Apr 27, 2013

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Cash flow issues up in small-business survey
Sacramento Bee
About 77 percent of California small-business owners report cash flow issues, up dramatically from 53 percent last fall, according to the latest American Express OPEN Small Business Monitor survey. The survey noted that 47 percent of California's ...
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Small business agency chief vows to support firms hit by Kaesong park crisis
Yonhap News
SEOUL, April 28 (Yonhap) -- The chief of the national agency for small- and medium-size firms on Sunday pledged efforts to aid South Korean firms involved in the suspended joint inter-Korean industrial park in the North Korean border town of Kaesong.
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Small businesses discover social media not always best way to boost sales
Florida Today
But here's the problem: Not all small business operators are finding the path so smooth as Isenmann when it comes to using social media as a marketing tool to increase sales. In fact, most small businesses feel like they are wasting their time on ...
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Small Business Social Media Accountability
Business 2 Community
Recent tragic events here in the United States (and around the world) have heightened awareness of the global reach of media, especially social media, and the consequences for businesses using it. Small business advertising has historically been local, ...
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Tax system is burdonsome for small businesses
The Morning Sun
While going through the process of filing taxes – personal and business, federal and state – it yet again became clear how truly burdensome our tax system is on small businesses. Between the countless man-hours and the thousands of dollars in ...
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Newton's Lasell College to host symposium on small business
Newton TAB
Darryl Settles, newly elected chairman of Newton's Economic Development Commission, will address business owners and other community leaders at a symposium on Thursday May 2, to commemorate "Small Business Month." "The Dynamics of Small ...
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Small Business Administration Disaster Center In Manahawkin To Close May 1
Patch.com
The federal Small Business Administration will close the SBA Disaster Center in Manahawkin on May 1, SBA spokesman Mark Jamison said. The center will close due to a "steady decrease" in activity, he said. The Manahawkin Center is located in the ...
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What is a Small Business Development Center?
Bay City Daily Tribune
(which is a federal government agency) Actually, the acronym stands for Small Business Development Center. There are about 1,500 Small Business Development Centers scattered throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam.
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The Marketplace Fairness Act Will Support Small Businesses
Town Hall
The U.S. Senate is now poised to grant states this power via the aptly named Marketplace Fairness Act. This legislation levels the economic playing field by putting small businesses on the same footing as online-only outfits. Conservatives should ...
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SW Gas is actively courting minority-owned businesses in Phoenix
Examiner.com
Small minority business owners, especially those in construction, were crushed by the recession in Phoenix. Real estate-related suppliers, from concrete layers to office supply providers, went from boom to bust. But 2013 has finally brought a recovery ...
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Businesses Receives Statewide Awards
Jamestown Post Journal
Irene Dobies, Jamestown Small Business Development Center director, said EMC Fintech and SlickText will be receiving awards from the state's Small Business Development Center. "We are so excited for them. The state gives 9 awards to companies ...
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Doctor joins Unity Healthcare; Greater Lafayette Commerce honors three small ...
Journal and Courier
Local economic development organization Greater Lafayette Commerce announced three companies have been awarded the small business of the month distinction in 2013. People's Brewing Co. won the award in February. Beck's Auto Center won the ...
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There's support for wage increase
The News-Press
National small business advocacy groups traditionally have campaigned against increases to the federal minimum wage, but a survey released this past week indicates wage increases have some support from small business owners. More than two-thirds of ...
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Bulgarian Caretaker Cabinet Paid Millions to Small Business
Novinite.com
Bulgaria's caretaker Cabinet has paid BGN 200 M to small and medium businesses since it took office on March 13, caretaker Economy and Energy Minister, Asen Vasilev, announced Saturday. The financing has come from the EU operational program ...
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READER SUBMITTED: Free Business Assistance And Mentoring
Hartford Courant
Are You Thinking Of Starting A Business? SCORE is a non-profit organization, sponsored by the Small Business Administration, offering free, confidential counseling and mentoring to small businesses and non-profit organizations. Every month, the ...
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Kaua'i Chamber offers sneak peek and awards
Thegardenisland.com
The 2013 Small Business Administration award winners are presented by Jane Sawyer of the SBA who is joined by the governor's liason, Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. and members of the Kauai County Council, Thursday during the Kauai Chamber of ...
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Pre-emption fever threatens local control and economies
Orlando Sentinel
Some politicians have apparently caught pre-emption fever and are all too eager to undermine our traditions of local control, but as local, independent small-business owners, we're not. We hope the pre-emption fever will break in time to prevent ...
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When size matters: "Small Business Employer" status
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
A recent decision from the Fair Work Commission provides some useful guidance to small businesses on when to include casual employees in the total number of employees employed by the business to determine whether they qualify as "Small Business ...
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Tulsa students head to national business contest
