Survey Shows 60 Percent of Small Business Owners Do Not Believe Credit Relief Will Come in Time (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PARK RIDGE, Ill.----While President-elect Barack Obama’s economic agenda aims to help the 27 million small business owners in the United States, restoring confidence among this group won’t be easy.
Finding a Small Business Bank Loan (Fox News)
Small businesses have to work harder to attract the attention of loan-shy financial institutions.
Education group hires consulting firm for proposed college Hopes to conduct more surveys (Today's News-Herald)
The Havasu Foundation for Higher Education, a local group working to form a four-year university in Lake Havasu City, has hired Chicago-based Huron Consulting Group to help it complete its business plan and conduct a new round of market surveys.
Small Business Tips for a Challenging Economy (Carteret County News-Times)
(ARA) - As the world's economy becomes more and more challenging, small business owners need to find ways to keep their business afloat. Here are some tips to maintaining good customer relations while managing the bottom line:
Finding a small-business bank loan (Bankrate.com)
With the country going through its worst financial crisis of the last 70 years, it's not so easy for small businesses to obtain bank loans. But that doesn't mean banks have completely turned their backs on small businesses.
Small Business: Humane management now is smart (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
NEW YORK -- Managing employees during a bad economy is difficult, and managing them through the holidays also can be a challenge. Small-business owners may find that doing both is particularly rough this holiday season.