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Localized Online Ad Network

Mar 20, 2007

HopStop.com, a website that provides big city dwellers with travel directions on local public transportation systems, has launched a beta version of a locati...  Read more

Free Phone-Based Yellow Pages Search

Mar 20, 2007

Jingle Networks has added a new feature that allows users to search the Yellow Pages for phone numbers and addresses by business type and location from any p...  Read more

Carbon Post-it Notes Win National Business Contest

Mar 19, 2007

Carbon Post-it Notes created by students at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, S.D., was awarded top prize in the first annual Entr...  Read more

U.S. Leads World in Cyber Crime

Mar 19, 2007

The United States is the source of more malicious computer activity than any other country, according to a report released Monday by Symantec, a Cupertino, C...  Read more

Fed Hearing on Women-Owned Business Contracting

Mar 19, 2007

The House Committee on Small Business is holding a hearing to evaluate recent efforts to boost federal contracting with women-owned businesses on March 21, o...  Read more

Labor-Cost Advantage of Offshoring Declines

Mar 19, 2007

The labor-cost advantage that comes with offshoring IT, call centers, and other office services in emerging markets declined last year, according to a recent...  Read more

New Customer Interaction Tool

Mar 19, 2007

Salesforce.com, a San Francisco-based on-demand software firm, has released a CRM application that enables users to manage and share sales support, marketing...  Read more

New Social Network for Innovators

Mar 16, 2007

Ideawicket, a New Delhi, India-based Web-development firm, has launched a website that pairs innovators with the technology needs of businesses, the company ...  Read more

Consumer Prices Inch Up in February

Mar 16, 2007

Consumer prices rose by 0.4 percent in February, driven by higher energy and food prices, the Labor Department reported Friday.  Read more

House Committee Revamps SBA Disaster Loans

Mar 16, 2007

e House Small Business Committee has approved a package of bills aimed at improving the federal government's emergency assistance for small businesses.  Read more

Microsoft Hosts Online Small Business Summit

Mar 16, 2007

Microsoft is offering a free online summit for small businesses covering technology, financial management, sales, and marketing, among other topics, organize...  Read more

Updated Time-Billing Software

Mar 15, 2007

BQE Software, a Torrance, Calif.-based software company, has released an updated version of its time-billing and project-management software, the company said.  Read more

Employers Cited for Workplace Injuries, Illnesses

Mar 15, 2007

As many as 14,000 employers across the United States have workplace injury and illness rates above the national average, the Labor Department's Occupational ...  Read more

Inc. 500 Telecom Company Merges with Wireless Firm

Mar 15, 2007

Tangoe, an Orange, Conn.-based expense management company, has merged with TRAQ Wireless, an Austin, Tex.-based mobile-services management firm, the companie...  Read more

More Employees Delaying Retirement

Mar 15, 2007

Nearly a fifth of small businesses reported that older workers were staying on past the usual retirement age of 65, according to a recent survey by the Natio...  Read more

Small-Business CEOs More Optimistic

Mar 14, 2007

Stronger sales and increased revenue are boosting optimism among executives at small and midsize companies, according to Vistage International, a San Diego-b...  Read more

Young Entrepreneurs Compete for Seed Money

Mar 14, 2007

College and high school students are invited to compete for up to $7,500 in start-up capital in an annual business-plan competition co-sponsored by BizFiling...  Read more

Roundtable on Federal Contracts

Mar 14, 2007

The American Small Business Coalition will be hosting a small-business roundtable at the upcoming FOSE trade show and conference, to be held March 20-22 in W...  Read more

Skype Offers Knowledge-Sharing Tools

Mar 14, 2007

Skype, a Luxembourg-based Internet communications firm, recently released Skype 3.1 for Windows, which includes new features that allow users to share and se...  Read more

Customer Loyalty Marketing Tool

Mar 14, 2007

Leadwav, a Sacramento, Calif.-based targeted-marketing firm, has launched a new application to help small businesses reach their local customers through cust...  Read more

Survey: Businesses Not Ready for Aging Workforce

Mar 13, 2007

More than a quarter of U.S. businesses have not adequately prepared for the shift in workforce demographics when baby boomers begin to retire over the next 1...  Read more

Small-Business Optimism Edges Down

Mar 13, 2007

Despite steady job creation, higher labor and energy costs dragged small-business optimism down in February, the National Federation of Independent Business ...  Read more

More Employees Living Paycheck to Paycheck

Mar 13, 2007

Four in 10 U.S. workers are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com.  Read more

New Web Domain Security Tools

Mar 13, 2007

Hostway, a Chicago-based Web-hosting and domain-name registration company, is offering to new ways for small businesses to protect themselves from phishers, ...  Read more

Survey: Retailers Weak on Protecting Customer Data

Mar 12, 2007

Most consumers don't trust retailers to protect their credit and debit card account information, a recent national study found.  Read more

House Committee to Examine Health-Care Costs

Mar 12, 2007

The House Committee on Small Business is holding a hearing on health-care insurance coverage for small employers on March 14 at 10 a.m., organizers said.  Read more

U.S. Leads in International Patent Applications

Mar 12, 2007

The United States accounted for more than a third of total patent applications filed with the World International Patent Office in 2006, followed by Japan an...  Read more

U.S. Employers Lag Behind in Giving Raises

Mar 12, 2007

U.S. employers are lagging behind China, India, and Eastern Europe when it comes to giving their employees a raise, a recent study shows.  Read more

Small Business Technology Summit

Mar 12, 2007

The Small Business Technology Network, a national consortium of more than 500 members, is hosting its third annual SMB Summit on March 15-17 at the Disneylan...  Read more

Report: California Banks Failing Small Business

Mar 9, 2007

California's major banks are failing small and minority-owned businesses when it comes to access to loans and capital, according to the California Reinvestme...  Read more

Free IT Advice for Remote Offices

Mar 9, 2007

Evolve Technologies, a Fairfax, Va.-based IT consulting firm, will host a free presentation on the latest innovations in linking remote-office operations at ...  Read more

Private Payrolls Continue to Rise in February

Mar 9, 2007

Non-farm payrolls rose by 97,000 new jobs to 137.4 million in February with the national unemployment rate remaining steady at 4.5 percent, the Labor Departm...  Read more

Two Inc. 500 Firms Receive Stevie Awards

Mar 9, 2007

Two Inc. 500 companies received Stevie Awards for Women in Business, a national award that honors women executives, entrepreneurs, and the companies they run...  Read more

UPS, Feds to Help Boost Small-Firm Exports

Mar 9, 2007

United Parcel Service and the Department of Commerce's Commercial Service are joining forces in an initiative aimed at increasing exports from U.S.-based sma...  Read more

Hearing Examines Regulatory Fairness

Mar 8, 2007

The Small Businesses Administration's Office of the National Ombudsman is hosting its first national regulatory fairness hearing in Washington on Friday, the...  Read more