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The Wall Street Journal:
Small businesses finally are getting their own little piece of the federal government’s ballooning bailout package.
U.S. officials announced the federal government as part of a broader package will lend up to $200 billion to institutions that originate consumer loans and business loans backed by the Small Business Administration.
The rationale, Secretary Paulson said […]
Rhonda Abrams - Gannett News Service:
Like all Americans, we in the small business community congratulate President-elect Barack Obama on your victory and are optimistic about the hope your election brings. Now we’d like to answer your call.
On election night, you set out your vision: “There’s new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new […]
Paul Harvey:
One voter in each precinct of the United States will determine the next president of the United States.
One vote. That’s a big weapon you have there.
In 1948, just one vote in each precinct would have elected Dewey. In 1960, one vote in each precinct in Illinois would have elected Nixon. One vote.
More? Thomas Jefferson […]
Mashable.com:
In what could be seen as a victory for doers, and a bit of a setback for thinkers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has made a rather significant ruling on what is and isn’t patentable.
The court ruled against a man who was attempting to patent “a method for hedging against weather-related […]
Jacksonville Business Journal:
The Small Business Administration is now offering Global Enterprise: A Primer on Exporting, a new online course that provides small businesses with information and guidance on exporting opportunities and international markets.
Available at the SBA Web site, the free course has a series of 30-minute training programs that allow small business owners to study […]
Entrepreneur:
The U.S. Federal Reserve vowed to buy short-term debt in order to unlock the credit flow that business owners rely on for quick loans, but today it’s still not clear exactly when the relief will come or whether the move will indeed trickle down to the everyday entrepreneurs who need help the most.
The buying spree […]
Forbes:
Maryann, a home-based Web site administrator in Virginia, owns 11 computers: five desktop models in the formal office area, another in the basement, a laptop by her bed, another in the den, two more in the dining room and one in her purse.
“It’s a veritable showroom,” she says. Coming soon: a notebook for the sunroom.
It’s […]
Rhonda Abrams At USA TODAY:
Hey, Mr. President and members of Congress, as long as you’re handing out money to huge corporations, how about doing something for small business?
President Bush argued that one reason he’s pushing the bailout is to protect the “small business owners … on Main Street.” Well, I live and work on Main […]
ReadWriteWeb:
A ray of hope has been passed to Pandora and other web broadcasting services.
Pandora founder Tim Westergren issued a “call to arms” to its listeners. He pleaded with fans and supporters of the popular music-streaming service to urge their State Representative to vote for the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008.
This Act would give web radio […]
Inc.:
Women Impacting Public Policy, a Washington-based nonprofit, has teamed up with American Express to help women business owners secure a greater share of federal contracts.
Entitled Give Me 5 is an educational program stemming from the Equity in Contracting for Women Act of 2000, which sets an annual goal of awarding five percent of all federal […]
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