Dec 6, 2012

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News29 new results for Small Business
 
Survey: Small businesses stayed cautious in the summer, had little interest in ...
Washington Post
NEW YORK — A survey of small business owners shows they remained cautious during the summer about borrowing money. The survey released Thursday by researchers at Pepperdine University and Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. shows that demand ...
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Small business hiring plans plunge to record low
Los Angeles Times
Last month, 21% of small business owners said they expected to lower head count over the next six months — the highest percentage recorded by the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index since its launch in 2003. In July, the last time the data was ...
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Google ends small business' free ride on Google Apps
CNET
Google will start charging small businesses to use its Google Apps productivity suite as the company mines previously free services for new revenue streams. Businesses with 10 or fewer employees will now be charged $50 a year -- the same rate paid by ...
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Small businesses at center of debate over taxing the rich
Dallas Morning News
WASHINGTON — As congressional Republicans and the White House feud over whether to raise taxes on the wealthy, one interest group has dominated the debate: small business. Republicans want to protect the Bush-era tax rates for the wealthy because, ...
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3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: Dec. 6
TheStreet.com
1. Hurricane Sandy weighed on small-business hiring last month. Small-business hiring slowed to a crawl in November, as many businesses struggle to recover from Hurricane Sandy. According to payroll-service provider ADP, small businesses added only ...
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Small Business Owners Face Health Insurance Dilemma
Insurance Journal
Rose Wang looks at her staff of 70 employees and wonders if she'll have to lay off some of them to comply with the health care law. The owner of Binary Group Inc., an information technology firm based in Alexandria, Va., is one of many small business ...
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Small Business Must-Reads—Thursday, Dec. 6
Wall Street Journal
Sluggish sales: As the economy picks up, sales of small firms remain slow, as tight credit chokes succession plans, says BizBuySell.com founder Mike Handelsman. Inc.com. Deal or no deal?: Small-business owners who met Wednesday with House Speaker ...
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Wall Street Journal
Are Small Businesses Truly the #1 Job Creator?
Fox Business
According to the US Department of Labor 65% of all net new jobs come from small businesses. I don't know where he's getting his facts but I happen to know. Let's talk about the UPS stores -- competitor FedEx -- they've opened over a hundred new ...
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Maybe small businesses don't need social media?
Upstart (blog)
Mashable editor Todd Wasserman says small businesses not spending time on social media isn't necessarily a bad thing. Shutterstock.com. Rate this story. More from News Wire. Maybe small businesses don't need social media? The Roundup: Apple shares ...
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Maine Small Businesses weigh in on Fiscal Cliff
WCSH-TV
VEAZIE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --At a Small Business Adminstration event at Qualey Granite in Veazie Thursday morning, Business owner Matt Qualey thanked Bangor Savings Bank for lending him and his brother the money to invest and grow. They now ...
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WCSH-TV
Boehner Meeting Leaves Small Businesses Doubting Cliff Deal
Businessweek
To hear some of the small business owners who attended Wednesday's private meeting with House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders tell it, no compromise is near to avoid the tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1.
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Maine Voices: Creating a 'small business' tax loophole would only serve ...
Press Herald
The kinds of small businesses they're talking about don't have a whole lot in common with Dave Mongeau's Fusion Bistro (six employees) in Sanford, or Mary Zarate's Z Fabrics in Portland (two employees), or the Bangor Radiator and Service Center (four ...
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Press Herald
Facebook's Dan Levy Touts Small Business Growth: Advertisers Have Nearly ...
TechCrunch
Dan Levy, who leads the small business team at Facebook, is on stage right now at the Interactive Local Media West conference in Los Angeles, where he's talking about the results small businesses have seen from promoting themselves on Facebook.
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TechCrunch
Small Business Owners, Homeowners Can Apply for FEMA Prior to Hearing from ...
Patch.com
Members of FEMA and the Small Business Administration are urging Scotch Plains business owners and residents whose homes and stores suffered damage during Superstorm Sandy to apply for assistance whether or not they have heard back from their ...
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For Small Business, Social Reaps Bigger Rewards, When Done Right
Technorati
