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Disaster assistance available for small businesses

Everett Herald - 1 hour 51 minutes ago

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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Cisco Celebrates Anniversary of $100 Million Small Business Investment by Helping Partners and Customers Accelerate ...
Marketwire - Tue Dec 1, 5:17 pm ET
New Small Business Services, Technology and Ongoing Profitability Programs Help Enable Partners' and Customers' Success and Boost Economy
Murphy eyes legislation to change interest rules for small businesses
The Saratogian - Tue Dec 1, 5:15 am ET
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Since 1933, small business owners have seen their earning potential curtailed by a law that prevents them from earning interest on checking accounts. On Monday, U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, announced he has introduced new legislation to repeal what he calls an outdated law.
Sen. Byron Dorgan: Small Business Credit Crunch Hampering Job Creation
The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 3, 7:01 pm ET
There is no government program that can substitute for a good job that pays well. A key function of government, however, is to create conditions that help businesses grow and hire new workers.
Accountant: Small businesses hardest-hit by employee theft
Arkansas News Bureau - Mon Nov 30, 2:45 pm ET
FORT SMITH — While executives who steal from their employers like former Walmart executive Tom Coughlin capture headlines, small businesses are hit the hardest by employee theft, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
A New Marketing Communications Firm Launches in the Washington D.C. Area That Focuses on the Small Business and Non ...
PRWeb via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 2:01 am ET
Conversion Pipeline, a strategic marketing communications company was recently created to help small business and non-profits utilize modern sales, marketing and communication strategies such as pay-per-click advertising, search engine optimization, public relations, business consulting, social media and other strategies to raise brand awareness in their respective marketplace.
Small-business confidence sags in November
Orange County Register - Mon Nov 30, 9:06 am ET
Small-business owners' confidence in the economy and their own circumstanced dropped significantly in November, a survey released today reports.
ProResource Launches Toolkit to Help Small Business Owners Outsource Effectively to Virtual Assistants and Freelancers
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 30, 8:02 pm ET
ProResource LLC today announced the release of the Help Without Hiring Toolkit, a set of 50 templates, checklists and worksheets that help small business owners outsource work more effectively to freelancers and virtual assistants.
Small Business Development Center provides direction
Cranberry Journal - Thu Dec 3, 3:45 am ET
With the uncertain state of the economy and rising unemployment figures, some who are out of work want to go into another line of business and could use help to get under way. read more »
Small Business Administration offers loans to nor'easter victims
WTKR Norfolk - Wed Dec 2, 7:08 pm ET
Nearly three weeks after last month's nor'easter, some homeowners and landlords are learning how much help they're getting to repair their homes.
SBA Administrator Karen Mills Discusses the Outlook for Small Business, Jobs and the Economy in 2010
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 2:20 pm ET
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, Karen Mills, will discuss the Administration's efforts to boost the small business sector to drive economic recovery at a National Press Club luncheon on Monday, December 14, 2009.
QuickBooks’ Evers turns to small business lending
North Bay Business Journal - Mon Nov 30, 8:02 am ET
NORTH BAY – Serial entrepreneur and QuickBooks guru Ridgely Evers is zooming in on small business investing and he's out to fix it.
Jackson Bucks Quinn on Commercial Rent-Regs Bill, Files Rare Motion for Vote [Updated]
The New York Observer - Tue Dec 1, 12:12 pm ET
Fighting to force movement on a bill that would newly regulate commercial rents for small businesses, Councilman Robert Jackson has filed a rare motion to bring the legislation up for a vote before the City Council, according to three people with knowledge of the action. The bill, the Small Business Survival Act, would inject a major set of new regulations into the rental process for small ...
Small Business Contracting Abuses #1 Problem at SBA for 5th Consecutive Year, According to the American Small Business ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 30, 7:50 am ET
PETALUMA, Calif.----The following is a statement by the American Small Business League:
Lloyd Chapman: Small Business Contracting Abuses #1 Problem at SBA for 5th Consecutive Year
The Huffington Post - Sun Nov 29, 9:44 pm ET
For the fifth consecutive year the Small Business Administration Office of Inspector General (SBA OIG) has described the diversion of federal small business contracts to...
Small business lending focus of Dec. 9 business council panel
Charleston Regional Business Journal - Wed Dec 2, 2:38 pm ET
Ed Kesser, BCI Lending. Brian Kornahrens, assistant vice president of commercial banking, Carolina First Bank.