The Economy This Week - New York Times
Higher prices for fuel and other resources are cutting into small-business spending plans, while consumer optimism continues to decline. Here’s a look at this week’s economic developments and how they might affect your business. Rising energy prices
Strategies: Small businesses sell on the web with PayPal - USA Today
Do you want to sell over the Internet — and actually get paid? Do you sell on the Web now but want to increase the pool of potential buyers? Then you’ll want to know about PayPal, the on the internet payment system celebrating its 10th anniversary this year
Fewer chemicals, more flash in pools - Detroit Free Press
Taking a dip in a backyard pool has never looked so refreshing. Today’s pools aren’t all the energy guzzlers or chemical soups of the past — like cars, new technologies have created efficient systems to treat and clean the pool, as well as light and
USAID Holds Small Business Conference and Procurement Fair - PR Newswire
WASHINGTON , J une 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Bureau for International Development (USAID) held a Small Business and Procurement Fair this day in Washington, D.C. “Our key objective is to signal to the small business community that USAID is
Non-performing loans chip away at bank reserves - Chicago Tribune
Shaky loans on lenders’ books are rising at a faster pace than the reserves that banks are setting aside to cover potential losses. In Illinois, 45 percent of banks and thrifts with non-performing loans don’t have enough reserves to cover those
Baghdad restaurant returns to business with hope on the menu - Boston Globe
BAGHDAD - In late 2005, a suicide bomber stepped inside Qadori, a renowned restaurant nestled alongside the Tigris River and detonated his explosives-rigged belt. The blast killed seven employees and 22 customers and shattered a totem of Baghdad life
In any partnership, the issues to take into account are power, money and - Democrat and Chronicle
The U.S. Small Business Administration reports that one-third of new businesses do not survive more than two years and 56 percent won’t last more than four. Of course, no one starts a business planning to fail. Everyone enters into a partnership with
Before tying the knot, speak money - Miami Herald
Before the wedding cake is cut and the car with the ”just married” sign pulls away, couples considering marriage should speak finances. ”You don’t want to be a statistic,” said Elaine King, a certified financial planner for Gibraltar Private Bank
Bush nominates new SBA head - CNN Money
(Fortune Small Business) — President Bush has selected a new leader for the Small Business Administration: Santanu “Sandy” Baruah, who currently heads the Economic Development Administration at the Department of Commerce and has been a member of the
Read all posts by Jennifer Guevin in News Blog - CNET News
Some people might be embarrassed if their friends found an old copy of Mr. Big’s “To be with you” or Paula Abdul’s “Cold hearted (snake)” stashed away in their CD collection. But not EMI. They own those songs, and they want the world to know it. The
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