If you're a small business owner and want to create a successful social media presence, here's a secret: Do it the same way you built your business – over time, by paying attention to the little things, and through a personal touch. A recent survey of ...
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Technorati
Social Media Eye for the Small Business Guy: A Chicago Butcher Gets a Makeover
Mashable
The following is the first in Mashable's "Social Media Eye for the Small Business Guy" series, which will look at how small businesses navigate social media marketing. If you're a social media consultant or a small business owner looking to take part ...
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Naked ambition: baring all for small business
Great Lakes Advocate
Gerrish says: "There was a slight stigma, largely unfounded and often exaggerated by those who benefit from putting the frighteners on small business – consultants, institutions and the like. Happily times have changed, and largely through advances in ...
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Small Business Money Saving Tips For 2013
Small Business News from Gaebler.com
To make every dollar count, small businesses are planning a variety of tactics to save money heading into 2013, according to Wasp Barcode Technologies. With the end of the year rapidly approaching, many small businesses are hard at work, preparing a ...
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Small Business News from Gaebler.com
Small Business Budget Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Business 2 Community
While the country as a whole is beginning to look towards a brighter future, many businesses are still feeling the effects of a very slow recovery. In particular, small business owners are dealing with the good and bad news that comes from this ...
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Business 2 Community
7 Marketing Benefits of a Small Business Blog
Sacramento Bee
NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- When planning a small business marketing strategy, a busy business owner may be hesitant to invest the time and energy needed to develop and maintain a company blog; however, when done so thoughtfully ...
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U.S. NFIB November Small Business Jobs Summary
Bloomberg
The U.S. small business plan-to-hire category increased in November, according to the National Federation of Independent Business. ============================================================================= Nov. Oct. Sept. Aug.
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Venture capital for rural small businesses
Prairie Business
At the same time, the lack of access to equity capital is a constraint to the economic growth of most rural areas. According to the Federal Reserve, rural counties hold 19.2 percent of all U.S. business establishments, yet only 1.6 percent of all ...
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Small shops, big hearts: Familiar faces keep downtown commerce alive in Oxford
Anniston Star
For the Cravens — and for other small shops along Oxford's historic Main Street — business comes down to personal relationships with customers. They can't sell as much or as large a variety as the big shops along Quintard and at the Oxford Exchange, ...
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7 things to do now for your small business
Daily Comet
It makes record keeping far easier if you change when the calendar year changes, assuming you operate your business on a calendar year basis as most small businesses do. And it's great to start fresh Jan. 1. But you have to spend time in December to be ...
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Xtraordinary Urges Small Businesses to Ensure PCI DSS Compliance This ...
Sacramento Bee
With online shopping expected to top £5bn this Christmas, UK-based cloud hosting provider Xtraordinary is reminding British small businesses to review how they are processing, storing or transferring customer card data. 1st December 2012 was the ...
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Intuit GoPayment Unveils New Features to Help Small Businesses
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) today unveiled a fresh look and feel to its GoPayment mobile payment app, equipped with new features to address the needs of small businesses. The enhanced GoPayment comes with new tools and ...
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Top 5 Ways Small Businesses Can Attract Corporate Talent
allvoices
Often, one of the biggest issues small businesses face when growing their entity is the inability to attract top corporate talent. Think beyond traditional compensation packages and "vanity" benefits, and dive deeper. Don't forget, your small business ...
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SBA: Older Small Business Owners Gravitate to IRAs, Keoghs
Credit Union Times
While small business owners over the age of 50 are significantly less likely than employees to have pension or retirement plans, including 401(k)s, on their current job, they do tend to gravitate more towards IRAs and Keoghs. That's one of the findings ...
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3 Essential Tips for Your Small Business' Bank Account
Business 2 Community
Owning your small business must be a great feeling, isn't it? Well, it indeed is, but at the same time efficient management of your business necessary to ensure that your small business venture doesn't run into the ground. This is why the first thing ...
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Blogs13 new results for Small Business
 
