in the nation.
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The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 10:29 am ET
What's Your Reaction? As 130 business, labor and thought leaders converge on the White House today to discuss ways to create more jobs, the nation's main engine for job creation -- small businesses -- is stalled out.
