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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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No elixir for creating jobs
The Record and Herald News - Thu Dec 3, 9:03 am ET
The question is jobs, but there's no one right answer. When President Obama convenes a job summit today, he and all the brainstorming economists and CEOs, small-business owners and labor leaders face a dire predicament with no simple solutions.
Web-based applications offer big benefits for small firms
Detroit News - Thu Dec 3, 1:18 am ET
Web sites that let companies do everything from manage projects to track finances are helping small businesses run more efficiently.
Experts size up jobs summit
Lawrence Journal-World - Thu Dec 3, 3:59 pm ET
When President Barack Obama convenes a jobs summit today, he and all the brainstorming economists and CEOs, small business owners and labor leaders face a dire predicament.
Whittington Invited to White House Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth
Journal of Commerce Online - Thu Dec 3, 11:04 am ET
Potomac, MD (Dec 3, 2009) - Charles "Shorty" Whittington, President of Grammer Industries in Grammer, Indiana, and immediate past chairman of the American Trucking Associations, will be joining other CEOs, small business owners, labor leaders and non-profit executives in a forum at the White House today that will allow the President to hear ideas on how to continue growing the economy and ...
Four things to consider for reviving job market
The Springfield News-Leader - Thu Dec 3, 10:08 am ET
The question is jobs, but there's no one right answer. When President Barack Obama convenes a jobs summit today, he and all the brainstorming economists and CEOs, small business owners and labor leaders face a dire predicament with no simple solutions.
Financing options now limited
Tallahassee Democrat - Thu Dec 3, 2:12 pm ET
Getting a small business loan now is extremely difficult. Many financial institutions — both community and national — are not making loans at all. For the few that do, the requirements are onerous with heavy collateral requirements and big down payments.
Zoning prevents auto repair shop from reopening after move
Bennington Banner - Thu Dec 3, 11:00 am ET
BENNINGTON -- A small-business owner says he feels crushed that town officials are preventing him from reopening his automobile repair shop behind the Leonard-Holden Mill in space that housed a similar repair shop a few years ago.
SBA Disaster Loans Available Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration in Maryland
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mon Nov 30, 3:04 pm ET
ATLANTA----The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in Maryland because of vomitoxin resulting from wet weather that occurred from May 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009.
AP IMPACT: For White House job summit, 4 ideas
Boston Globe - Wed Dec 2, 6:42 pm ET
The question is jobs, but there's no one right answer. When President Barack Obama convenes a jobs summit Thursday, he and all the brainstorming economists and CEOs, small business owners and labor leaders face a dire predicament with no simple solutions.
New business incentives are a smart move
Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Thu Dec 3, 1:01 am ET
CORPUS CHRISTI —For years, small businesses across the country have been neglected by state and city governments when it comes to incentives to expand or relocate. With politicians making the rules that determine where the public money gets handed out, the more sizable companies generally win. They are, after all, the firms that promise to bring in or create hundreds of new jobs.In Corpus ...
ProResource Launches Toolkit to Help Small Business Owners Outsource Effectively to Virtual Assistants and Freelancers
redOrbit - Tue Dec 1, 12:13 am ET
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White House warming to jobs-related legislation
WRGB Albany - Wed Dec 2, 10:56 pm ET
WASHINGTON -- The White House says it's considering a host of legislative options to boost job creation. The chairwoman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers says the White House is open to supporting initiatives designed to help small businesses and increase spending on infrastructure.
Signs of healing: Bonuses reappear at small firms
San Francisco Chronicle - Wed Dec 2, 3:25 pm ET
Bonuses are starting to reappear at small companies as business shows signs of picking up. Many companies had to eliminate employee bonuses last year as cash flow dwindled and banks began cutting or even shutting down credit lines. A yearend payout was also... Business - Cash flow - Company - Small business - Business Services
White House job summit left with few options
Oroville Mercury-Register - Thu Dec 3, 3:16 am ET
The question is jobs, but there's no one right answer. When President Barack Obama convenes a jobs summit today, he and all the brainstorming economists and CEOs, small business owners and labor leaders face a dire predicament with no simple
White House is warming to job-related legislation
The Canton Repository - Thu Dec 3, 12:35 am ET
Christina Romer, chairwoman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said in an interview Wednesday that the White House was open to supporting new initiatives designed to help small businesses, provide direct payments to people who retrofit their homes to save energy, and further increase spending on infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges and public buildings.