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Disaster assistance available for small businesses

Everett Herald - 1 hour 58 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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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.
Premiums drive some small-business support
Crain's Detroit Business - Sun Nov 29, 8:12 pm ET
Mark Hodesh and Larry Prior are small-business owners who have been struggling to pay double-digit annual increases in health insurance costs for their employees the past decade.
Past Awards
New Hampshire Business Review - 13 minutes ago
An NHBR awards program that honors small-business owners.
Obama Open To Every Good Idea To Stop Job Losses
NPR - Thu Dec 3, 3:38 pm ET
After a half-day brainstorming session with some of the nation's top CEOs, small-business leaders, union reps and economists, Obama said he'd heard many "exciting ideas and proposals." He said there were some ideas that could be put to work almost immediately and others that would become part of legislation for Congress to consider.
Local businesses honored at Spirit of Solano event
The Vacaville Reporter - Fri Dec 4, 4:08 am ET
Praise for small-business endeavors, volunteerism and gratitude for community support crowded the menu -- besides chicken and beef main dishes -- at the Spirit of Solano luncheon Thursday, which honored county businesses, business owners and their
LaGuardia joins in Goldman Sachs biz initiative
Queens Courier - Fri Dec 4, 7:56 am ET
LaGuardia Community College will be the first educational institution to reap the benefits of Goldman Sachs’ $500 million small business initiative.
What small businesses should do to plan for 2010
Everett Herald - Sun Nov 29, 3:14 am ET
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.
Many small businesses not on board with health care bill
Dallas Morning News - Sat Nov 28, 11:09 pm ET
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.
SBA's Deadline for Physical Damage Disaster Loan Applications is January 4
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
ATLANTA----The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations located in Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill and Sullivan counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damage caused by the apartment building fire on October 25, 2009.
Two SBA Programs Out of Stimulus Cash
HispanicBusiness.com - Mon Nov 30, 11:12 pm ET
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.