Small Business News

The House rejected an effort to repeal part of the new health care law that requires millions of businesses to file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods.


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Food trucks have grown so popular in some areas that a growing number of young operators are opening up, er, less-mobile restaurants.

Food truck - Restaurant - Food - Recreation - Business

"Hot" startups aren't the entrepreneurial equivalent of a winning lottery ticket. They are the companies that capture the hearts and minds of their potential customers — and market share.

Lottery - Gambling - Recreation and Sports - Canada - Lotteries

The National Small Business Association has released its midyear economic report. Based on a survey of 400 small-business owners, the semi-annual report found that only 11 percent have hired workers in the past year, 25 percent have cut jobs, and 41 percent say they are unable to secure adequate financing.


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Senate Republicans have blocked a bill to increase small business lending, dealing a setback to President Barack Obama's jobs agenda.

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President Barack Obama is making his case for more small-business aid from a sub shop in central New Jersey.

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Olympic gold medalist Shaun White and his brother Jesse are in the third year of an apparel deal with Target Corp. that now covers boys, young men and shoes.

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President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass legislation that he says will help small businesses grow and hire again.


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JadeYoga's mats now sell in 50 countries and account for half of the company's sales and revenue.

Yoga - Shopping - Religion and Spirituality - Mat - Teachers and Centers

President Barack Obama urged the Senate to complete work on a small-business jobs plan that has been a subject of partisan wrangling but could come up for a vote within the next few days.


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The cost-cutting actions employers have made to deal with the economic crisis have left businesses with fractured teams of disengaged employees.


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The U.S. government loses $37 billion per year in tax revenues because multinational corporations stash money in overseas tax havens, Democratic Senator Carl Levin says.


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Last week we saw two days that shook the viral marketing world. Old Spice, a long-neglected — if not forgotten — Procter & Gamble brand unleashed a social media blitz.

Old Spice - Social media - procter gamble - Viral marketing - Business

During the downturn, plenty of companies are getting it right. They're doing it the same way businesses have survived bad economies for decades: through innovation, cutting costs and a little luck.


Business - Telecommunications - Equipment - Health - Tobacco

To the list of economic woes squeezing small banks, add another one: government bailouts.


Bailout - Government - Business - Directories - Elizabeth Warren

Small businesses grew more pessimistic about their economic outlook in June in the face of weak sales and political uncertainty, the National Federal of Independent Businesses says.


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Getting loans to small businesses is a critical ingredient to bolstering the economic recovery and reducing unemployment, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday.


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Sometime after noon this Friday, employees of many small businesses will be indulging in a favorite summertime perk: They'll get to go home early.


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