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Calling small business the "backbone" of Chicago's economy, Mayor Daley unveiled plans Tuesday to give Ma-and-Pa companies the capital and regulatory relief he says they need to survive the prolonged recession. City Hall has set aside $3.2 million from the Chicago Skyway windfall to provide loans of $10,000 to $150,000 to small businesses through a fund administered by the city treasurer's ...
The Obama Administration has awarded a $28.5 million small business contract to Fortune 500 firm General Dynamics -- America's fourth largest prime contractor.
The President wants to use $200 billion in TARP money to help create more jobs. Small business owners aren't sure if the plan will work.
The president calls for investments in infrastructure, small-business incentives and energy efficiency.
Small business owners say they're all for President Obama's new job creation plan.
President Barack Obama has outlined a new plan to reinvigorate the nation's economy and create jobs.
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.
President Obama is trying yet again to throw a lifeline to small companies, this time zooming in on tax cuts for small business hiring and investment as a way to spark job creation.
President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work. Without giving a price tag, Obama proposed a package of new spending for highway, bridge and other infrastructure projects, deeper tax breaks for small businesses and tax incentives to ...
DENVER - President Barack Obama is proposing ways to encourage new hiring by small businesses, including several tax incentives and new access to credit.
The National Federation of Independent Business reports its monthly survey shows that small businesses aren't optimistic about the economic climate. The federation's Small Business Economic Trends index is still stuck at recession levels, according to a report released today.
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama today proposed new spending on the nation’s infrastructure, tax credits for small businesses to spur hiring and incentives to make homes more energy efficient in a plan to cut the jobless rate.
President Obama described a series of proposals aimed at encouraging companies to add more jobs, including tax cuts for small businesses.
WASHINGTON (AP) ---- President Barack Obama set out fresh plans Tuesday to reinvigorate the U.S. economy, focusing on incentives to small businesses and hiring to bring down what he called the 'staggering' 10 percent unemployment rate....
President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to “spend our way out of this recession” until more Americans are back at work.
