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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...
Though Small Business Administration lending plummeted on Long Island for much of 2009, local experts say they’ve seen a turnaround in recent months. Some of that growth is attribited to the federal stimulus package which increased the government’s coverage of loans to 90 percent, from 75 percent to 85 percent, and dropped or eliminated many fees [...]
EVANSVILLE — American Red Cross officials say small businesses could face big problems if swine flu strikes their offices. So as a precaution, small-business owners will be among the attendees of the Red Cross of Southwestern Indiana's free "H1N1 Flu Preparedness/Business Continuity Workshop" from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Red Cross headquarters at 29 S. Stockwell Road. Red ...
Regarding that year-end bonus, for many -- forget about it. Only 31 percent of employers responding to a survey said they plan to hand out year-end bonuses this year, down from 44 percent last year. The survey of small-business owners from American Express Open also found that fewer employers plan to give workers gifts. Thirty-five percent plan to do so, down from 46 percent. There will be ...
The federal Small Business Administration is entering into a three-year agreement to expand entrepreneurship training for service-disabled veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Small business credit card lender Advanta has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Craig Porter sees a way out of the recession for his Lewiston small business, but can't land the loans he needs to get there.
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.
Thursday. The Small Business Development Center is offering free by-appointment advice with a tax and accounting expert for small-business owners who need assistance related to their business, from 4 to 8 p.m. at El Camino College Business Training Center, 13430 Hawthorne Blvd., Hawthorne.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Advanta Corp. , the small-business credit-card issuer that cut off almost 1 million accounts as defaults soared, filed for bankruptcy and said its undercapitalized banking unit may be turned over to regulators.
The state plans to help small businesses land federal stimulus contracts by backing up their required bond deposits. Under federal construction-contract laws, companies...
Michael Clayton, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Southeast Texas, spoke to members of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce during their monthly luncheon on Nov. 3 on how small business owners can have a better business by building relationships on integrity and trust.
Advanta Corp., the small-business credit card issuer that cut off accounts of 1 million customers as defaults soared, has filed for bankruptcy and said its undercapitalized banking unit may be turned over to regulators.
WASHINGTON----The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced a three-year agreement to expand and deliver entrepreneurship training for service-disabled veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Arizona Small Business Association will honor 37 Arizona businesses at the 4th annual 2009 Comerica Bank Arizona Companies to Watch ceremony Friday night. These are companies not only surviving the recession but thriving.
Last month, Gov. Schwarzenegger implored the U.S. Small Business Administration to declare Stanislaus and eight other counties disaster areas. The move makes some businesses in those counties eligible to receive up to $2 million in what the agency calls economic injury disaster loans. On paper, the gov and the SBA might seem like the cavalry coming to the rescue. In reality ... it looks better ...
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