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More Employers Planning New Hires

Feb 27, 2007

Just over half of the nation's manufacturing and service-sector employers are planning to increase their workforce over the next five weeks, according to a r...  Read more

Consumer Confidence Hits Five-Year High

Feb 27, 2007

The mood of consumers brightened in February, driven by a more positive outlook on jobs and business conditions, the Conference Board reported Tuesday.  Read more

Report: Owners Spared Billions in Regulatory Costs

Feb 26, 2007

Legislation requiring federal agencies to consider the impact of proposed regulations on small businesses saved owners as mush as $7.2 billion in compliance ...  Read more

Study: Employer-Mandated Health Coverage Ineffective

Feb 26, 2007

A national mandate requiring employers to provide health-care coverage for employees would cause nearly a million job cuts nationwide, according to a study r...  Read more

Inc. 500 Private Jet Charterer Rates Operators

Feb 26, 2007

Jets.com, a Quincy, Mass.-based private jet chartering company, has awarded eight jet operators top marks for customer service, the company announced Monday.  Read more

Wireless Access to Corporate Networks

Feb 26, 2007

Bluesocket has a new series of BlueSecure Controllers that give users of laptops, PDAs, and other mobile devices remote access to corporate networks, the com...  Read more

Student Entrepreneurs Launch Startups

Feb 26, 2007

First-year undergraduate students in Babson College's Foundations of Management and Entrepreneurship course have established fifteen new businesses that they...  Read more

Entrepreneurial Education Program Gets Lift

Feb 26, 2007

Visa USA is providing $300,000 to the Young Entrepreneur Foundation, a national program that promotes educational initiatives for young entrepreneurs, the co...  Read more

Employee Benefits Costs Rising

Feb 23, 2007

Employee benefit costs account for more than 44 percent of business payroll expenses, an increase of four percent over last year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerc...  Read more

E-mail Marketing Workshops

Feb 23, 2007

Constant Contact, an e-mail marketing firm for small businesses based in Waltham, Mass., will lead workshops on e-mail marketing at the 2007 International Fr...  Read more

Study: Lower Energy Costs Boost Employment

Feb 23, 2007

States with lower business energy costs grow faster and create more jobs than those with higher costs, according to a study released this week by Americans f...  Read more

Employers: Students Aren't Ready for Workforce

Feb 23, 2007

A national study released this week showing weaknesses in reading and math among high school students confirms that younger employees are ill-prepared for th...  Read more

Call-Center Software for Small Businesses

Feb 22, 2007

Fonality, a Los Angeles-based IP telephony company, has released a new version of its full-featured call center technology that allows customer service agent...  Read more

Inc. 500 Health-Data Firm Lists Approved Drugs

Feb 22, 2007

Epocrates is collaborating with Zynchros to digitize its approved drug lists and make the data available to more than 500,000 health-care professions nationw...  Read more

Free EntrepreneurshipWeek Teleconference

Feb 22, 2007

Work With Ease, a San Francisco-based consulting firm, announced Thursday that it will offer two free teleconferences for entrepreneurs during Entrepreneursh...  Read more

Survey: Small Business Unaffected by Wage Hike

Feb 22, 2007

Most small-business owners will not be affected by an increase in the federal minimum wage, according to a national survey released this week by SurePayroll,...  Read more

Web Enterprise Survey Software

Feb 22, 2007

Prezza Technologies, a Cambridge, Mass.-based data collection software company, has released the latest version of its Web-based form, feedback, and survey s...  Read more

Conference for Blind Entrepreneurs

Feb 20, 2007

More than 500 blind business owners are expected to take part in this year's National Association of Blind Merchants conference on March 7 in Denver, organiz...  Read more

Small-Business NASCAR Sweepstakes

Feb 20, 2007

Office Depot, an office-supply company based in Delray Beach, Fla., this week launched its annual "Official Small Business of NASCAR" sweepstakes, the compan...  Read more

New Online-Sales Software

Feb 20, 2007

BEA Systems, a San Jose, Calif.-based software company, announced Tuesday the release of a new e-commerce program designed to help companies attract customer...  Read more

Localized Search for Small Apparel Retailers

Feb 20, 2007

BrandHabit, a San Francisco-based search engine, has launched a new consumer site that connects customers with local retailers, the company said Tuesday.  Read more

Corporate Blogging Conference

Feb 20, 2007

Registration is now open for Social Media 2007, an industry-wide conference on corporate blogging and podcasting, organizers said Wednesday.  Read more

Inc. 500 Data Firm Inks Partnership

Feb 20, 2007

MedInitiatives is partnering with ChainDrugStore.net to provide pharmacy claims data to its manufacturers and other network members, the company said Wednesday.  Read more

Survey: Business Degrees Best for Success

Feb 20, 2007

A college degree in business administration is still the best preparation for a successful future in business, according to a recent survey of senior executi...  Read more

New Aid Group for New Orleans Businesses

Feb 20, 2007

A new grassroots initiative is offering up to $5 million in capital to small-business owners in New Orleans still struggling to rebuild more than a year afte...  Read more

Certification for California Small Businesses

Feb 16, 2007

California is offering online state-contracting certification for small businesses and disabled-veteran business enterprises, the state government announced ...  Read more

Inc. 500 Payroll-Data Firm Soars on IPO

Feb 16, 2007

Salary.com, a Waltham, Mass.-based company payroll-data firm, raised nearly $60 million selling 5.7 million shares in its first day of public trading on Thur...  Read more

Recruiting Firm Designs MBA Program

Feb 16, 2007

Jobing.com, a Phoenix-based online recruiting firm, is creating a 22-month MBA program for its employees at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of B...  Read more

Online Retail Sales Rising

Feb 16, 2007

Sales at U.S online retailers rose by 6.3 percent to $29.3 billion over the fourth quarter of 2006, the Commerce Department reported Friday.  Read more

New Tool for eBay Vendors

Feb 15, 2007

NetSuite, a San Mateo, Calif.-based software company, announced Thursday that users of its NetSuite on-demand business management suite can now use the appli...  Read more

Inc. 500 Web-Hosting Firm Expands

Feb 15, 2007

The Go Daddy Group announced Thursday that it will open a new 75,000 square foot call center and development shop in nearby Tempe, Ariz., that will eventuall...  Read more

Jobless Claims Surge

Feb 15, 2007

The number of new claims for unemployment benefits rose by 44,000 to 357,000 last week, the highest level since November, the labor Department reported Thurs...  Read more

Malware-Audit Software

Feb 15, 2007

A new Web-based tool from Panda Software of Glendale, Calif., detects malware threats that slip past traditional anti-malware programs, the company said.  Read more

Small-Business Seminars in Nigeria

Feb 15, 2007

A New York-based entrepreneurial coaching firm is hoping to help train up to 1,000 entrepreneurs in Nigeria with a series of two-day seminars on the "Secrets...  Read more

Report: SBA Unprepared for Katrina

Feb 15, 2007

A lack of planning by the Small Business Administration led to costly delays in assisting Gulf Coast small-business owners in the wake Hurricane Katrina, acc...  Read more