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Plastic or...Plastic?
November 05, 2009, 10:40 PM
With few other choices, small-business owners are resorting to their cards for credit. And paying for it.

Bottlenecks, Red Tape, High Costs Hinder SBA Loan Programs
November 05, 2009, 11:35 AM
President Obama is leveraging the SBA to increase lending to small firms. But first the SBA needs to clean up its act.

Barter Makes a Comeback
October 29, 2009, 2:20 AM
Bartercard lets business owners in other countries pay with trade instead of cash. Also in business news: a jobless economic recovery; China's ascent; and Obama's lies to small businesses.

Business Travel: Thing of the Past?
October 23, 2009, 2:05 AM
New research indicates companies have switched to virtual alternatives and many may never hit the road again.

Obama's Misguided Plan to Aid Small Businesses
October 22, 2009, 10:30 AM
Don't pour more money into banks; put it directly into the pockets of small businesses through tax breaks.

Social Network? Or Ghetto?
October 15, 2009, 10:00 PM
Nielsen study says Facebook and MySpace are sharply segregated by age, class, income.

Franchise Industry Lobbies to Extend Small Business Tax Benefits
October 15, 2009, 10:30 AM
The looming expiration of several small business tax benefits has touched off a scramble on Capitol Hill to save the recession lifelines.

Delinquent Payers Are Revolting
October 09, 2009, 1:55 AM
More and more people are telling their credit card companies to stick it. Are they heroes? Or unbalanced?

Housing Industry Illustrates Need for New Stimulus
October 08, 2009, 10:05 AM
The fate of the economy and countless small businesses hang on the housing industry's recovery. But more stimulus spending is needed to save it.

Small Businesses Disconnected on Health Reform
October 01, 2009, 1:05 PM
Small businesses want health care reform but are unwilling to pay for it. How realistic is that?


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By: Tonu on 10/14/09 at 4:04 AM
Small Businesses Disconnected on Health Reform
Why is it so difficult for you liberals to understand that these goofy stimulus and bailout packages are destroying the economy? Is simple math just beyond your ability? You've pushed hard for Obamacare, now a 2nd stimulus package. Somehow or another I had the impression AllBusiness was trying to support small business not destroy it. Based on what I've read from you and some others here, I guess I misunderstood the objective. It appears the objective is get money in the economy today and to hell with tomorrow. Pathetic waste of good internet space.
By: David Coe on 10/9/09 at 9:34 AM
Housing Industry Illustrates Need for New Stimulus
Small business owner?s are not ?skeptical.? On the contrary, we are adamantly firm in our belief that effective and valuable reform must not be at the hands of government. ?Setting benchmarks? and controlling costs (through the public option) will prove to be detrimental. What we need is to allow the free market to play itself out- allow the competition of private insurance companies. Regarding the statement about people ?demonizing the government? even though all it has done is help, I ask: how does having a federal law prohibiting the purchase of policies across state lines ?help?? Obviously, increased regulation will only make matters worse.

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By: Terry Neese on 10/6/09 at 2:56 PM
Small Businesses Disconnected on Health Reform
Federal agencies emphasize local preparedness to states, and states in turn pass this doctrine onto counties and cities. While this emphasis on emergency preparedness is well-meaning and critically important; inevitably ?local? planning stops far short of reaching the place where being prepared matters the most ? the businesses and facilities that will be most directly affected by the emergency. Good to see this kind of reform effort being made!
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