WRAL.com
A team made up of Rafael Estrada, David Jones and Duachi Moua will represent Oklahoma at the National Small Business Management Competition in Orlando May 8-11, Phillips-Goodnight said. The three placed high enough in the state competition to earn ...
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Parker launches tools for jobs and businesses
Houston Chronicle
Mayor Annise Parker used her annual State of the City address Friday to launch two new programs aimed at small businesses and jobs while touting Houston's strong economy and city investments in infrastructure, trails and housing. Parker referenced a ...
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Congratulations to Holland on recent recognition
Bowling Green Daily News
... a vital role in the communities they serve by employing people, providing a local service and helping the local tax base. There are many successful small business owners in Bowling Green. and we are proud of the commitment they make to this community.
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GUEST COLUMN: America needs strong STEM workforce
Oneida Dispatch
Small businesses are the backbone of the United States' economy and hold the key to its recovery. And among American small businesses, high-tech firms that engage in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math hold the most promise to ...
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Personnel file
SunHerald.com
The Small Business Administration has announced Mississippi's 2013 Small Business Persons of the Year and Small Business Week Winners. Danielle Hope Blankenship of To The Rescue Bookkeeping LLC of Biloxi won the Young Entrepreneur award.
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Devolutions Launches Small Business Edition of Remote Desktop Manager ...
PR Web (press release)
The new, lower-priced Small Business Edition of Devolutions' Remote Desktop Manager Server (RDMS) includes all of the features found in the standard edition, but is designed for IT teams of 10 or fewer users. A 30-day trial of RDMS is available from ...
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DOWN TO BUSINESS: Motivation can be free - The World
Coos Bay World
Small businesses are successful because they are more able than a mega-business to quickly respond to customers by customizing offerings based on buyer requests. Inc. Magazine columnist Leigh Buchanan expanded on that model, relating it to managing ...
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Mikulski to propose bill in wake of alleged Harford payroll firm tax fraud
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Small businesses would be protected from the type of fraud allegedly committed by Harford County payroll firm AccuPay Inc. under legislation being proposed by Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski. The Maryland Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would require ...
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Women's Business Council hosts social media seminar
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Melinda F. Emerson, known as "Small Biz Lady," will give her social media tips. One of America's leading small business experts, she has been featured on NBC Nightly News and in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report and Black Enterprise.
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We want to make heroes of entrepreneurs, say banking bosses
Telegraph.co.uk
For both, this is an issue as much about helping small businesses understand routes to financing – either traditionally through banks or via alternative mechanisms – as it is about whether banks are lending. Last week, Goldman Sachs produced a major ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Linn County taking applications for summer youth wage program
Albany Democrat Herald
Applications are being accepted for the eighth annual Small Business First-Time Employment Youth Wage Grant Program sponsored by the Linn County Board of Commissioners. The program assists small businesses — 35 or fewer employees — with hiring ...
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A tax seduction?
Business Management Daily
by Small Business Tax Strategies on April 27, 2013 4:30pm in Small Business Tax. A taxpayer in Oregon claims that a female IRS agent propositioned him during the course of an audit and threatened to assess large penalties against him if he didn't have ...
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Avoiding liability suits
Martinsburg Journal
I am often asked why small businesses in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle need EPLI coverage. Nearly 50 percent of EPLI charges are filed against small businesses, according to HSB. Employment laws that employees may use as a basis for action ...
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Martinsburg Journal
Business Calendar | Seminars to address health reform issues
The Courier-Journal
SCORE and the Louisville Small Business Development Center are offering a two-night Own Your Own Business Seminar on May 8 and 9 from 5:45 to 9 p.m. at Indiana Wesleyan University, 1500 Alliant Ave. in Louisville. The session will help participants ...
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'Patent trolls' stifling business with lawsuits
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
In this modern-day world of small business development and technology start-ups, there's a real troll lurking. Unfortunately, not all of today's "goats" make it to the other side. This new threat is called a "patent troll" and it is having a profound ...
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Small Business Administration Disaster Center In Manahawkin To ...
By Patricia A. Miller
Sandy victims can also still apply online for physical damages until May 1 deadline, economic damages until July 31.
Berkeley Patch

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Illinois small-business owners more pessimistic than peers ...
Small-business owners in Illinois are more pessimistic about the economy and their retirement prospects than their peers nationwide, according to a new survey ...
www.chicagobusiness.com/.../cloud-hangs-over-illinois-small-...
Small businesses with 'involuntary' IT managers lose US$24 billion ...
Microsoft-commissioned AMI-Partners study examines impact of non-IT professionals managing technology in small businesses across several countries .
www.microsoft.com/en.../04-22InvoluntaryITManagerPR.asp...
Small Businesses Support Increasing Minimum Wage
According to a national scientific opinion poll conducted for Small Business Majority, small business owners widely agree our federal minimum wage should ...
www.smallbusinessmajority.org/small.../minimum-wage/


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