Small Talk: It's not just the start-ups that are in need of a helping hand
In an economy where the Government talks loud and long about how it wants small companies to power the recovery, what precisely does it mean by small? All too often, for small companies, read start-up businesses, new ventures founded by entrepreneurs from scratch.
Starbucks Is Into Them. But What Exactly Are CDFIs?
A quick guide to Community Development Financial Institutions: How they work and whether they can help you get money to start your business.
Small business dominates Miami-Dade job growth
By Rachel Tannenbaum Expansion of small business, long the epicenter of Miami-Dade County's natural job growth, is getting a boost from a rapidly falling unemployment rate and a revival of consumer confidence, says the federal official charged with building small business here.
Commerce agency’s system infected by virus, may be victim of cyber attack
A virus has infected the computer network of a job-development agency in the Commerce Department , forcing it to block employees from the Internet for 10 days. The attack, discovered two weeks ago, targeted computers at the Economic Development Administration , which is responsible for making business-development grants to distressed communities to help them create jobs. Read full article >>
Program hands out $5,000 small business grants
Office equipment maker Brother International Corp. has launched a $25,000 program to provide five small businesses with $5,000 grants each to help those firms grow and succeed.The grants will be
How Both Sides Are Winning The Komen/Planned Parenthood Controversy
Despite the angry words and hurt feelings on both sides of the argument, this week's controversy will see both the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation and Planned Parenthood come out ahead in one very important area: fundraising.