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Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- President Obama announced Tuesday that he wants to help small businesses in order help our country's economy. In the Midlands, one small business is pushing through the tough times, determined to stay put.
President Obama presented a series of initiatives on Tuesday aimed at turning around the nation’s beleaguered job market, paying particular attention to increasing the hiring of small businesses by opening lines of credit and offering tax breaks to try to lower the double-digit unemployment rate.
WASHINGTON - In a tough economy, President Obama proposed ways, this morning, to help small businesses increase their hiring.
Gov. Martin O'Malley has outlined plans to help small businesses.
Believe it. The small-business economy will pull our country “up by our bootstraps” from the depths of the worst economic environment since the Great Depression.
Small-business owners are pessimistic about the economy and its impact on their companies, reports the National Federation of Independent Business.
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Small business owners grew a bit more pessimistic in November. The Small Business Optimism Index decreased 0.8 point to 88.3 last month from October, reported the National Federation of Independent Business in a press release Tuesday.
Since arriving in Delaware a decade ago, Jayne Armstrong has been a tireless advocate for small business. During that period, the Director of the Delaware District Office of the Small Business Administration saw its lending volume grow rapidly during a period of economic expansion.
Small-business owner Jerry Wells, owner of Jerry's Auto Service & Parts, holds his breath as he waits for a decision to be made in November about whether or not Wal-Mart will be able to purchase 22 acres of land in Ogden.
Google 101, a classroom-like session to introduce small businesses and entrepreneurs to Google's business tools in the cloud, made a stop at the Googleplex in Silicon Valley as part of a multi-city tour.
The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a free Internetsmall business workshop from 8 to 9 a.m. Dec. 15 to provideguidance to prepare small business owners for meeting with alender.
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Executives from top investment banks met with U.K. Chancellor Alistair Darling Monday to discuss participation in a scheme where banks would contribute to a government initiative to boost lending to small businesses, a Treasury spokesman confirmed.
Obama: TARP funds for small business, more money for infrastructure, home energy refits
The state's unemployment rate has consistently stayed below the national rate during the recession and job gains were reported statewide for November recently, but Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) unveiled new initiatives to boost job creation Monday at the Greater Baltimore Committee's Small Business Summit in Baltimore.
Maryland governor announces plans to expand credit to help small businesses, spur hiring
RICHARDSON, Texas , Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Custom Credit Systems (CCS), a provider of integrated, end-to-end, credit processing and maintenance systems for small business and commercial loan processing, announced today the results of its 2009 State of Commercial Lending Survey. Key executives at leading commercial lending institutions were surveyed to garner a better understanding of the current ...
