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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...
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 11/10/09) - A recent study revealed that the majority of small business owners are likely to be dipping into their own pockets to keep their business afloat over the next year. Shane Krider, founder of entrepreneurial skills training company Polaris Media Group, says this could be avoided by honing one's entrepreneurial skills . The study -- Discover's "Small ...
After hitting age 60, a small-business owner and his school-administrator wife longed to retire and travel abroad. But to actualize their round-the-world plans, the couple first had to sell their 40-acre country place - complete with its 4,500-square-foot house and two large barns, where once they'd kept horses. This ended up taking nine months.
The federal government wants to help small businesses and small farmers in southwest Georgia get a larger share of government contracts.
Two local banks were among the most active small-business lenders during the recent fiscal year, according to the Small Business Administration.
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels on Monday received word that the U.S. Small Business Administration granted his request for an SBA disaster declaration for Clark, Floyd and Jennings county residents and businesses affected by the severe weather Aug. 4-9.SBA offers low-interest loans up to $200,000 to qualified homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters ...
(AP:NEW YORK) Small business credit card lender Advanta Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Its shares plunged more than 70 percent in midday trading Monday, dropping 25 cents to 8 cents. Earlier in the session, the stock hit an all-time low of 7.5 cents.
The ever-important "micro loan" for small businesses could be getting bigger - about 43 percent bigger.
Looking out 12 to 24 months, small business owners say their companies will emerge from the recession strong and well positioned for growth over the next two years - leading the U.S. to economic recovery, according to a comprehensive and methodologically innovative new study, The Guardian Life Index: What Matters Most to America's Small Business Owners.
In a presentation at a local economic forecast conference, Strauss revealed that employment at small businesses has dropped by 0.6 percent over the past eight years. Over the same period, small businesses across the nation have increased hiring by 7.3 percent.
A CDW survey finds that as the economic malaise drags on, less than half of SMBs are still optimistic about growth. SurePayroll, meanwhile, also notes drops in optimism, perhaps because small business salaries are taking a dive.
SAN DIEGO----The district director of San Diego’s U.S. Small Business Administration office, Ruben Garcia, has signed a strategic alliance with Bayview Community Development Corporation to create entrepreneurial opportunities for persons served by the organization.
Last week, Congressman John Tierney, D-Mass., reaffirmed his support for small businesses — what he calls the engine of job creation and economic growth — in these troubled economic times and voted in favor of the Small Business Financing and Investing Act
Last week, I was in Washington along with 130-some other small-business owners - Democrats, Republicans and Independents - from across the country who support a strong public option.
Dover lawmakers launched a bipartisan caucus whose goal is to make it easier for Delaware small businesses to do business.
The revitalization program offers grants to small businesses for exterior improvements in the city's southern "mature corridors."
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