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Small Business Owners ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Mike Mish Shedlock)
A Gallup random dial poll of 607 small businesses conducted November 12-16 2012 asked the question "Over the next 12 months, do you expect the overall number of job positions at your company to increase a lot, increase a little, stay the ...
Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis
Small Business Owner Spotlight - Milwaukee Community Journal
By admin
Small Business Owner Spotlight - These three dynamic ladies are at the helm of their small businesses. Taking their respective Making it a quest to conquer and succeed in their res...
Milwaukee Community Journal
Blockbuster, Dish Network Court Smartphone Market | Small ...
By Small Business Editor
One way even small businesses can get ahead of the curve on changes in the market is to use new tech tools that allow them to read customer trends. In a recent podcast, Ramon Ray, Regional Development Director at Infusionsoft and Editor ...
Small Business Trends
Gillibrand Pushes for Vote on Small Business Lending - CNY News
By Ted Muehl
With 422 credit unions across New York State held back from lending capital that is readily available, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushed bipartisan.
CNY News
Video: ExpertCircle's Small Business Advice Service | socalTECH.com
What's the idea behind ExpertCircle, the latest business service out of Santa Monica's DocStoc? The firm recently released a handy animated video, showi.
socalTECH.com - Southern California...
The Daily — Small business profiles, 2010
Small business profiles for 2010 are now available. The profiles present financial data for small businesses in Canada, defined as having annual total revenue between $30000 and $5 million in 2010. They are classified by industry, ...
Statistics Canada, The Daily
Local Bank Honored in Veazie for Small Business Contributions in ...
The Small Business Administration named Bangor Savings Bank the top lender in Maine for 2012. The bank partnered with the SBA to provide almost $5 million in loans to more than 40 new or existin...
WABI News
Small Business Week Awards Nominations Due — Fullerton Chamber
By Erin Haselton
The U.S. Small Business Administration – Los Angeles District Office is currently accepting nominations for business awards for local small business owners and business champions including the 2013 Small Business Person of the Year ...
Fullerton Chamber
2013 Resolutions for Small Businesses - OPEN Forum :: American ...
By Mike Periu
Finance expert Mike Periu on the top six resolutions some small-business owners are making for 2013.
OPEN Forum - Keyword: Everything
VerioVelocity Small Business Service Bundles Website Design with ...
Addressing what it refers to as a lack of "high-impact" technology services designed for small businesses, web hosting provider Verio has bundled its web hosting services with a consulting-oriented package of website...
theWHIR.com - Daily Web Hosting News
Tips for Growing Your Small Business with Digital Marketing and ...
By Bob Menzies
Wrapping up another great year, AnyMeeting closed out its popular "Small Business Toolkit" webinar series for 2012 with its last guest webinar from Chris Bechtel, director of marketing for AnyMeeting. A 15 year digital marketing veteran, we ...
AnyMeeting Blog
Free webinar helps small businesses ride out disasters
By Matt Kelley
Free webinar helps small businesses ride out disasters. December 6, 2012 By Matt Kelley. Missouri River flooding near Omaha in 2011. Nebraska business owners can get tips on how to avoid making mistakes that could cost them their ...
Nebraska Radio Network
A remote Windows 8 computer fails to connect - TechNet Blogs
By SBS Bloggers
The official blog for Small Business Server (SBS) support and product group The official blog for Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server support and product group communications. Covering a wide variety of topics - Exchange, ...
The Windows Server Essentials...

Web3 new results for Small Business
 
The Top Small Business Job Creators in America | Daily Ticker ...
From the blog Daily Ticker: Small businesses were quite possibly the central topic in this year's presidential election. The words "small business" were ...
finance.yahoo.com/.../top-small-business-job-creators-america...
The Essential Small Business Guide to Federal Contracts
A federal contract can turn a small business owner into a millionaire, but the coveted contracts aren't easy to secure. These tips and resources can help you land ...
www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/.../the-essential-small-busin...
Are Small-Business Owners Going to Spoil the Mood? (Opinion ...
Despite the headlines about rising consumer confidence, the U.S. economy isn't looking up. Business owners' pessimism remains a drag on the recovery.
www.entrepreneur.com/article/225139


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