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BENNINGTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Friday that federal loans are now available in Bennington County as a result of excessive rain, flooding, winds and hail in May. The disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most nonprofit organizations, according to Frank Skaggs, director of SBA field operations in the east.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will meet with the nation's top financial industry executives at the White House today. They'll discuss economic recovery, small business lending, improving lending practices for homeowners and the administration's plans for financial reform.
The president presented three important initiatives for the country's small businesses.
WASHINGTON – They helped fuel a real estate and commercial development boom across Washington state, but now community banks are saddled with bad loans that are dragging down their balance sheets, causing a credit squeeze and making it hard for small businesses and farmers to get loans in an already difficult economy.
I read the article ["QuickBooks' Evers turns to small business lending," Nov. 30, p. 1] with great interest and frankly with a bit of amazement that someone finally gets it. Small business is the backbone of the economy and the vehicle to our economic recovery.
Five county businesses are listed on the www.recovery.gov Web site, which tracks Small Business Administration loans funded with federal stimulus money (see accompanying box).
Mr. President, when you think about small business, think big!
Memphis businessman Michael Nunn has learned a lot about starting a small business in the middle of the Great Recession.Nunn has grown from no customers to 50; moved from a cramped home office to a spacious, 650-square-foot set up; and increased staffing from one to four employees."We've grown an amazing 58 percent this year in a very difficult economy," said Nunn, founder of graphic design and ...
President Obama, already at odds with bankers, plans to urge execs at a White House meeting today to provide more loans to small businesses.
SANTA ROSA BEACH — News of Walmart’s potential arrival at the intersection of U.S. Highway 98 and West Hewett Road traveled quickly this week. Feelings and opinions ran high. “I am horrified!” wrote small-business owner Jamie Dietrich. “The...
I get calls from business owners every day who don't know what to do because they have invested everything in their businesses (many times to avoid staff cuts), and now there is no one to help them keep their businesses afloat.
Small business owners fear bigger insurance bills and government penalties if they don't play along with expanded health care coverage.
Small businesses serving small bases of customers in small markets may be the next big thing in retail’s future.
More small-business employees can expect no end-of-year bonuses or gifts for 2009. A recent survey of small-business owners or managers by American Express ' small-business division shows that fewer of them are planning to give gifts or cash.
SANTA ROSA BEACH — News of Walmart’s potential arrival at the intersection of U.S. 98 and West Hewett Road traveled quickly this week. Feelings and opinions ran high. “I am horrified!” wrote small-business owner Jamie Dietrich. “The...
