Millions in 9/11 Loans Ended Up in Wrong Hands
Dec. 29, 2005-- Many of the loans intended to boost economic recovery following the 9/11 terrorist attacks actually went to small business... Read story
Walter Alarkon
Holiday Sales Increase Over Last Year
Dec. 28, 2005-- Early numbers on the holiday shopping season look good for retailers, and may end up looking even better if gift-card sale... Read story
Holiday Sales Increase Over Last Year
Dec. 28, 2005-- Early numbers on the holiday shopping season look good for retailers, and may end up looking even better if gift-card sale... Read story
Retail Watchers Baffled by Holiday Shopping Season
Dec. 22, 2005-- With Christmas and Hanukkah falling on the same Sunday and shoppers feeling the fallout from hurricanes and a transit stri... Read story
Small Businesses Brace for New York Transit Strike
Dec. 19, 2005-- As New York braces for a potential transit strike that officials say could cost the city's economy up to $400 million a da... Read story
Study: Discounts Aren't the Only Way to Boost Retail Sales
Dec. 16, 2005 --Small retailers looking to increase customer during and after the holiday season should think twice about simply slashing ... Read story
SBA Makes Some Businesses Small Again
The Small Business Administration raised the size standards that define what it consid... Read story
Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations May Be Loosened
Dec. 13, 2005 --Small public companies could save millions of dollars now spent on audits required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to... Read story
Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations May Be Loosened
Dec. 13, 2005 --Small public companies could save millions of dollars now spent on audits required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to... Read story
China Takes IT Export Lead
Here's yet another sign of China's exploding economic might: China now exports more information technology goods than the United States. Las... Read story
SBA Pours More Money into the Gulf Coast
The Small Business Administration said on Friday that it has approved more than $1 billion in loans to Gulf Coast residents. It's only the third time that... Read story
Work Injuries Decline
The latest report by the U.S. Labor Department shows that business-related injuries and ill... Read story
Shoplifting's Effect on Sales Has Waned
Dec. 2, 2005 --The holiday shopping season<... Read story
SBA's Budget Cut -- Again
Nov. 21, 2005 --The Small Business Administration will have to continue doing more with less, as its budget is expected to be slashed agai... Read story
Why Businesses Fail
When the dot-com bubble burst, Nicholas Hall gave failed entrepreneurs a place to vent. On Hall's Web site, Startupfailures.com, failed business owners co... Read story
Democrats Cry Foul on Plans for SBA Loan Program
Nov. 3, 2005 --Senate Democrats on Wednesday pushed for two amendments that would lower borrowing fees and increase funding for the Small ... Read story
