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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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redOrbit - Tue Dec 1, 12:13 am ET
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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The Salinas Californian - Wed Nov 25, 2:51 pm ET
California State University, Monterey Bay invites the community to attend the grand opening of its Small Business Development Center, an innovative program that provides counseling and training to small businesses or people who are trying to start them.
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WNCT Greenville - Thu Dec 3, 1:30 am ET
People impacted by last month’s Nor’easter can get help from the Small Business Administration.
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The Lewiston Sun Journal - Mon Nov 30, 12:06 am ET
AUGUSTA (AP) - Maine's Department of Environmental Protection has developed a tool it says should help small businesses find information about the state's environmental laws and regulations. The Small Business Environmental Guide, which is available online, outlines specific business requireme...
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The San Francisco Examiner - Wed Dec 2, 11:38 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO — The City is testing a new strategy to help small-business owners weather the stormy economic climate: reaching out to their accountants.