Walter Alarkon


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

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